Public Speaking

Welcome to Our Learning Lab

We’re delighted that you’ve found the Düsseldorfer Toastmasters. As the largest Toastmasters club in Europe, we offer you a unique learning lab to develop your public speaking, leadership, and interpersonal communication skills. We see ourselves as a safe and supportive environment where you will experience psychological safety from the very first moment.

Here, you’ll practice the skills that truly make a difference in everyday life. You’ll learn how to overcome stage fright, think on your feet, and communicate with confidence and clarity. Every meeting is an opportunity to gently expand your comfort zone while learning from the experience and feedback of fellow members. Our doors are always open to you.

Join us as a guest at one of our upcoming meetings and experience the club for yourself—there will be a seat waiting for you.

Thomas Koj

President of Düsseldorfer Toastmasters (2026/2027)

Find our club leadership in portrait here.

»Uhm…, aah, what I wanted to say was …«

Fear of public speaking

You know this feeling? When you have to speak in front of an audience the right words have spontaneously slipped your mind? Your heart beats, your palms begin to sweat, and you hope the ground will swallow you up at once?

Don’t Panic! We, from the Düsseldorfer Toastmasters have made it our goal to give practical help in order to improve speeches, to train voice and body posture, and to perform confidently.

We help you overcome stage fright and offer …

• a protective environment to practice free speech
• learning by doing – no traditional teaching approach
• learning with enjoyment and drive
• witnessing others develop with enjoyment and drive
• a friendly atmosphere, respectful and supportive
• speech evenings in English
• a tailor-made mentoring programme

Get to know the Düsseldorfer Toastmasters in person

By car:
Sufficient parking spaces in the inner courtyard, entrance from Schwalmstraße