Welcome to Toastmasters

Toastmasters International and its member clubs, provide a mutually supportive and positive learning environment in which every member has the opportunity to develop their communication and leadership skills. Some join Toastmasters join to overcome their fear of public speaking while others join to enhance their speaking and leadership skills ... building skills for the future. Contact Toastmasters International

Toastmasters International is a nonprofit educational organization that teaches public speaking and leadership skills through a worldwide network of clubs. The organization currently has 211,000 members in 10,500 clubs in 90 countries. Since its founding 81 years ago in October 1924, the organization has helped more than four million men and women give presentations with poise and confidence.

The Toastmasters Vision

Toastmasters International empowers people to achieve their full potential and realize their dreams. Through our member clubs, people throughout the world can improve their communication and leadership skills, giving them the courage to change.

The Mission of the Toastmasters Club

The mission of a Toastmasters Club is to provide a mutually supportive and positive learning environment in which every member has the opportunity to develop communication and leadership skills, which in turn foster self confidence and personal growth.

The Mission of the District

The mission of the District is to enhance the performance and extend the network of Clubs, thereby offering greater number of people the opportunity to benefit from the Toastmasters educational program by:

• Focusing on the critical success factors as specified by the District educational and membership goals;
• Insuring that each Club effectively fulfills its responsibilities to its members; and
• Provide effective training and leadership development opportunities for Club and District officers.

See the History of District 53

See the History of Past District Governors of District 53

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Toastmasters International is the leading movement devoted to making effective oral communication a worldwide reality.

Through its member clubs, Toasmasters International helps men and women learn the arts of speaking, listening and thinking - vital skills that promote self- actualization, enhance leadership potential, foster human understanding, and contribute to the betterment of mankind.

It is basic to this mission that Toastmasters International continually expand its worldwide network of clubs, thereby offering ever-greater numbers of people the opportunity to benefit from its programs.

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