Frederiksberg ToastmastersAbout Toastmasters
Toastmasters International is a nonprofit educational organization that offers a proven education program that helps improve communication and build leadership skills through a worldwide network of clubs. The organization’s membership counts 358,000 in more than 16,800 clubs in 143 countries. Since 1924, Toastmasters International has helped people of all backgrounds build confidence as speakers and leaders.
Toastmasters will give you the skills and confidence you need to effectively express yourself in any situation. Whether you are a mature manager, student, young professional, career advancer or looking to make an impact in your community, Toastmasters is the most efficient, supportive, enjoyable and affordable way of gaining great communication skills. You’ll improve your interpersonal communication and be more persuasive and confident when delivering speeches.
While some are born confident, charismatic leaders, others must work to develop their leadership skills. Through Toastmasters, you’ll gain the practice to become the leader and speaker you want to be. You will also sharpen your management skills, become a better negotiator, gain trust and inspire your team.
How will you grow?
» Improve public speaking skills
» Practice writing speeches and presenting in a group setting
» Build leadership skills
» Gain a competitive advantage in the workplace
» Networking opportunities in a small and supportive environment
» Build self-confidence and self-awareness
» Allows for unlimited personal growth
» Ability to maximize your potential
How it works
At Toastmasters, members learn by speaking to groups and working with others in a supportive environment. A typical Toastmasters club is made up of approximately 20 people who meet once a week for about two hours. Each meeting gives members several opportunities:
» Conduct meetings
Members learn how to plan and conduct meetings.
» Give impromptu speeches
Members present one- to two-minute, impromptu speeches about assigned topics.
» Present prepared speeches
Members present speeches based on projects from the Pathways learning experience—Toastmasters’ education program. Projects cover topics such as speech organization, vocal variety, language, gestures and persuasion.
» Offer constructive evaluation
Every speaker is assigned an evaluator who points out speech strengths and offers suggestions for improvement.
» Pathways Learning Experience
Pathways is Toastmasters’ exciting, interactive and flexible education program. With
11 paths to choose from (and more in development), you have the option to pick which skills you want to focus on.
Gallery
Here are a few pictures from the event!
Events
Join us at special sessions
Speaking with Impact in Challenging Times
Aditya Maheswaran, DTM
1st runner up, 1st Indian representing India, and 3-time representative at the World Championship of Public Speaking. Distinguished Toastmaster since 2010
Aditya is a sought-after keynote speaker and thought leader in leading in the VUCA world, purpose-driven leadership, executive presence, mindfulness, and personal excellence. He is known to combine the eternal wisdom of the human thought with modern research on leadership, giving him a unique advantage of engaging an audience.
He was placed World #2 at the World Championship of Public Speaking 2015 held at Las Vegas from over 35.000 public speakers around the World. He is the 1st Indian representing India to have entered the finals of the championship. He is a 3-time representative at the World Championship of Public Speaking.
Aditya is a 2-time TEDx speaker and was bestowed the Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM) in 2010 by Toastmasters International. He is a regular columnist with "The Hindu" daily and several other publications. He has addressed audiences in over 15 countries and 25 cities across continents.
Aditya is an Engineer by qualification and holds a Post Graduate Degree in Management (MBA) from the Indian School of Business (ISB), specializing in Strategy and Marketing. He is passionate about history, leadership, Advaita Vedanta, and physics.
Members
Executive board
Louise Dodin - Chief Executive Officer of the club
Directs the club in meeting the member’s needs for educational growth and leadership;
Works together with the club officers to define and achieve club goals;
Motivates and coaches club members.
Louise is usually not very competitive. Only when it comes to make races between her tortoise, Athena, and her rabbit Linus. She also speaks 6 languages and hope to meet new nationalities through toastmasters to expand her linguistic knowledge.
Enrico Baldasso - Vice President of Education
Ensures that the club meetings are scheduled and have a solid agenda;
Allocates meeting roles;
Helps members to plan their learning journey;
Ensures achievements of members are recorded at Toastmasters and acknowledged at club levels;
Helps members to get the most out of Toastmasters education program.
Enrico is addicted to learning new things, so he spends a great deal of his time taking courses, reading books and wandering outside of his comfort zone. To unwind from the daily routine, he loves to go to the gym, and to hike volcanoes around the world (4 so far). As a true Italian, he eats pasta at least once a day, and he is growing his own basil plant so he can give a special touch to every tomato sauce.
Musna Yusuf - Vice President Membership
Ensures guests are welcomed to the club;
Promotes the benefits of the club and supports membership growth;
Ensures reward and incentive planning on behalf of the club;
Ensures new joiners re registered at Toastmasters International.
Musna suspects she was a fish in her past life because she is immensely drawn to the beach and water. In her free time, she dares her limits skydiving, parasailing snorkelling and learning diving. She is also keen on volunteering and lends her time to supporting a homeless shelter in Copenhagen
Mia Sun- Vice President of Public Relations
Spread Toastmaster's vision and value – effective communication
Strategic communication/ Media relations
Club or district awareness/ activities updates
Mia Zhongyang Sun has been working in large international organizations for over 14 years.
She strongly believes that great public speaking and effective communication skills will increase our productivity and personal growth at the workplace as well as personal life.
That’s why she wishes to spread Toastmaster’s vision and values to people who are interested in strength their communication skills.
Yunoal D’souza - Treasurer
Ensures club and members are in finances of the club good standing with Toastmasters International;
Maintains accurate records of expenses and revenues;
Key decision maker in financial subjects;
Manages P&L, budget and expenses on behalf of the club.
Yunoal likes trying out new experiences that he has not done before, it can be as simple as taking a different biking route to work or trying out a new sport like bouldering (that he is into a lot lately). He is a very outdoorsy person and tries to be out in nature as much as the ‘pleasant’ Danish weather permits. If he is not outside, he is a self-proclaimed pseudo-researcher who starts out googling about walking sharks and hours later ends up in questionable parts of the internet landscape. With anytime he has remaining, he thinks he does some sort of a project management job to pay the rent and fund his future adventures.
Maiya Medetbekova - Secretary
Maintains accurate records on behalf of the club and ints officers;
Administrative liaison with Toastmasters International;
Records and manages meeting minutes of the Executive Committee;
Responsible of the club records and correspondence.
Paul Henckel - Operations Manager
Prepares the meetings venue for members and guests;
Manages inventory of meeting supplies;
Plans events for the club;
Master organiser of the club.
Agnieszka Podolska-Charlery - Alternate Board Member
Manages the mentorship program of the club.
Marius - Alternate Board Member
Part of the previous board and consultancy.
Vikrant Singh - Alternate Board Members
Part of the previous board and consultancy.
Frequently Asked Questions
For anything else, contact us!
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How can I become a member of the club?
Kindly contact VP Membership at frederiksberg@toastmasters.dk
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May I subscribe for one month only?
Unfortunately not, Toastmasters has a semestrial payment policy.
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What does the membership fee cover?
Members and board members are doing voluntary work, the fee requested is to cover Toastmasters International fees and the booking of the meeting rooms.
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May I join online?
At the moment all our meetings are held online. However, we do not have a permanent link for the meetings, therefore we do weekly updates on Easyspeak, Facebook, LinkedIn and Meetup, where you can follow us and find the direct links you can register to.