About Us
The Rough Drafts is a specialty Toastmasters club geared toward speakers-to-authors and authors-to-speakers. This group is comprised of professional writers, or anyone who recognizes that writing skills are just as important as speaking and leadership skills. The Rough Drafts provide a balanced technique to personal development by developing your writing, speaking, and leadership skills.In today’s high-tech modern world, effective communication requires a range of skills including writing, speaking, computing, and tele-conferencing, The Toastmasters program has helped millions of people become confident public speakers and active listeners. This club will take your speaking confidence to a higher level – while also improving your written communication skills and offering high-level education programs on the art and craft of writing.
Many of the verbal presentations we give in Toastmasters begin with good writing. Start with the Rough Drafts and take advantage of the opportunity to write speeches, deliver presentations, and prepare business correspondence. You’ll also be encouraged to develop essays, stories, journals, or any other creative prose to augment your regular Toastmasters presentations. Using the Toastmasters model, members’ work will be evaluated on both the verbal presentation and written component.
