Welcome to GWU Toastmasters!

Toastmasters International is an internationally-renowned organization whose members strive to improve their public speaking and develop leadership skills.  GWU Toastmasters is a small chapter of the international organization.  We form a unique niche as part of the international organization because we are a student club.  We also stand out in the GW community because of our professional focus.

We host meetings three times a month on alternating days to accommodate our members’ schedules.  These meetings are often intimate in style because we are a medium-sized group.  We have about twenty members who attend, work, or live near the GW community.   

Our one-hour meetings are fairly structured.  At a typical meeting, there will be several 5-7 minute speeches given by members, a session of questions in which members and guests can volunteer to answer, and an evaluation period where the initial speakers are given praise and advice.

Our meeting roles allow members to hone in on different types of speaking skills.  Members are given opportunities to speak with little or great preparation.  By doing so, members are able to improve their ability to quickly organize thoughts and present information in a clear manner.

There are other roles in our meetings that allow members to develop leadership skills.  Such roles include those in which a member is in charge of organizing the whole meeting and those through which a member is in charge of running just a section of the meeting.

Our members are dedicated to improving ourselves whether as students getting ready for interviews or as professionals.

Feel free to browse our site.  Check out the Meeting Minutes if you need a feel for how our meetings are run or what types of topics we discuss.

Site Administrator: Susan Tomczuk
Email: gwutmc@gwu.edu