I would start off by challenging your assertion that people don’t deliver really long speeches anymore. We certainly still see it with church leaders and long-winded politicians.Small talk i.e. conversational skills are going by the wayside. Employers are reporting that they are having challenges in hiring younger workers due to lack of social and communication skills. They find themselves having to teach these younger workers the soft skills while on the job.
Public speaking is only one element of the skills learned by participating in the Toastmasters program. Attending a club can expose a member to other members of different ages. This can be helpful in the workplace as our fellow workers and our customers are of different ages.
So in fact, Toastmasters is even more relevant than ever.
