Yesterday and the day before I wrote about using your Toastmaster’s Competent Communicator manual speeches to help you accomplish your professional goals involving exams. Today I would like to focus on some of the ancillary benefits of this approach:
- You have an accountability group. The entire Toastmaster group knows what your goal is, which should give you more motivation to do well.
- You become a better speaker in the process by actually speaking. This is another way of learning as well.
- You can use what you learned in the Leadership Track. For example, if you are studying for the CPA, why not volunteer as treasurer? Sure, a Toastmaster’s group probably doesn’t use depreciation schedules, but you can still incorporate much of what you learned in keeping the books and help the broader organization develop policies and procedures to help others fulfill the role of Treasurer.
- You’ve got more speeches if you need them. Toastmasters doesn’t stop at the CC designation. There are 15 specialized books, each with 5 other speeches to give once you complete the CC speeches.
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