Whether we handed you something at a meeting, you scanned a code, or you found your way here from around the site, this is the place to build your confidence as a speaker. The club's own guides are free for you to download and keep — and because Wicklow Speaking Club is part of Toastmasters International, a worldwide network of clubs like ours, you'll find plenty of Toastmasters material here too.
Joining as a member unlocks a vast array of learning materials and educational pathways tailored to your experience, goals and ambitions.
Wicklow Speaking Club is part of Toastmasters International — a worldwide network of clubs built on one simple idea: you get better at speaking by doing it, in a supportive room with honest feedback. In this short film, members from all over the world share what changed for them.
Read: Why Toastmasters? →The twenty-point checklist we shared, on one printable page to keep by your desk.
The complete guide: every tip explained in more practical detail — to work through at your own pace.
Toastmasters International publishes the award-winning Toastmaster magazine every month, with features on speaking, leadership and communication. Every issue is a free PDF on their site — here are the two most recent.
The current issue. Open the full PDF for this month's features on public speaking, leadership and club life.
Cover theme: Leadership in the Age of AI — how AI is reshaping the way we lead, alongside public-speaking and new-leader features.
Looking for an older issue? Browse the full archive on toastmasters.org →
Each year, Toastmasters clubs worldwide feed into the International Speech Contest, which crowns a single World Champion of Public Speaking. Here are the winning speeches from 2026 and 2025 — a glimpse of what delivery can become at the very top, and some inspiration for your own journey with the club.
There are hundreds more speeches and talks to learn from.
Visit the Toastmasters YouTube channel →The club is where the real practice happens — but if you like to study between meetings, these are reputable, self-paced options. The first two are run or certified by Toastmasters itself; the others are long-standing university courses you can audit for free.
The official quick-start guide from Toastmasters — a very affordable online introduction ($4.99 per course) to public speaking.
A structured learning path available to LinkedIn Learning subscribers, produced with Toastmasters International — earn a recognised certificate you can add to your LinkedIn profile and CV.
University of Washington's popular starter course with Dr. Matt McGarrity — a clear framework for writing and delivering a speech. View the course for free. Assessments, feedback and certificates require subscription.
The deeper four-course sequence from the same instructor — for when you want to keep going after the introduction. View the courses for free. Assessments, feedback and certificates require subscription.
"Your success in life will be determined largely by your ability to speak, your ability to write, and the quality of your ideas. In that order."
It's a bold claim — but it's the reason a room full of people turn up on a Thursday night to practise. Here's the full talk if you'd like to hear the case for it.
Reading, watching and working through a course is a fine start — but the real change happens in the room. Guests are always welcome, your first visits are free, and nobody is ever asked to stand up and speak, unless you want to. We'd love to see you.
Come along as our guest See our next taster night