Toastmasters
One of the best investments I have made for my career was joining a Toastmasters club. So when recently I was asked by Bethesda Community Toastmasters (http://club2529.freetoasthost.org/) to help the club with their public relations efforts I jumped at the opportunity to pay back.
For those who have known me in a professional context the fact that as a younger man I was a closet introvert is hard to believe. Then the idea that I would one day stand in front of audiences and have a ball was as remote as travelling to Mars. In fact I was so introvert that from the day I was told about Toastmasters to the day I actually went for my first meeting took more than three years!
I went to Toastmasters to improve my speaking skills. What I learnt was that Toastmasters had a lot more to offer and it ended up helping me professionally in areas I could have never imagined.
Posted: September 3rd, 2009 under Public Speaking.