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Tianjin Toastmasters Club (TTMC) was founded in February 1999 and was charted just two months later in April 1999, making it the second Toastmasters club in China. TTMC is sponsored by PPG Coatings (Tianjin) Co Ltd., French Paris Bank, and the Sheraton Hotel. The first club meeting was in the Sheraton Hotel, in 2001 the club moved to Tianjin Dickson Hotel before moving to the Olympic Hotel in 2002 and finally in 2004 the Friendship Hotel where we still meet today. In 2008 TTMC earned the highest club honor, the President’s Distinguished Club and we were chosen to host the 2009 District Spring Conference in May, attracting 150+ Toastmasters and guest from all over Northern China.

The club has had some very influential members from diverse cross section of society, including blue, white and gold collar workers including some business owners. Some of the club members have become Advance Communicators and Competent Leaders and even area governors within Toastmasters. TMMC has also sponsored other Toastmasters in the Tianjin area. Many members have benefited from improving their communication and leadership skills in their both personal and business lives. WHY NOT YOU!

My first year in college I was suppose to give a short speech to my class of 20 students, I dropped the class. Today I have given hour-long presentation on two different continents to audiences in excess of several hundred, because of the confidence that Toastmaster’s has given me.