The document summarizes information about the Toastmasters club at the Indian School of Business (ISB). It discusses that Toastmasters was founded in 1924 to help people improve their public speaking skills. The ISB Toastmasters club has over 80 members and holds weekly meetings where members give speeches and provide evaluations. The club is very active on campus and helps members gain confidence in public speaking, build leadership skills, and network with others. The document encourages interested people to contact the club representatives to learn more about joining.

1. TOASTMASTERS CLUB
Where Leaders
Are Made

2. Agenda
A. What is Toastmasters?
B. Toastmaster Structure
C. Club Structure
D. Club Functioning
E. What is in it for us?
F. ISB Toastmasters Club
G. Club activities in 2011-12
H. Wish to be a member?

3. Did you know?
Fear of Public Speaking is the number
1 of all human fears; it even beats
Death!
The fear of public speaking affects
between 75% and 95% of the
population, says Wikipedia
60% of people get turned down from a
Job because they cannot communicate
EFFECTIVELY

4. What is Toastmasters?
• Who: Formed by Dr. Ralph C. Smedley
• Why: Realized that people were most often
unprepared to speak in Public; especially raise
Toasts!
• When: 1924
• Where: Santa Ana, California, USA
Current Status
125 countries 25,000 current
members
12,000 clubs
4 Million members since
inception

5. Toastmaster Structure
Toastmaster
International
INDIA
Division
Area
Community ISB Corporate
Clubs Club Clubs

6. Club Structure
Sr. No Source Key Responsibilities
1 President Overall Coordinator
2 VP Education Knowledge Manager
3 VP Membership Takes charge of memberships
4 VP Public Relations Marketing Manager
5 Treasurer Finance Manager
6 Secretary Plans meetings & maintains records
7 Sergeant at Arms Takes charge of the logistics

7. Club Functioning
1 2 3
Prepared Speech Table Topic Evaluation
Session Session Session
Role Details
Toastmaster of the Day Master of Ceremony
Table Topics Master Extempore Session Master
General Evaluator Manage the Evaluation Session
Prepared Speakers Based on projects in Toastmaster manuals
Specific Evaluators For the prepared speakers
Table Topics Speakers Impromptu speakers
Grammarian Ensures proper usage of grammar
Ah Counter Keeps track of the crutch words
Time Keeper Keeps track of the time

8. What is in it for us?
Gain the confidence to speak
anytime, anywhere !!
Use the skills to understand audience
thus conquering interviews, group
discussions and presentations
Build a highly trusted
global network
Take part in contests and win
accolades

9. Beyond Public Speaking:
• Developing Leadership and
Organizational skills is the
other pillar of Toastmasters
• Members can hold:
– Office bearer positions
– Take different roles in
meetings
• Through these roles, members
will be leading and organizing
the many activities of the club.

10. ISB Toastmasters Club
2012: One of the most
active clubs on campus
80 members, 39 meetings
2008: ISB 2013
Toastmasters 2012
Club was 2013:
chartered in What next?
2008 2011
2011: Received the
“Golden Gavel Award”
2008 in 2011, Highest award in
Toastmasters globally and
was ranked #1 in terms of
value added to the
members

11. Club activities in 2011-12
• Weekly Meetings: 39 meetings conducted during the year with about
150 speeches delivered
• Regular contests: Organized contests within the club to give members
an opportunity to reach to a wider audience
• The Humorous Speech and Evaluation Contest - The two best
humorous speakers and speech evaluators progressed to the
regional level
• Business Plan & Marketing Pitch Contest - Organized in association
with the EVC club and the Marketing Club respectively, aimed to
encourage students to present their unique business ideas
• MCs and Anchors: The Club became a key source for MCs and Anchors
for many Business, Informal and Social events on the campus

12. Club activities in 2011-12 (cont.)
• Speaker Sessions: These sessions are arranged to bring together big
names from different walks of life to address the students
• Renowned Indian writer, Amish Tripathi, who described his journey
of writing his popular two books, ‘The Immortals of Meluha’ and
‘The Secret of the Nagas’
• Stand-up comedian, Rivaldo, who brought the place down with his
jokes
• Ravinder Singh, Class of 2012 Student, who launched his 2nd Book,
‘Can Love Happen Twice?’ at ISB

13. Wish to be a member?
• Toastmasters International’ is a non-profit organization and only
charges a membership fee to meet its expenses (worldwide
events, printing & postal charges of TM material, etc)
• ISB Club collects only the membership fee which is paid to TM
International. All additional expenses to meet the running cost of
the club are usually borne by ISB.
• One time New member joining fees - $20 / person
• Annual membership dues - $72 / person

14. Contact us
Name: Anand Radhakrishnan
Phone: +91-8886482444
Email:
anand_radhakrishnan2012@pgp.isb.edu
anand.rkrishnan@gmail.com
Name: Anshuk Aggarwal
Phone: +91-7799889678
Email:
anshuk_aggarwal2012@pgp.isb.edu
anshuk.agr@gmail.com

15. Keep Talking!