learning without limits
Whether you're a professional, student, stay-at-home parent, or retiree, Toastmasters offers a proven way to enhance your communication skills, boost self-confidence, and foster stronger relationships. Through Toastmasters, you'll conquer the fear of public speaking and develop skills that will propel you towards success in any area of life. You’ll learn to lead teams with ease, facilitate meetings effectively, and deliver and receive constructive feedback comfortably. These essential skills are already within you —at Toastmasters, we’ll help you refine and elevate them.
Transformers Toastmasters Club meets
every 2nd and 4th Monday of the month
from 18h30
at the Tennis Pavilion, Morningside Country Club
with a hybrid connection on Zoom
Club Mission
We provide a supportive and positive learning experience in which members are empowered to develop communication and leadership skills, resulting in greater self-confidence and personal growth.
Toastmasters International
Core Values
Integrity - We match our actions with our words, demonstrate honesty and trustworthiness, communicate with sincerity and thoughtfulness, have the courage to acknowledge our mistakes, and always strive to do the right thing.
Respect - We treat all with dignity, welcome diverse perspectives, acknowledge all contributions, believe that all have positive intent, practice mutual accountability, and critique but never demean.
Service - We strive to provide high-value, exceptional support by being responsive, attentive, and passionate in fulfilling our duties as individuals and as an organization to all.
Excellence - We consistently strive to meet or exceed expectations by upholding the Toastmasters Promise, nurturing a collaborative environment, innovating to deliver creative solutions, and optimizing quality to produce superior service.
transforming lives since 1981
Published on Monday, 30 July 2018
Written by Frank Tsuro DTM
I remember listening to Past International Director George Thomas, DTM at a District Conference in 2013 as he shared that the Toastmasters programme provides us with an opportunity to learn, unlearn and re-learn. As Program Quality Director, I have been directly responsible for club quality and member satisfaction.
Having read many Area Director Club Visit Reports, Club Emissary Reports and also received personal feedback on different club meetings, I learnt that the clubs that stand out are the ones that have an identity, know the needs of their members and hold events that are consistent with their identity and the needs of their members. It helps to know why you joined Toastmasters so that you are correctly placed in a club that meets your needs and where you can add value to your fellow members so that they too can meet their personal and professional needs.
I also had the unique privilege this year of leading a team of change management agents for the new and ground-breaking Toastmasters educational program, Pathways. It was interesting to observe a trend were new and returning Toastmasters were very positive about this new programme while a significant number of current Toastmasters were resistant to unlearning how we have always approached our educational programme. Being unable to unlearn effectively can limit your opportunities in life.
In 2013, during my first time as a club officer, I learnt how real the challenges are that we encounter as leaders in Toastmasters. In some instances, we are exposed to more extreme circumstances given that there are no professional requirements to be a leader in Toastmasters. The demands and pressure that this role brought about were REAL and reminded me why I have stayed in Toastmasters and continued to serve on the leadership team. I learnt again that if you can survive the leadership demands and pressures in Toastmasters, you will survive many leadership assignments outside Toastmasters.
Toastmasters is the REAL deal! I am looking forward to learning, unlearning and relearning more effectively in my new role in the new year.
Published on Monday, 30 July 2018
Written by Keith Bowen DTM
One of the key aspects I have learnt in this past year (2017/18) is “follow-through”.
It is vital that as a leader one should follow through on promises and commitments. I can honestly say I have not got any better at it, but I am realising day by day the repercussions of not keeping the commitment.I guess one of the important components of this is to not promise what you can’t reasonably deliver – it is good to set stretch targets but not impossible ones. However, by far the most useful lesson for me has been to be more assertive and take action or air your feelings early before it becomes an aggressive response.
We could all be more assertive and less aggressive, and we may find solutions before conflicts arise.
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New Member Joining Fee USD$20 (once off)
6 Month Membership Fee USD$60
Transformers Toastmasters Club Meeting Entrance Fee is FREE!
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Educational Pathways
All of Toastmasters’ education programs are enhanced by the following growth principles:
Experiential learning – You can practice and improve your communication and leadership skills by giving speeches and fulfilling club roles.
Peer feedback – You can grow and nurture your public speaking and communication skills through honest and supportive peer evaluation.
Mentoring – With support from experienced mentors in your club, you can achieve more than you ever thought possible, both personally and professionally.
Self-paced program – Through opportunities to develop skills at your own pace, you can experience long-lasting growth.
