HKU Campus Toastmasters Club
What is Toastmasters?
Toastmasters International (TI) is an international public speaking movement that operates clubs worldwide for the purpose of promoting communication and leadership skills.
On a club, division, district and international level, we empower individuals to become more effective communicators and leaders.
Headquartered in Englewood, Colo., the organization's membership exceeds 358,000 in more than 16,800 clubs in 143 countries. Since 1924, Toastmasters International has helped people from diverse backgrounds become more confident speakers, communicators, and leaders.
What can you expect from the club?
Here's what to expect from the Toastmasters experience
What does it mean to be a part of Toastmasters? What's a meeting like? What are all the roles about? And what can I expect from the Toastmasters experience?
Here's what you can expect from the Us
What's our club about, you ask?
We aim for education
At Toastmasters, you learn at your own pace. With a flexible curriculum and senior mentors, Toastmasters International's education programme was built on four guiding principles that have been in place since the organization was founded in 1924:
- Experiential learning – By giving speeches and fulfilling leadership roles, you practice and improve.
- Peer feedback – Grow and improve through honest and supportive peer evaluation.
- Mentoring – Experienced mentors encourage, guide and support you in your goals and help you to achieve more than you thought possible.
- Self-paced program – Develop skills at your own pace and comfort level.
Toastmasters education is comprised of the traditional education program, the Pathways learning experience, the Youth Leadership Program, the Interpersonal Communication Program and the Speechcraft Program.
Not to mention, the organization holds annual contests in Table Topics, Evaluation, Humorous Speeches and the International Speech Contest for members to make their way up to the World Championships!
Our Meetings
HKU Campus Toastmasters Clubs holds its meetings every Tuesday from 7.30pm to 9.30pm on the HKU Campus.
The meeting rooms may vary, but they are always announced few days before the event to members and guests.
Sometimes we hold online meetings. Before an online meeting, we collect Skype/ Zoom IDs or send out a group link for the phonecall.
Our Team
Joy Pamnani, President
Divya Baranwal, Vice President of Education
Amy Wan, Vice President of Membership
Anisha Kukreja, Vice President of Public Relations
Joel Khoo, Secretary
Nelson Hui, Treasurer
Howard Chan, Sergeant-of-Arms
Vincent Chu, Club Advisor
Our Calendar
Past Events
Welcoming the year with a launch party!
Bollywood-themed Toastmasters meeting!
Three months of semester suspensions don't stop us from holding online meetings
Going to an escape room as part of the club's summer activities!
Check out our Summer Newsletter
HKU CAMPUS TOASTMASTERS CLUB newsletter.pdfContact Information
Interested in joining our meetings?
We welcome guests! You can email hkutoastmasters@gmail.com or message us on Facebook to give us a heads up.
If meetings get cancelled, we will make announcements on Facebook to inform our members and guests.
Other Resources
Toastmasters International
To read more about Toastmasters, you may visit https://www.toastmasters.org/
Understanding Pathways
Resources from our Club
Our VPE Divya and President Joy explain what Pathways is, how our members can make their way through various projects to make the most of their Toastmasters Experience and how to use the Pathways Base Camp interface.
Resources from Toastmasters International
Learn about Toastmasters International’s new education program, the Pathways learning experience.
Support from The University of Hong Kong
HKU Toastmasters Club is jointly supported by three departments at the University of Hong Kong, including Experiential Learning, Common Core and the Center for Applied English Studies.