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2026




Articles

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Club Spotlight

Bringing Toastmasters to Albania

How a new club set a high mark in a new country.

Norm Bour

Columns

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President's Message

The Privilege of Being Heard

Aletta Rochat, DTM
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Your Turn

Taking My Speaking Skills to TV

How Toastmasters prepared me for Shark Tank.

Ari Siegel
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Toastmasters News

Toastmasters Could Benefit Autistic Speakers

Peggy Beach, DTM
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Language

Top Word of 2025

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Club Experience

Youth Takes the Stage

South Florida Toastmasters help young people find their voice with TEDxMiramar Youth.

Kate McClare, DTM
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Nerves

Fix Your Fear of Speaking

Understand the roots of public speaking anxiety, and gain tips to conquer it.

Jennifer Fidder
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Nerves

Taming Your Speaking Saboteurs

Use these tips to avoid sabotaging your speech.

Sheila Kelly
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Presentation Skills

10 Ways to Prepare for a Work Presentation

Set yourself up for success before you step up to speak.

Joel Schwartzberg
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Presentation Skills

Creating a Strong Slide Presentation

How to make your visuals support your message—not compete with it.

Diane Windingland, DTM
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Technology

7 Generative AI Pitfalls for Communicators

How to spot and resolve these blind spots before they cost you clarity and trust.

Joel Schwartzberg
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Communication

Finding the Right Way to Say Goodbye

Deliver a eulogy that pays the proper tribute.

George Kiser
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Presentation Skills

Practice the NET Approach

Notice, explore, transform: Be present in your public speaking.

Melinda Lee
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Speechwriting

5 Questions With Saby Sengupta

Speechwriting advice from an expert.

The Toastmaster magazine staff
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Club Experience

Celebrate Your Club’s Anniversary

10 festive suggestions to commemorate this milestone.

Laura Mishkind