Federal Toastmasters is the best way to improve your communication and leadership skills. Federal Toastmasters can help you lose the fear of public speaking and learn skills that will help you be more successful in whatever path you've chosen. You'll be a better listener. You'll easily lead teams and conduct meetings. You'll comfortably give and receive constructive evaluation. You already have some or all of these skills. In Federal Toastmasters, you will enhance them.

 

• Serve as presiding officer.
• Serve as moderator, the Toastmaster of the Day.
• Serve as inspirational opener.
• Serve as speaker. One to three members present manual or nonmanual speeches, varying from five to nine minutes, about the theme of the day or a topic of their choice. Manual speeches are based on projects from the Toastmasters International Communication and Leadership Program manuals.  Each time you give a prepared speech, an evaluator will point out strengths and suggest improvements.  At first you’ll be applauded for your effort; later you’ll be applauded for your skill.  
• Serve as table topics master. A member asks meeting participants a question related to the theme of the day. Speakers have one to two minutes to respond.
•  Serve as evaluator. One to three members, depending on the number of speakers, serve as speaker evaluators who give constructive critism and offer suggestions for improvement.
• Serve as grammarian and timekeeper. A member is responsible for noting grammatical errors, "ah" counter and recording speech times.

Upon joining Federal Toastmasters, each new member receives the Toastmaster montly magazine, Toastmasters International Communication and Leadership Program Basic Manual and a variety of manuals on giving speeches and conducting evalutions. Members participate in the educational programwhich helps you develop your leadership and communication skills. Members also have access to other books in the club library as well as audio and video cassettes on speaking and leading.

Federal Toastmasters and Leadership
Leadership cannot be learned in a day. It takes practice. Federal Toastmasters members build leadership skills by organizing and conducting meetings and motivating others to help. Club leadership roles also offer opportunities to learn and practice. Just as Federal Toastmasters members learn to speak simply by speaking, they learn leadership by leading.

Organization's Benefits
A organization's success also depends on communication. Employees face an endless exchange of ideas, messages, and information as they deal with one another and with customers day after day. How well they communicate can determine whether a company quickly grows into an industry leader or joins thousands of other businesses mired in mediocrity.  Federal Toastmasters provides the tools that enable employees to become effective communicators and leaders all at a very low cost. Federal Toastmasters helps employees:

• Give better briefings
• Hone their leadership skills
• Work better with fellow employees
• Effectively develop and present ideas
• Offer constructive criticism
• Accept criticism more objectively

Community Benefits
Federal Toastmasters has helped many members in their community service activities. Using the speaking and leadership skills developed in Federal Toastmasters, members have become more active in business, churches, and service and charity organizations. Federal Toastmasters members are able to organize activities, conduct meetings, and speak in public as their organization's representative. Some even become active in local, state or national government.