Empowering our youth is a cornerstone to building our budding future leaders. This unique eight session (1-2 hours) program enables participants to develop their potential through practical experience. Just about 24 hours of your time can have a powerful impact on the participants’ confidence, in addition to their communication and leadership skills.

The sessions have the elements of a typical Toastmaster meeting with an agenda, prepared speeches, impromptu speeches, and evaluations as well as curriculum content. Typically, there are 10-20 participants in a program to allow for meaningful interaction and growth. Toastmasters International caps the number at 25 participants per program.

Critical skill and content building include evaluation of present speaking ability, discussion and exercise in chairmanship principles, presentation of speeches, impromptu speeches, group evaluation, discussion of speech organization, discussion and practice in listening, gestures in speaking, and voice and vocabulary. The theme of the final session is a Show your Skills “graduation” where parents and other stakeholders can celebrate the participants’ progress and presentation of certificates.