Toastmasters

Improve your public speaking skills with the help of other young professionals through YLC Toastmasters!

For 2022, Toastmasters sessions will be ongoing and will take place every other Tuesday from 6 - 7:30 pm in-person at the YLC Building (1840 Euterpe St, New Orleans, LA 70113).

Participants will aim to complete two speeches and give one peer evaluation each session. After completion of a session, you will move on to a higher level in the next session with progressing speech criteria. All materials are provided to you each week.

You must be a YLC member to participate in YLC Toastmasters.

More About YLC Toastmasters Club:

There is no instructor in Toastmasters. Instead, attendees are assigned a quick presentation and we evaluate one another’s delivery. This feedback process is a key part of the program’s success. Be ready to give impromptu talks on assigned topics, prepare a speech in advance conduct meetings and develop skills related to timekeeping, grammar, critical thinking and evaluation skills, all very transferable to the professional world.

Members learn these communication skills by working through the Competent Communication manual, a series of 10 self-paced speaking assignments designed to instill a foundation in public speaking. Everyone does this at their own pace.