Last update: 18 May 2009

UPDATE CORNER

Kutaradja Banda Aceh Club has shifted our meeting schedule from Friday evening to Saturday afternoon at 15.00.
Our first meeting theme was Teamwork. This reflects our New Year Resolution to work more as a team to achieve our common goal
to reach Distinguished Club Program (DCP), as well as working individually to improve our communication and leadership skills.

Check out our Newsletter for meeting note and pictures!

THE CLUB IN TOWN!!

Faces and Activities of Kutaradja Banda Aceh Toastmasters Club

Yes, the Toastmasters club is finally arrived in the town!

• To learn to be effective communicator
• To build ability to motivate and persuade others
• To learn about leadership
• To be able to learn in a conducive and supportive environment, where friends helping friends.
• To expand a social network
• To learn, to grow, to have fun together with friends
• ……….( personal motivations, do you want to add yours??)

Kutaradja Banda Aceh Toastmasters belongs to area H1, Div H, District 51. We are part of Toastmasters International, a non-profit organisation dedicated to helping people improve their communication, public speaking and leadership skills.
If you are currently in Banda Aceh or reside here in the town and would like to join the club to learn together with us to be better communicator, please contact :
Nurul Fitri, nurulfitri@yahoo.com or Diella Dachlan, diella.dachlan@gmail.com.

We also welcome all of you who would like to attend our bi-weekly meeting.
(please see meeting schedule)

What is Toastmasters???

No, we don't make toasters!

From a humble beginning in 1924 at the YMCA in Santa Ana, California, Toastmasters International has grown to become a world leader in helping people become more competent and comfortable in front of an audience. The nonprofit organization now has nearly 235,000 members in 11,700 clubs in 92 countries, offering a proven – and enjoyable! – way to practice and hone communication and leadership skills.

Most Toastmasters meetings are comprised of approximately 20 people who meet weekly for an hour or two. Participants practice and learn skills by filling a meeting role, ranging from giving a prepared speech or an impromptu one to serving as timer, evaluator or grammarian.

There is no instructor; instead, each speech and meeting is critiqued by a member in a positive manner, focusing on what was done right and what could be improved.

To learn more about Toastmaster, please visit www.toastmasters.org

Why should we have a Toastmasters Club in our Community?
Toastmasters has helped thousands of people achieve more in all aspects of their lives. Using the speaking and leadership skills developed in Toastmasters, people have become more active in business, mosque, and service and charity organizations. 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.