Toastmasters Clubs in Ventura County
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 05:10PM 
From a humble beginning in 1924 at the YMCA in Santa Ana, California, Toastmasters International has become a world leader in helping people become more competent and comfortable in front of an audience. The nonprofit organization now has nearly 235,000 members in 11,700 clubs in 92 countries, offering a proven, fun way to practice and hone communication and leadership skills.
Most meetings are comprised of approximately 20 people who meet weekly for an hour or two. Participants practice and learn skills by filling a meeting role, ranging from giving a prepared speech or an impromptu one to serving as timer, evaluator or grammarian. There is no instructor; instead, each speech and meeting is critiqued by a member in a positive manner, focusing on what was done right and what could be improved.
There are about 70 local Toastmasters clubs throughout Ventura County. They meet on different days of the week in various locations, in the morning, during the day or at night. Some have websites but many do not. Most are open to the public while some are limited.
First step is to find a local club. There is a search function at www.toastmasters.org that allows you to search for a club by zip code, by meeting day and by meeting time.
Here is just a sampling of some of the local clubs:
- Agoura-Westlake Toastmasters (agourawestlake.freetoasthost.net) meets at lunchtime on Thursdays
- Camarillo Evening Toastmasters (camarillo.toastmastersclubs.org) meets Tuesday evenings
- Candid Culture Toastmasters (candidculture.freetoasthost.com/) meets in Ventura on Monday nights
- Conejo Valley Toastmasters (www.conejovalleytoastmasters.org) meets Monday nights
- Daybreakers of Westlake Toastmasters (www.daybreakers.org) meets Wednesday mornings at Baxter from 6:30 a.m. to 8 a.m.
- Ocean View Toastmasters (www.oceanviewtoastmasters.com) meets Thursday nights
- Rhetorical Link Toastmasters of Conejo Valley (http://rhetorical.freetoasthost.com) meets Thursday nights
- Ventura Toastmasters (since 1934!!) (www.venturatoastmasters.com) meets Monday nights
- Moorpark Toastmasters (http://moorpark.freetoasthost.net) meets Wednesday nights
- Simi Valley Toastmasters (www.simivalleytoastmasters.org) meets Thursday nights
- Calabasas Toastmasters (www.calabasastoastmasters.org) meets Monday nights
- Ventura Sunrise Toastmasters (http://venturasunrise.freetoasthost.net) meets Tuesday mornings
- Sandpiper Toastmasters (http://sandpiper.freetoasthost.com) meets Wednesday mornings in Ventura
- ACE Toastmasters (hace.freetoasthost.info) meets Wednesday evenings in Thousand Oaks
- C.L.U.E. Toastmasters (clue.freetoasthost.com) meets at lunch on Tuesdays at Cal Lutheran
- Thousand Oaks Toastmasters at Lunch (TOTAL) (http://1934.toastmastersclubs.org/) meets on Thursdays
- Los Amigos Toastmasters (losamigos.freetoasthost.us) is a bilingual club that meets Thursday nights in Oxnard
The list goes on. Contact us if you would like to post additional information about your club!
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