“I had been a member of the German-speaking Toastmasters club for a few years when I had the desire to improve my English skills. I had tried an app to learn vocabulary every day, but unfortunately I didn’t stick with it. Then I got the idea to switch to the English-speaking club. At first, it

“I learnt already how useful it is to have joined this club. The main point for me is to take part in a structured meeting where everybody respects each other and accepts his or her level of language skills. Its fun to get engaged with various kinds of topics which are far beyond your set

I joined the Toastmasters because I wanted to become more confident in public speaking. Professionally, I had planned to create another mainstay of my work with speech training for companies. I quickly realized that this is exactly what I was learning at Toastmasters. Also how to lead workshops. Privately, I am a member of several

“After all the years that I really suffered from anxiety about speaking in public, I ask myself why I didn’t join Toastmasters sooner. There are two reasons. Firstly, I assumed that the clubs were filled with very proficient public speakers who wanted only to improve their skills. I expected them to be so sophisticated and

“I came to Toastmasters because I wanted to learn something. This was preceded by an unfortunate experience in an international young entrepreneurs’ organization. I attended the world conference of this organization with a small delegation. We had planned to bring the next world conference to Germany. However, before we knew it, the next world conference