Speaking Club Coming to Palos Heights

Toastmasters – Is Coming To Palos Heights

Billionaire, Warren Buffett: Public Speaking Skill Hikes Your Value by 50%

Imagine working on one skill this year that, once you improve it, will raise your value by 50 percent. The one skill is public speaking.

Entrepreneur and author Chuck Bern is bringing the speaking club, Toastmasters, to Palos Heights.

After spending three decades advising and managing a company working to fortify the talent pool for corporations across the United States and Canada, he is now applying the skills and insights he’s acquired by helping people to realize and fulfill their own visions and potential. Chuck is the current president of a “President’s Distinguished” Toastmasters Club and has decided it’s time to bring Toastmasters to his hometown, Palos Heights.

The dividends on the investment you make in sharpening your communication skills will pay off for the rest of your career. Listen to billionaire Warren Buffett's advice to a class of business students at Columbia University in 2009:

"Right now, I would pay $100,000 for 10 percent of the future earnings of any of you, so if you're interested, see me after class."

After the laughter subsided, he turned serious.

"Now, you can improve your value by 50 percent just by learning communication skills--public speaking. If that's the case, see me after class and I'll pay you $150,000."

Buffett's point is that mastering the art of public speaking is the single greatest skill needed to boost your career.

For a leader, public speaking is the key to unlocking empathy, stirring excitement, sharing knowledge and insights, and promoting a shared dream.

Isn't that what you're trying to accomplish as an entrepreneur pitching an idea or as a small-business owner pitching a potential customer?

Your ideas deserve to be heard. Make a commitment this year to sharpen the one skill that can change your life and the direction of your business, and raise your value by 50 percent almost immediately.

PUBLIC SPEAKING ENHANCES SELF-ESTEEM/CONFIDENCE

The ability to master public speaking can significantly increase an individual’s level of self-esteem. By overcoming a fear (such as public speaking), we increase our self-confidence and feel more comfortable about success in the future. With each successful speech, anxiety levels decline and self-assurance increases.

This is the skill that keeps on giving – and it can showcase you as a highly valuable asset.

About Toastmasters:

Toastmasters International is a worldwide nonprofit educational organization that empowers individuals to become more effective communicators and leaders. The organization's membership exceeds 350,000 in 142 countries. Video Link

The mission of the Toastmasters of Palos Heights club is to provide a supportive, fun, and positive learning experience in which members are empowered to develop communication and leadership skills, resulting in greater self-confidence and personal growth.

Where and When:

Toastmasters of Palos Heights will meet —

When: 6:30 PM – 1st and 3rd Mondays of each month, starting June 16th.

Where: Palos Heights Library - 12501 S. 71st Ave, Palos Heights.

Contact: Email: ToastmastersOfPalosHeights@gmail.com Phone: 708.480.2112.

Guests are welcome!