 The Munich Toastmasters Club was founded in May 1973 and is registered
with Toastmasters International as Club #2041-U.
It enjoys a strong and
active membership. Members come from very different personal and
professional backgrounds. Among them are native speakers of the English
language from Great Britain, the USA and Canada, as well as Germans who
picked up their knowledge of this language in school or during stays in
English speaking countries. Apart from the ability to speak English at
a moderate level (sufficient for private conversations) there are no
prerequisites for joining the Munich Toastmasters Club or attend as a
guest.
This clubs meets at the BMW Nachbarschaftsforum Riesenfeldstrasse 7
München (U3 Petuelring), every first and third Tuesday of every month.
Meeting time is from 19:00 to 21:00. (Also check the meeting calendar.) The dress code is informal. Guests are always welcome and do not need an invitation to attend.
What is Toastmasters?
Toastmasters International is a non-profit educational corporation
headquartered in Rancho Santa Margarita, California. Its mission is to
improve communication and leadership skills of its members and in
general. Mainly, this works out to 'improving public speaking skills'
but there is also a potent leadership and management aspect to the
organization if you aspire to reach that level.
The organization includes approximately 180,000 members in 54
countries, including Australia, the Bahamas, Canada, Ireland, Japan,
Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, South
Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America.
Toastmasters International publishes a complete set of materials in
English and basic materials in French, Spanish, and Japanese. As
translators make themselves available, more materials are translated.
All Toastmasters members belong to one or more clubs. Clubs consist of
at least eight members and may have forty or more. The recommended size
for a club is twenty or more.
Clubs exist in communities around the world, especially in North
America, and it's a rare locality in the United States that doesn't
have at least one Toastmasters club within thirty minutes' driving
time. There are, at present, over 8,000 clubs around the world, and
most of them are in the United States.
There are many sorts of clubs: community clubs, military clubs, company
clubs, prison clubs, collegiate clubs, and so on. At this time, the
majority of the *new* clubs being chartered are 'company clubs', i.e.
clubs chartered at and meeting at businesses and organizations, in many
cases open only to employees or members of those organizations. Never
fear, however; there are thousands of community clubs already in
existence as well.
For more information on Munich Toastmasters, please visit their website.
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