Toastmasters and Corporations

(by Sam Mehta, DTM, ESTM member and District 65 2006-2007 Governor)

The Toastmasters program provides tools that enable its members to become effective public speakers and leaders. Toastmasters makes effective communication a worldwide reality. A company's success depends on communication. Employees face endless challenges as they deal with one another and with customers day after day. How well they communicate can determine whether a company grows into an industry leader or join thousands of other businesses mired in mediocrity. Today, thousands of corporations and government agencies sponsor in-house Toastmasters clubs as communication training workshops for their employees. Effective speakers and leaders advance their careers through:

Giving better sales presentations
Honing management skills
Effectively developing and presenting ideas
Offering constructive criticism

More than 1,000 major national organizations sponsor in-house Toastmasters Clubs as communication training workshops for their employees. These organizations include corporations, government agencies, nonprofit associations, educational institutions, and churches.

A sample of National corporations include:

American Airlines
AT&T
Blue Cross / Blue Shield
Boeing
Caterpillar
Exxon
Federal Express
General Motors
IBM
Lockheed Martin
Merrill Lynch
Paychex
Sprint
UPS
Target Stores
Walt Disney
Xerox

A sample of government agencies include:

Department of Interior
Department of Justice
Department of Labor
Department of Transportation
HUD
NASA
Social Security Administration
U.S. Postal Service

Locally, in Central New York, corporate clubs include:

Bank of America
Bristol Myers Squibb
C&S Companies
Cooper Crouse-Hinds
Greater Syracuse Area Realtors
ITT Goulds Pump
NYSTEC
O'Brian & Gere
Stearns & Wheler
Utica National Insurance
Welch Allyn

In addition there are nine open public clubs located all over the Syracuse area.These clubs are open not only to one organization or corporation, but to anyone who is interested in joining. See the District 65 website or the Toastmasters International website for further information.