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The Proven #1 Membership Building and Retention Tool
District 106, Do you want a chance to gain new members? What about expanding your leadership and communication skills? How about learning and having fun? How about spreading the great education of Toastmasters? It’s now online!!
Matthew Villella, DTM joined Toastmasters through a Speechcraft program and it changed his life forever. He remains a supporter of and advocate for Speechcraft as the #1 membership building and retention tool.
What is Speechcraft?
Speechcraft is a 4-, 6- or 8-session workshop developed by Toastmasters International to rapidly teach the fundamentals of public speaking to new- or non-Toastmasters. Toastmasters give it either as a membership-building tool, to help create a new club, or to educate members of the community or coworkers. Speechcraft usually has 2 to 8 participants as well as several current Toastmasters running the workshop. The workshop can be conducted either during regular meetings or externally. It is one of the workshops in the Success Communication Series.
What’s in it for me?
• Increases membership (Speechcraft participants usually sign up)
• Makes stronger new members
• Improves new member retention
• Improves mentoring skills of current members
• Improves leadership skills of current members
• Credit for the Speechcraft Coordinator toward DTM
• Adds variety to meetings and creates excitement
How do we get started?
- Download the Speechcraft Resources from TI
- Have a discussion with your club and get them interested
- Order the starter kit
- Choose when to conduct the workshop (4, 6, or 8 weeks)
- Promote the program (marketing materials are in the starter kit)
- Plan who will be doing what during the workshop
- Conduct the workshop, hone your skills, and enjoy
- When the workshop is completed, please tell us about it – Speechcraft Completed form.