The Nigeria Toastmasters’ Conference

That “everything rises and falls on leadership,” is a favourite quote of John C. Maxwell. Leadership without a deep commitment to personal development is a joke.
The law of the lid stated that personal effectiveness is directly proportional to leadership ability. Show me a great leader and I will show you a people and performance skills’ veteran. Is it your ardent desire to be proficient at conducting meetings, giving impromptu speeches, lead your team effectively, offer constructive feedback, improve your self-confidence and skyrocket your team’s morale?

Is your organization’s performance management system truly working? Is there a succession planning culture in your organization? Are your teammates delivering better sales presentations? Are you seeking to solve these problems and more at little or no cost, with the individuals taking ownership for their own personal growth? Welcome to the Toastmasters’ bus stop!

Around the world more than three million men and women of all ages, professions and occupations have benefited from Toastmasters training, and more than one thousand corporations, community groups, universities, associations, and government agencies now use Toastmasters training. Toastmasters International is a non-profit, non-political, non-religious club and one of the leading educational clubs worldwide. The Club provides a mutually supportive environment for its members to develop their skills, with special focus on leadership and communication skills. Toastmasters possess one of the largest organized systems for personal development in the world.

It is therefore time and a rare opportunity to savour the best of Toastmasters in the maiden edition of the Nigerian Toastmasters’ Conference. On Saturday December 5th, 2015, Eko Hotel & Suite, Lagos will host toastmasters and friends from Nigeria, West Africa and world over. You will listen to speakers who have distinguished themselves through actions and experience as they battle the theme of the conference: The Challenges and Realities of Leadership in Nigeria: The Role of Toastmasters.

As part of the build up to the December 5th Grand finale, a Corporate Summit has been scheduled for 12noon, 1st of December 2015. Corporate leaders and stakeholders will attend this 2-hour event, designed to showcase the benefits of Toastmasters to the corporate world. This event will be fun-filled, full of learning and networking opportunities. Attendance is strictly by invitation.

Highlights of the conference include the finals of the Nigerian Toastmasters Speech Contest, Leadership and Communication trainings, Presentations of the Best of Toastmasters in Nigeria, Conferment of Awards, Networking and lots of fun. To learn more about the Nigerian Toastmasters’ Conference kindly visit the website www.toastmasters divisionf.org or contact the Division Director: Toastmasters Patrick Oluyide as detailed above.

It would delight you to know that Ralph C. Smedley founded Toastmasters from a humble beginning in 1924 at the basement of YMCA in Santa Ana, California. Since then, Toastmasters International has grown to become a world leader in helping people become effective leaders and competent communicators. Leading corporate organizations have also benefitted from Toastmasters training programs, which develops leadership skills, hones communication abilities and improves critical thinking capacities of employees. Corporate Toastmasters Clubs have been known to build a highly capable workforce who can respond with quick mental agility, communicate with extraordinary skills, and provide effective feedback. To date, Toastmasters clubs have spread to all the continents of the world.

The club’s nearly 313,000 members in 14,650 clubs in 126 countries, offer a proven and enjoyable way to practise and hone communication and leadership skills. The Toastmasters education was officially introduced into Nigeria in 2005 through the pioneering efforts of Ambassador Vincent Sunny Okobi. Presently, Nigeria is home to over twenty-six Toastmasters clubs in various cities of the country.

Now is your turn to be part of this life transforming initiative. “The error in the leadership of today began with the followership of yesterday.” Build capacity today for the tomorrow of your dream. Join us!