What Are the Mission and Purposes of a Toastmasters Club?
A Toastmasters Club is defined in the Toastmasters Club Constitution for Member Clubs of Toastmasters International. The mission of Toastmasters International is to provide a mutually supportive and positive environment in which every individual member has the opportunity to develop oral communication and leadership skills, which in turn foster self-confidence and personal growth. To carry out this mission, each club undertakes to • Help its individual members improve their abilities to communicate effectively; • Provide for its individual members’ instructions, educational materials and opportunities which will give them skill and experience in the preparation and delivery of speeches; • Encourage its individual members to read and to listen analytically; • Provide for its individual members’ fair and constructive evaluation of their efforts toward self-improvement; • Increase its individual members’ knowledge of the rules of parliamentary procedure and their skills in conducting meet
