Toastmasters International is a non-profit educational corporation headquartered in Rancho Santa Margarita, California. Its mission is to improve communication and leadership skills of its members and in general. Mainly, this works out to 'improving public speaking skills' but there is also a potent leadership and management aspect to the organization if you aspire to reach that level.

All Toastmasters members belong to one or more clubs. Clubs consist of at least eight members and may have forty or more. There are, at present, over 10,500 clubs around the world. There are many sorts of clubs: community clubs, corporate clubs, collegiate clubs and so on.

When you join Toastmasters, you receive a basic speaking manual with ten speech projects. Each project calls on you to prepare a speech on a subject of your own choosing but using certain speaking principles. Each manual project lists the objectives for that speech and includes a written checklist for your evaluator to use when evaluating the speech.

In the basic ("Communication and Leadership" manual), there are ten speech projects:
Icebreaker - 4 to 6 minutes
Organize your speech- 5 to 7 minutes
Get to the Point - 5 to 7 minutes
How You Say It - 5 to 7 minutes
Your Body Speaks - 5 to 7 minutes
Vocal Variety - 5 to 7 minutes
Research Your Topic - 5 to 7 minutes
Get Comfortable With Visual Aids - 6 to 8 minutes
Persuade With Power - 5 -7 minutes
Inspire Your Audience - 8 to 10 minutes

Grassroots Toastmasters Club believes that punctuality is important and hence is very organized. During a chapter meeting, SAA will call meeting to order first followed by the Toastmaster of the Day introducing appointment holders and program. The prepared speeches is next followed by refreshments. After which, is the table topic sessions where guests are welcomed to take part. Prize presentation and closing address will be the last.