I've heard nothing but good things coming out of people's involvement in Toastmasters. I overcame my fear of public speaking a different way, though -- in one long weekend -- the Landmark Forum's Advanced Course.
I went in on Thursday just petrified, so scared I didn't want to do the course, and at the Sunday "graduation" I gave an off-the-cuff speech in which I was 100% free and connected with every one of the 300 people in the audience. It felt miraculous.
I recommend it highly, not just for this, but for anywhere you're stopped in life. |