Trini: WELCOME BACK TO
"LIVING 808."
TOASTMASTERS INTERNATIONAL HAS
HELPED THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS
OF PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD BE
BETTER SPEAKERS,
COMMUNICATORSING AND LEADERS.
WE ARE LEARNING MORE ABOUT WHAT
THEY DO AND HOW THEY DO IT
TODAY.
JOINING ME FROM TOASTMASTERS
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT 49,
AND BRIAN CHILDERS.
THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING US.
THANK YOU.
Trini: FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE
NOT HEARD OF TOASTMASTERS, WHAT
IS TOASTMASTERS.
IT'S A PHENOMENON
ORGANIZATION, AND IT IS
NONPROFIT.
SINCE IT WAS CHARTED BACK IN
1924 BY A YOUNG NAME BY
DR. RALPH MEDLEY, IT STARTED IN
HUMBLE BEGINNINGS IN YMCA.
AND IT GREW OVER THESE LAST
DECADES.
NEARLY FOUR MILLION PEOPLE HAVE
BEING THAT EXPERIENCAL
FOUNDATION THAT WE NEED FOR
COMMUNICATION AND LEADERSHIP
DEVELOPMENT SKILLS, IT'S MADE AN
IMPACT.
WE'RE IN OVER 140 COUNTRIES.
NEARLY 400,000 MEMBERS.
AND OVER 16,000 CLUBS.
WHEN WE SAY INTERNATIONAL, WE
REALLY ARE SAYING INTERNATIONAL.
Trini: WHAT MAKES
TOASTMASTERS DIFFERENT?
EVERYONE HEARD OF DALE
CARNEGIE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE HEARD OF JOHN
MAXWELL.
THEY'RE DEFINED BY CERTAIN
PROGRAMS THAT THEY OFFER.
AT A HIGH PRICE.
WOULD YOU BELIEVE THAT BOTH OF
THOSE, LEADERSHIP, SKILL SETS
AND COMMUNICATION, PUBLIC
SPEAKING SKILLS ARE GENERATED IN
ONE ORGANIZATION CALLED
TOASTMASTERS INTERNATIONAL FOR
LESS THAN A HUNDRED DOLLARS A
YEAR, MEMBERS CAN JOIN AND HAVE
THAT CLUB ENVIRONMENT WHERE
THEY'RE WITH THEIR PEERS.
YOU AND I COULD BOUNCE THINGS
OFF EACH OTHER.
IT'S THAT COMFORT ZONE THAT WE
NEED.
BUT THROUGH OUR EVALUATIONS AND
PROGRAMS AND PROJECT THAT'S WE
SIGN UP FOR, EITHER THROUGH
PATHWAYS OR OTHER LEADERSHIP
POSITIONS, WE FIND THAT WE'RE
BUILDING OURSELVES, WE'RE
IMPROVING OUR CONFIDENCE.
THAT CHANNELS OUR PERSONAL
GROWTH SO WE CAN NOW BECOME THE
PEOPLE THAT WE WANT TO BE.
THE LEADERS, SPEAKERS.
WE HAVE C.E.O.S AND SCHOOL BOARD
MEMBERS AND
EVERYONE WHO HAS A PUBLIC ROLE
THAT THEY WANT TO FULFILL.
Trini: ANYONE CAN BENEFIT.
ANYONE.
Trini: AND IT'S A SAFE
ENVIRONMENT.
TO LEARN AND BOUNCE THINGS OFF
OF OTHER PEOPLE.
BRIAN, YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH THE
PROGRAM.
HOW HAVE YOU BENEFITED FROM
TOASTMASTERS INTERNATIONAL?
TOASTMASTERS FILLS SO MANY
VOIDS BECAUSE THE DIFFERENT TYPE
IT'S HARD TO PINPOINT ONE THING,
BUT FOR ME THE ABILITY TO
ARTICULATE A THOUGHT.
NOTHING MORE FRUSTRATING THAT
BEING THE GUY IN THE OFFICE THAT
HAS A GREAT IDEA BUT DOESN'T
KNOW HOW TO GET IT OUT.
WHAT WE LEARN ISES NOT WHAT
YOU'RE SAYING, WHETHER OR NOT
THAT MESSAGE IS RECEIVED.
ABILITY TO IDENTIFY AND MAYBE
COMING UP WITH OTHER WAYS TO GET
YOUR MESSAGE ACROSS IS PROBABLY
THE MOST BENEFICIAL PIECE I'VE
LEARNED.
Trini: THAT'S YOU'RE
EXPLAINING IT, NOT ONLY IN YOUR
LIFE.
SO OFTEN PARTNERS HAVE
DIFFICULTY -- ONE PERSON SAYS --
WHY DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND ME?
BECAUSE THEIR MESSAGE, MAYBE
THEIR DELIVERY.
THERE'S SO MANY WAYS THAT PEOPLE
CAN MISCOMMUNICATE.
SOUNDS LIKE A INVEST.
BENEFIT OF THE MAY
I ASK WHAT MADE YOU JOIN?
I KNEW HAD A PASSION FOR
HELPING PEOPLE.
IT TOOK A SUPERVISOR AT MY
WORKPLACE TO SAY TRY THIS OUT.
I KEPT GOING BACK AND NOW I DO
THE SAME THING.
I PAVER PAVER FORWARD.
IT'S NOT ABOUT PUBLIC SPEAKING.
PUBLIC SPEAKING IS A VEHICLE.
IT TEACHES YOU HOE TO HOW TO BE A
BETTER LEADER.
Trini: IT'S WONDERFUL TO
TALK TO YOU.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN WITH THE
ORGANIZATION?
I JOINED IN 2005.
MY JOB AT THE TIME, THE HR
HAVE A DEMONSTRATION OF
TOASTMASTERS AND WE WERE LIKE,
OKAY.
FREE LUNCH.
THE ROOM FILLED UP QUICKLY.
WE HEARD THE KEY COMPONENTS OVER
TOASTMASTERS, THROUGH THEIR
PROGRAM, INCLUDING STAFF
DEVELOPMENT, PERSONAL GROWTH.
IT WAS THE PERFECT MIX.
Trini: WONDERFUL.
EVERY CITY HALL SHOULD HAVE A
TOASTMASTERS CLUB.
SINCE THEN, SITTING IN THE
BACKGROUND, JUST OBSERVING, IT
WAS TIME TO MOVE FORWARD.
SO I MOVED FROM ORDINARY TO
EXTRAORDINARY.
AND THE CONSIDERED TOOK ME INTO
LEADERSHIP.
Trini: GOOD FOR YOU TO
TAKING THAT FIRST STEP.
THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING SHEER HERE
AND SHARING YOUR STORIES.
I'M POSITIVE PEOPLE WILL GO, HOW
CAN I LEARN MORE?
WE'LL HAVE THE INFORMATION ON
OUR WEBSITE.
THANK YOU.
Trini: THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING
US.