A Masters Degree in Self Motivation

Many people have degrees and have done training in how to do their jobs. But anybody in business will tell you that your skills are only half the job. The other half is communicating with colleagues, suppliers and customers.

Toastmasters International offers what amounts to a masters degree in Communication and Leadership. The DTM qualification takes as long to complete as some MBA courses. But instead of focusing on case studies and theory, DTM students have to prove that they can communicate effectively and be inspirational leaders.

“It’s the most difficult kind of leadership there is,” says Keryn House.” DTMs have to start new Toastmasters clubs or rescue clubs in trouble. But unlike my day job where I am a manager and pay my staff a salary, at Toastmasters everybody is a volunteer. Only the most motivational and inspirational leaders can get things done under those circumstances.”

House, who has an MBA and is working towards her DTM says that the DTM has taught her self-motivation. “There’s a lot of encouragement from other people, but it’s up to me to manage my time and my self-motivation to get this qualification. House credits her Toastmasters studies with helping her land her role at the Parkmore Community Association, as well has her job as the CEO of an NGO promoting call centres in Gauteng.
Only around one in one thousand Toastmasters qualify as DTMs in any given year. This award is recognized internationally among over 200,000 members in 10,500 clubs around the world.

Toastmasters Southern Africa will be hosting open days in shopping centres around the country on 27 October 2007.

For further information please contact:
Rob Douglas douglas.home@telkomsa.net
Cell. 082-773-5840
www.toastmasters74.org or marketing@toastmasters74.org

About Toastmasters International
For over 80 years, Toastmasters International has been and remains the undisputed world leader in public speaking, training, with over 10,500 clubs and more than 200,000 members in approximately 90 countries. Over three million people have benefited from its Communication and Leadership programmes world wide. In Southern Africa Toastmasters is represented in nine countries: Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Toastmasters is a Section 21 company non-profit organization.

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