Toastmasters of Berne

Welcome to Toastmasters of Berne.

We are native and non-native English speakers. We come from Switzerland and from all over the world. We come from all walks of life and different age groups.

Our club offers a fun international atmosphere in Berne where English is spoken, with self-paced training.

• we train with impromptu speaking - Think on your feet!
• we deliver prepared manual speeches - Practice and improve!
• we practise the art of constructive speech evaluation
• we gain experience in managing - like leading meetings
• we gain experience in leading - working with and motivating others

We learn with and from each other. We don't have a guru!
Toastmasters International is a non-profit NGO with a network of over 300,000 members in over 15,000 local clubs worldwide. Wherever you go on business or on holiday, you will find a club with similar activities.

Visit the Berne Club!
We meet twice a month, on second and fourth Mondays, physically. This is at the Restaurant Casa d'Italia, Bühlstrasse 57, in Länggasse, 3012 Berne. The nearest bus number 20 stop is Mittelstrasse. If there is a fifth Monday in a month, we may hold a zoom or hybrid meeting

This is the usual agenda for the evening:
19:00 First half of the meeting: prepared speeches and seminars
- Speech evaluations
20:00 A short break, then the second half
- Impromptu speeches (1-2 minute improvised responses)
- General evaluations and reports
21:00 (approximately) after the meeting
- Conversation over drinks and/or dinner in the Casa restaurant

We encourage you to arrive at 18:45 so that we can tell you how things run and help you participate. The official meeting starts at 19:00. You can participate in the impro session, or even by taking a role.

There is much more about Toastmasters on www.ToastmastersBerne.ch and https://www.toastmasters.org