Welcome!
Toastmasters offers a proven way to improve your communication skills. By participating in a fun and supportive Toastmasters group, you'll become a better speaker and leader and gain confidence to succeed in whatever path you've chosen in life.
Milpitas Toastmasters:

  • is one of the oldest and most distinguished Toastmasters clubs in the San Francisco Bay area;

  • has members who are at all skill levels, from total beginner to some of the most advanced Toastmasters in the district;

  • provides experienced mentors to all new members; and

  • is large enough to offer exciting and interesting meetings but small enough so that you can schedule your speeches as frequently as you like.
Membership:
  • Joining Milpitas Toastmasters is easy.  Just come to any of our meetings.  Guests are welcome to watch and even join in as many times as they wish.  After each meeting, an officer is available to meet with guests, and to provide you with membership information.

  • When you join a Toastmasters club, you will receive a variety of manuals and resources on speaking and leadership. In addition, you will receive the award-winning The Toastmaster, a monthly magazine that offers the latest insights on speaking and leadership techniques.
Eloquence is the appropriate organ of the highest personal energy.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson

The trouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought of yet.
—Ann Landers

It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.
—Mark Twain

Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human
voice to infuse them with shades of deeper meaning.
—Maya Angelou

According to most studies, people's number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death. Death is number two. Does that seem right? That means to the average person, if you have to go to a funeral, you're better off in the casket than doing the eulogy.
—Jerry Seinfeld