Toastmasters of Berne

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Toastmasters has helped many people worldwide improving 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 (5-7 minutes each), followed by improvisations (1-2 minutes each). Speakers receive feedback from their evaluators. We occasionally have seminars, debates, and other spoken word activities.

After the meeting join us for a meal and conversation!

Evaluations are the way we help each other improve. Feedback themes include speech organisation, tension buildup and resolution, logic and transitions, ... Delivery techniques like voice, body language, use of space and gestures. Language points like identifying filler words (hum, uh, ...like...) and pauses. We emphasis good usage of English 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 public speaking styles.

If you are new to Toastmasters: we always welcome guests and we believe in learning by doing! Therefore, if you come for the first time, we encourage you to arrive at 18:45 so that we can immediately tell you how things run and help you participate. The official meeting starts at 19:00. You can start by improvising, or even by taking role.
More about Toastmasters on www.ToastmastersBerne.ch and https://www.toastmasters.org