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More member friends or More Speaking Skills: What do you really want?
In Mega city Mumbai, the choice between a smaller Toastmaster community club and a larger, more crowded one is a significant factor in a member's experience and skills development growth.
While larger clubs offer a broader network, smaller community clubs with a "decent" number of members (typically ranging from 20 to 40) often provide a superior environment for accelerated skill acquisition.
In a small but well knitted community club like Dadar Toastmasters Club in Central Mumbai city, everyone knows everyone by name and much more.
Everyone gets their share of opportunity to stand up and own the stage. Speaking and Club management Roles are easily available, so it’s much easier to start and continue completing your Pathways chosen path on the Toastmasters International web portal.
Toastmasters’ clubs are all about public speaking and Leadership training, so the "small group" dynamic is widely recognized as more conducive to active participation.
In a Toastmasters setting, this translates to more frequent opportunities to deliver prepared speeches and take on meeting roles. In a crowded club, a member might only be able to secure a speaking slot once every two or three months due to the high demand for the agenda. On the other hand, in a smaller club, a member can often speak monthly, which is essential for building muscle memory and confidence.
Feedback is the breakfast of Champions, and Evaluation is the breakfast, lunch and dinner of champions.
Furthermore, the quality of feedback in smaller clubs is often more personalized. In a club with 50 or more members, the sheer volume of speakers can lead to rushed or generic evaluations.
In a smaller, tight-knit community club, evaluators have the time to provide deep, nuanced critiques that address specific behavioural patterns—such as filler words, body language, or structural weaknesses—rather than superficial observations. This aligns with the educational principle that immediate, specific, and sustained feedback is the most effective driver of skill mastery.
Mumbai’s Toastmasters Clubs
For a member in Mumbai, where time is a premium commodity, smaller clubs also offer a more efficient use of resources. The administrative burden of managing a massive club can sometimes lead to a rigid, bureaucratic atmosphere, whereas smaller clubs often maintain a more flexible, agile culture that allows members to experiment with different leadership roles more readily.
While large clubs are excellent for networking, the primary objective of Toastmasters—the development of communication and leadership—is often best served in an environment where the member is not just a face in the crowd, but an active, recurring participant in the club’s success.
