• Are you ready to try speaking in a more challenging environment ?

• Would you like to give a Toastmasters talk on television?

• Want to see how a TV show is created?

• Would you like to see talks by Toastmasters from other clubs?

Toastmaster Time is the television program produced by members of Toastmasters International clubs in District 57, Alameda County, California for broadcast on community access channels. TmT presents talks by Toastmasters from District 57, from Icebreakers to Advanced talks. You can see several years of those talks in the Watch Recent Shows section.

The Mission of TmT is to give District 57 Toastmaster members the opportunity to learn new skill Toastmaster, a unique opportunity to try something new as a challenge, and to have the chance to see yourself as others see you -- how often do you get the chance to evaluate yourself? Speaking on TmT gives you that chance!s by presenting on television, and to show examples of all levels of speaking skills to our members.

Presenting on TmT gives you, the speaker, the chance to gain experience by speaking in a very different environment, the TV studio.

Recent News About Our Location!

Because Comcast has recently changed the way they support public access television, TmT will no longer be recorded in Comcast's Fremont studio, where it has resided since 1997. We will soon have a new studio 'home', but until then, we will record in studios around the Bay Area. Watch this page for the time and location of the next show.

Thanks to the Media Center in Palo Alto for providing recording facilities for the October show!
Here is the home page for the Media center:
http://midpenmedia.org/

Watch Recent Shows

Our shows are broadcast every Tuesday evening on Comcast Cable Channel 29 at 7:00 p.m. in the Fremont/ Newark/Union City area in California, on other cable systems in the area and also available here on the Toastmaster Time website. Did you miss the last show? Or maybe you don't have access to the show on cable?
No problem! You can see recent shows right here on our website!

Click here to view our recent shows

How Can Being on Toastmaster Time Help Me?

Speaking to the camera is a great way to see yourself as others do, to be your own evaluator, and to help you take your skills to the next level! Speaking in a TV studio environment is very different than speaking in a club. See what other Toastmasters are saying about their TmT experience here.

What Can You Present On Toastmaster Time Television?

Almost any Toastmaster manual project is OK, subject to time constraints. A six minute length is ideal for most shows, but other types of talks and projects can be done with prior arrangement.

Giving a talk that directly promotes your own business or personal beliefs is discouraged, but there's nothing wrong with giving an informative, interesting, talk on a topic you know well!

Want To Check It Out ?

Be our guest at a taping session - join the audience and see what's involved. Click here for directions to the studio.

Yay! I'm Going to Be on TV! What Else Do I Need to Know?

Here are some tips on appearing on camera in a TV studio, based on what we have learned about coaching first-time studio speakers over the years:

Speaking Tips on Video - George Marshall (Windows)    (Mac)

Television cameras see the world a bit different than we do. They don't much like white or bright red clothing, shiny objects, small checked fabric, or narrow stripes, so avoid them, or you will look funny :-(.

To see what happens to thin stripes and fine chaecks,
check out this short video! (Here's the Mac version).
Be sure and enlarge the video screen so you can see the details well!

How To Get Involved

Email us to:

• Get a visitor's pass for the next recording session,
• Request a speaking opportunity or
• Find out more about the program
• Sign up for crew training

We record a new show on the fourth Thursday of each month at 7 pm, unless there is a conflict with a holiday.

Location: Comcast's Fremont studio, click here for directions

Comcast offers very low cost training on all the equipment in the studio: cameras, lighting, video switcher, audio gear and Computer Graphics. You need to complete the training to operate the equipment, although you can appear as a speaker with no Comcast training.

More About Toastmasters

Toastmasters is an international non-profit, educational organization dedicated to helping its members improve their communications skills, including public speaking, effective listening, and leadership. Find out more about Toastmasters International, or find a Toastmasters club near you, by going to their website:
www.toastmasters.org

Toastmasters District 57 includes over 150 clubs from San Francisco's East Bay area to the Northern California border. Find out more about Toastmaster activities in our district at the District 57 website: www.d57toastmasters.org

Toastmaster Time is brought to you by Toastmasters in District 57: Alan Zoraster - Pleasanton Community Club George Marshall - Star Search Club And a great crew and talent team!

How can we keep over five years worth of video, and lots of extras? ToastmasterTime.com runs on the Bluehost service: unlimited storage stores years of our video programs and unlimited transfer bandwidth makes it available to everyone! It's fast and reliable - we like it, at $6.95 per month. To give Bluehost.com a try, CLICK HERE TO CHECK IT OUT.