Find your voice. Shape your words and your future.

MicrophoneDo you desire to increase your management potential, extend your influence, motivate and persuade others or gain recognition? 

Success in business and in life depends in large part on communication and leadership. Toastmasters is a non-profit education organization which enables you to advance these competencies through time-tested and self–paced programs. You will learn to speak effectively, conduct meetings, manage a team and lead others, all in a supportive environment. 

Parliament Hill Toastmasters meets in downtown Ottawa, in the meeting room of the Main Branch Location of the Ottawa Public Library, 120 Metcalfe Street (at Laurier Avenue West). Guests are always welcome. If you plan to attend one of our meetings as a guest, please email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it and tell us that you are coming.

 
Chris Ford Open House

Chris Ford, past International President of Toasmasters, will be coming to Parliament Hill Toastmasters on Thursday, January 28, 2010! An active Toastmaster for over 25 years, Chris is a retired Canadian Forces brigadier-general. He is currently employed as the Director General of Alternative Dispute Resolution for the Canadian Department of National Defense, where he makes good use of the communication and leadership skills he has honed in Toastmasters.

The theme of this meeting will be LEADERSHIP. Chris describes his speech, Leading from the Middle, as "The essential concept is that leaders don't lead in a vacuum, they lead with people all around them.  It's vital to be aware of the many leadership relationships that exist, certainly with the team, but also with superiors, colleagues, supporters, detractors, and a myriad of stakeholders."

It's going to be a great meeting. Guests are very welcome!

 
PHTM Poster!
Path to SuccessThere is a new poster to help advertise Parliament Hill Toastmasters. Download it, print it, and post it where people will see it! There are 2 versions of the poster: one for 8.5x11" paper [3.8MB PDF] and for large format 11x17" paper [3.8MB PDF]. Let's get the word out!
 
New Season, New Location!
The new Parliament Hill Toastmasters season starts 6:30 pm, Thursday, September 3rd, 2009 in the meeting room at the Main Branch location of the Ottawa Public Library. We are very excited about our new location! The meeting room has a capacity of 30 people, which will be a big change from the previous location which started getting crowded with more than a dozen.