How is Toastmasters more beneficial than other forms of speaking improvement?
High School and College courses in public speaking usually involve the students sitting through dozens of lectures followed by very few speaking opportunities. When the speeches are over, you get a grade. Often, you get a grade on what you did wrong. This is NOT the way to build reassurance and motivation. Then too, you rarely get much of a chance to practice by doing. You get up at the end of the semester, you do your speech, and you sit down. Toastmasters teaches us through constant reinforcement and improvement. You learn by doing, not by sitting there while someone else lectures for hours.
