FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Aug. 12, 2011
Contact: Clemmie Phillips
(662) 329-7119
clp2@muw.edu

Toastmasters to host Leadership Institute at MUW

COLUMBUS, Miss. – Toastmasters will host a Leadership Institute on the campus of Mississippi University for Women Saturday, Aug. 27. The program will be held in the
Claudia A. Limbert Assembly Room of Cochran Hall from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The event will consist of educational breakout sessions and networking opportunities.

Terence Nicholson, founder/president of the Stand up-Speak up Toastmasters Club on campus, said, “The Toastmasters Leadership Institute training is a wonderful educational event that will help many people develop their speaking and leadership skills and help them to take these skills to a new level. I am very excited about this district-sponsored event because this event is helping to ensure that the Stand up-Speak up Toastmasters Club receives the proper training to be a successful organization on the campus of Mississippi University for Women.”

He added, “I am looking forward to seeing other fellow Toastmasters who will be attending this event from surrounding areas as well. This event is a great self-improvement and learning opportunity for anyone that would like to enhance their communication skills.”

The campus organization is open to students, faculty, staff and community members. Meetings are held bi-monthly.

Toastmasters International is a non-profit educational organization that teaches public speaking and leadership skills through a worldwide network of meeting locations. It is headquartered in California and has more than 260,000 members in over 12,500 clubs in 113 countries.

For more information, contact Nicholson at tdn@muw.edu or (662) 295-5787.