Tanya fell in love with public speaking when she visited her local Toastmasters club, Golden Gavel in Richmond Hill, Ontario in April 2006. She is an active member and now pays it forward by mentoring new members, when time allows, and is spreading the word of the Toastmasters Youth Leadership Program. She's passionately spreading the word of how inspirational, educational and immensely fun public speaking can be for everyone, young or young at heart, the shy or ambitious, the busy and the frightened!
Every club may have their own different visions and ambiance. Try your local Toastmasters groups (search on the world wide web www.toastmasters.org or your local library and check it out. For additional information visit goldengavel.freetoasthost.org/index.html - you will find useful resources and links.
Go to Tanya's Sample speeches, where she shares her own personal interpretations of the different Competent Communicator manual objectives. Each speech objective is different. A Toastmaster receives two manuals when joining, from which they learn the tried and tested methods and practice them in front of like-minded supportive fellow members. Everyone goes at their own pace, finding their own unique path. They give each other evaluations, written and verbal, which help everyone to constantly learn and improve their own styles. The various roles, undertaken in each weekly meeting, help members develop well-rounded duties for work or when promoting themselves in business as well as in special interest activities.
The volunteer organization thrives on sincerely supporting one another, being helpful and informative. People who laugh and learn together, forge strong bonds and learn to pay forward what they have gleaned.
Also, coming soon many articles and resources about Public Speaking as well as Tanya's sample speeches which she has delivered over the past couple of years as a Toastmaster member.
For some motivational inspiration, see Some of Tanya's favourite quotations and works thoughout the ages. Like Dale Carnegie, Stephen Covey, Jack Campbell and Brian Tracey.