Our meetings are generally held in English; you can contribute with English or German speeches!
more meetings in summer term 2020!
dates will be published shortly
We practice public speaking. We have regular meetings where we practice in order to improve our speaking skills.
We have regular meetings every second Monday. We meet at 18:45 at Wissensturm, Kärntnerstraße 26, 4020 Linz (attention: during school holidays we meet at Gasthaus Alte Welt, Adlergasse 4, 4020 Linz. Find the location of the next meeting above).
Yes, visitors are always welcome! You can visit us three times for free. Afterwards we will invite you to join our club.
We are a non-profit organisation with a membership-fee of 120 Euros per year.
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The Toastmaster of the Evening conducts the meeting and explains the program for the evening (Introduction, transitional comments, etc.)
This is the core section. Every meeting 3 to 4 speakers present self-chosen topics but following the structured program in the training manual. Every speech has a different objective such as focusing on body language, correct use of the voice, speech structuring, etc.
All speeches are evaluated afterwards by another toastmaster. Apart from these oral evaluations the speaker also receives written feedback from all the meeting participants.
The Table Topics Master presents one topic or theme with several questions or situations and invites individual members of the club to speak spontaneously about it for 1-2 minutes. This helps the speaker to develop impromptu speaking skills. And it’s always very funny…
The General Evaluator points out the DOs and DON’Ts of the night. They ask their evaluation team to present their reports. For example, the Ah-counter checks all speakers for any filler words and sounds they may have used like and, so, ahm, etc. The Timer, records the exact time each speaker takes as there are specific limits for each role.
Organise your speech – Matthias’ task for this speech was to organise his speech well. Good speech organisation is essential if your audience is to follow and understand your presentation.
Your body speaks – Ruta’s task was to focus on body language. Body language is an important part of speaking because it enhances your message and gives you more credibility.
Research your topic – Christian’s task was to present a challenging topic where he needed to do some research first. Your speech will be more effective if you can support your main points with statistics testimony, stories, anecdotes, examples, visual aids, and facts.
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You are welcome to come as our guest three times before committing to be a Toastmaster. You can join anytime during the year.
I can proudly announce that our first Blue Danube Speakers newsletter is finally finished! Thanks to all the people, who helped making it happen. If you are interested and want to read it, just write an E-mail and we will send it as a .pdf......
Ladies and gentleman, we just had our second meeting in 2017 and four guests joined our gathering of “practitioners of the rhetorical arts”. Guys, if you are reading this, all of you would be great additions to our club, so I hope we will......
We had four speeches last time! The whole last year we were not able to have a gathering with more than three speeches, but right in our first encounter in 2017 we were able to get over this benchmark! The evening was hosted by Christian......
We are looking forward to seeing you.
ZVR: 207408589
Blue Danube Speakers
Sitz: Leonding
Zustelladresse: Christian Wirth, Im Blumengrund 9, 4060 Leonding
E-Mail: contact@blue-danube-speakers.at
Verantwortlich für Inhalt: Christian Wirth (Mitglied des Vereinsvorstands)
