What is Toastmasters?

Toastmasters International is a world leader in communication and leadership development. As a non-profit educational organization, it teaches public speaking and leadership skills through a worldwide network of clubs. Since 1924, Toastmasters International has helped people from diverse backgrounds become more confident speakers, communicators, and leaders.

Toastmasters Mission

To empower individuals to become more effective communicators and leaders.

Toastmasters Core Values

Our foundational core values are integrity, respect for the individual, service to the member, and dedication to excellence.

Toastmasters Vision

To be the first-choice provider of dynamic, high-value, experiential communication and leadership skills development.

What is Pathways?

Pathways is Toastmasters’ new education program. It is an online learning tool that helps you develop your skills and achieve your speaking and leadership goals. It gives you:

• The opportunity to build up to 300 unique competencies
• 11 specialized learning paths to choose from
• Online content, so that you can learn anytime, anywhere
• Real-world, transferable skills

Why Join?

Why should you choose Toastmasters to build a better future?

Here are just a few of the reasons why:

1. To become a competent and confident speaker and leader.
2. To build a better future by developing the skills that will get you noticed and give you advantages that others don’t experience.
3. To open the door for you to influence others and change the world.
4. To meet like-minded people from all walks of life and make new friends.
5. Because it is one of the most cost-effective skill-building educational programs available anywhere. (Without emptying your bank account)

If these reasons resonate with you, come and check out one of our meetings to see for sure! How? Scroll down to Want to Visit? to find out how!

Our Club

As an officially recognized Toastmasters International club, our mission is to empower individuals to become more effective communicators and leaders.

Ever since 2010, we have been achieving this through our weekly meetings using the educational program, mentoring by experienced members, and additional activities. We meet every Tuesday starting at 18:30 sharp.

We are a professional club whose members are committed to helping each other develop English communication and leadership skills, resulting in greater self-confidence and personal growth.

We provide a supportive self-paced learn-by-doing environment where our members have the opportunity to improve themselves through continuous practice. This learning is made even more effective by the way feedback is incorporated throughout our meetings and the help given by a mentor.

How much does it cost to be a member of our club? Currently, the cost is 40 RON a month plus the initial membership fee of 90 RON that covers the cost of the education program. We pay for 6 months at a time from October-March and April-September.

The cost for 6 months is 240 + 90 for a total of 330 RON. However, the cost is prorated according to how many months are left in the 6 month time period. So let’s say there were 3 months left you would pay 120 +90 for a total of 210 RON.

We would encourage you to join us for a few meetings to see if we’re a good fit for you. There is no cost to visit. See below for info on how to visit.

Want to Visit?

Are you curious to see what our meetings are like and how they could help you on your way to a better future?

Because we are a non-profit organization, driven by our mission to empower people we love having guests visit our club meetings and would gladly show you around. This should be ample experience to decide if we are a good match. You might even get a chance to speak during Table Topics (impromptu speaking), but only if you want to.

We meet every Tuesday starting at 18:30 sharp (GMT +2). Zoom opens at 18:10. Guests need to arrive a minimum of 10 minutes early to get ready for the meeting.

Having finished our season of meeting outdoors we are currently meeting online only until we can find a safe place to meet in-person. Then we most likely will combine online with meeting in-person at the same time.

For our online meetings, you will need to register by Tuesday at 17:00 to receive the Zoom link and online meeting information: https://forms.gle/hTFStBrFV3s1w2oe6

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The information below will only apply once we start meeting in-person again.

Read below to find out the limitations and rules for guests joining our meetings.

Additional Rules for Staying Safe in the Covid-19 Context

Due to the Coronavirus, there are some limitations and rules for guests joining our meetings.

To attend a meeting you will need to register by filling out the Google Form. For everybody’s safety, we’ve set a maximum of five guests per meeting.

If you receive a response that you can attend the meeting you will be given the meeting location and online meeting information as well in case of bad weather.

We will inform you if the meeting is already full and encourage you to register for the next meeting. But we will give you the online meeting information just in case we can’t meet in person.

Below are the rules for attending our outdoor meetings.

Rules for All Participants (Guests and Members)

1. Participants will not come if they have symptoms (fever, tiredness, and/or dry cough) and/or don’t feel well.
2. When entering the vicinity you will be required to have your temperature measured (with a contactless thermometer) and to disinfect your hands (disinfectant will be provided by us).
3. Everybody will be seated on individual seats in a way that respects the legal minimum distance.
4. Touching is not forbidden, but not recommended and will be done at your own risk.
5. When not speaking, wearing a face mask that covers both mouth and nose is recommended but not obligatory.
6. Have to sneeze or cough? Make sure you turn away from the people around you and that you cover your nose/mouth with your elbow (not hand!).