{"id":7435,"date":"2019-04-08T07:18:59","date_gmt":"2019-04-07T23:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/improve-your-public-speaking-skills-and-become-a-better-leader-through-toastmasters\/"},"modified":"2022-12-07T13:09:18","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T05:09:18","slug":"improve-your-public-speaking-skills-and-become-a-better-leader-through-toastmasters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/improve-your-public-speaking-skills-and-become-a-better-leader-through-toastmasters\/","title":{"rendered":"Improve your public speaking skills and become a better leader through Toastmasters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toastmasters.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Toastmasters International<\/a> is a non-profit educational organisation founded in 1924 that operates clubs worldwide for the purpose of helping members improve their communication, public speaking and leadership skills.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are the benefits of joining Toastmasters?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Become a more effective communicator<\/li>\n<li>Improve your grammar and vocabulary<\/li>\n<li>Practice time management skills<\/li>\n<li>Become a great listener<\/li>\n<li>Learn\u00a0to give specific, positive, and helpful feedback<\/li>\n<li>Learn how to speak to inspire<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Curtin hosts three Toastmasters Clubs in Perth, including one at Curtin&#8217;s Kent Street Campus and two at the Curtin Graduate School of Business in the Perth CBD. All clubs welcome guests to attend meetings and membership is open to students, staff and community members.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Curtin Toastmasters<br \/>\n<\/strong>Venue: Building 407:205, Curtin University, Kent Street, Bentley<br \/>\nDate of meetings: Fortnightly on a Tuesday<br \/>\nTime: 5.30 pm &#8211; 7 pm<br \/>\nVisit the <a href=\"https:\/\/curtin.toastmastersclubs.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Curtin Toastmasters\u00a0website<\/a> for more information and to register.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Curtin Graduate School of Business Toastmasters<br \/>\n<\/strong>Venue: Room 212, Curtin Graduate School of Business, 78 Murray Street Perth<br \/>\nDate of meetings: Fortnightly on a Tuesday<br \/>\nTime: 7 am &#8211; 8.15 am (we also go for a coffee immediately after the meeting if you&#8217;re able to join)<br \/>\nVisit the <a href=\"https:\/\/curtingsb.toastmastersclubs.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Curtin Graduate School of Business Toastmasters\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/curtingsb.toastmastersclubs.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a> for more information and to register.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Curtin Graduate School of Business Sundowner Toastmasters<br \/>\n<\/strong>Venue:\u00a0Curtin Graduate School of Business, 78 Murray Street Perth<br \/>\nDate of meetings: Fortnightly on Friday<br \/>\nTime: 6 pm &#8211; 7.30 pm (meeting is followed by pizza and drinks at Pier Street, Perth)<br \/>\nVisit the <a href=\"https:\/\/curtingsbsundowner.toastmastersclubs.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Curtin Graduate School of Business Sundowner Toastmasters\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/curtingsbsundowner.toastmastersclubs.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a> for more information and to register.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Want to find out more or interested in joining a club?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Visit the club website using the links above and click on the &#8216;contact us&#8217; link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Come along to a meeting at one of the three Toastmasters Clubs hosted by Curtin in Perth and find out how joining the club can help you improve your skills.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1476,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_research-areas":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"research-areas":[],"class_list":["post-7435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"acf":{"post_options":{"":null,"additional_content":{"title":"","content":"","image":false},"related_courses":false,"credits":{"author":"","photographer":"","media":false},"display_author":true,"banner":{"image":false}}},"featured_image":false,"author_meta":{"first_name":"Jaimi","last_name":"Baile","display_name":"Jaimi Baile"},"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-12 10:35:07","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1476"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7435\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7435"},{"taxonomy":"research-areas","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/research-areas?post=7435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}