With an inspirational speech titled “37 Strangers,” Luisa Montalvo, a 65-year-old retiree and dog rescue volunteer from San Juan, Texas, won the Toastmasters World Championship of Public Speaking.

In 1989, MBA student Daniel Rex attended his first meeting of a Toastmasters International group. He didn’t walk out with a slate of public speaking gigs, but something clicked for him, and after finishing school he got a job at Toastmasters’ global headquarters.

For 30 years, athletes, coaches and others in the sports world have demonstrated a wide range of emotions while accepting ESPYS. But some speeches have been so powerful, moving or important that the feelings stuck with us long after the applause stopped.

Morag Mathieson is the new International President of Toastmasters International, the world’s leading organization devoted to communication and leadership skills development.

With a motivational speech titled, “Have You Been There?” Jocelyn Tyson, a 42-year-old pharmacist from Mount Laurel, New Jersey, won the 2023 Toastmasters World Championship of Public Speaking.

Toastmasters and Yoodli announced today that the companies have entered into a strategic partnership that will give Toastmasters’ more than 280,000 members standard free access to a Toastmasters version of the innovative Yoodli public speaking platform.

Matt Kinsey is the new International President of Toastmasters International, the world’s leading organization devoted to communication and leadership skills development.

With an inspiring speech titled, “Ndini,” Cyril Junior Dim, a 24-year-old Zimbabwean software engineer living in Wroclaw, Poland, won the 2022 Toastmasters World Championship of Public Speaking.

While the workplace landscape has changed drastically in recent years, one thing remains constant: the value employers place on their employees having and continuing to develop effective soft skills. More than half of the 2021 Fortune 500 companies offer in-house Toastmasters clubs to help build and improve their employees' communication, leadership, and public speaking skills.

With her speech titled “A Great Read,” Verity Price, a professional speaker and facilitator from Cape Town, South Africa, won the 2021 Toastmasters World Championship of Public Speaking.

What if you could speak with the Michael Jordan, LeBron James or Steph Curry of public speaking and get their advice how to communicate better in the new, distance-based professional world? Well, you are in the right place. I recently approached seven past Toastmasters World Champions of Public Speaking and asked them to share their insights.

With an inspiring speech titled, “The Librarian & Mrs. Montgomery,” Mike Carr, a 53-year-old Financial Analyst from Austin, Texas, won the Toastmasters World Championship of Public Speaking®

Many members have found online meetings to be a great way to stay connected, keep momentum going, and provide a much-needed sense of routine. To help ensure your meeting is a success, Toastmasters offers these 10 tips for an efficient and productive online meeting.

It’s no easy feat to stand up and talk in front of people—whether it’s five or 50 or 500. In fact, surveys have found that public speaking has long been one of the things Americans fear most

Some Oscar speeches are memorable, and others are forgettable. To attract a following, a memorable speech is an amazing opportunity and responsibility. Just ask world champion speaker Ramona J. Smith, a high school teacher from Houston, Texas

Toastmasters International, the global organization devoted to communication and leadership skills development, has seen its membership increase every year since 1994. Since then, membership has more than doubled. Today, Toastmasters has more than 358,000 members in 16,800 clubs and a presence in 143 countries

There is no way to get better at telling stories to people than by telling stories to people. There is no substitute for experience. “You just have to get up and do it,” said Aaron Beverly, who finished second in the Toastmasters world championship of public speaking in 2016.

To be successful, it's important to get others on your side and be seen, admired and respected as a leader. "That's where public speaking comes in," Manoj Vasudevan, the 2017 Toastmasters World Champion of Public Speaking.

Founded in California in 1924, Toastmasters has 357,000 members in 143 countries. About 1,700 were at the convention, attending networking lunches and talks with titles like, “How to Get What You Want: Influencing Others Into Action.”

Toastmasters International has launched the Pathways learning experience. The launch marks the first complete redesign of Toastmasters’ education program since the organization was founded in 1924.

The trick is finding a place that provides a warm and supportive atmosphere in which to learn and practice. That place is Toastmasters International.

Being a great public speaker requires much more than confidence. It's about connecting to audience members on a personal level and leaving them with a satisfying message they can act on.