Toastmasters of Berne

Toastmasters has helped many people worldwide to improve their communication, public speaking, and many “soft skills“ including in management and leadership.

Founded in the US in 1924, there are over 15,000 clubs worldwide in every continent, and hundreds of thousands of current members.

We normally start with several prepared speeches (usually 5-7 minutes , followed by evaluations of these speeches (2-3 minutes). In the second half of the meeting we have impromptu questions (responses are typically 1-2 minutes each). We occasionally have seminars, debates, and other spoken word activities.

After the meeting join us for a meal or a drink and conversation!

Evaluations are the way we help each other improve. Feedback themes include speech organisation, logic and transitions, and delivery techniques like the use of voice, gestures and body language. We also get feedback on points like the use of repetition and filler words (hmm, uh, like, so, and etc) and pauses. We emphasis good usage of language but don't make a fuss about grammar.

So we work on improving our weak points and find our strengths, to improve our own individual speaking styles.

We always welcome guests, and we believe in learning by doing! If you come for the first time, we encourage you to arrive at 18:45 so that we can introduce others, explain how things run, and help you participate. The official meeting starts at 19:00. You can take part if you wish, in the impromptu section.

More about Toastmasters on www.ToastmastersBerne.ch and https://www.toastmasters.org