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Funny Toastmasters Advert

One of the ways Toastmasters helps you overcome your fear of public speaking is through humour. The impromptu speaking sessions called “Table Topics” are always fun and only last between 1-2 mins. Here’s a funny video I found that may look familiar. We’ve all seen speakers who stumble over their words and fumble like this. [...]

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Improving oneself as an engineer or businessperson

How Toastmasters can help you
A year ago, I was assisting a garage owner with a noise problem. The garage is located in a small historic Cape Town and the owner wanted to open an exhaust repair business. Local bed and breakfast owners objected, primarily to the perceived noise of the welding and cutting as [...]

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Toastmasters 20 May meeting report back

Last week I attended my first club meeting in a while because of my travel schedule. What is really awesome to observe at CIS Toastmasters is the constant growth in new members since the website has been re-launched. There is a regular number of new people coming to meetings, joining the club because of this [...]

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