Aug 21, 2026 · 43 min · 12 segments
Jason Blyth’s Toastmasters journey is about far more than becoming a better public speaker — it is about **reclaiming his voice and using it to create change**. A member of Elouera Toastmasters in…
Now, I, I know that you have, uh, y- the speeches that you have delivered, you do talk a little bit about your past.
So you wanna bring your story out into the world.
It's, um, it's just been an opportunity for me to have purposeful, intentional opportunities-
Mm
I think one of the things that I lacked when I came to Toastmasters was real confidence in that I could speak.
Mm.
I believed that I had this amazing story and, and I, I believed I could speak, but I needed, like a lot of people, obviously there's this whole imposter syndrome thing-
Right
but I think there needs to be these evidence points that we gather by doing reps. And-
Mm
... winning the district contest in my first year of Toastmasters was, like, one of those massive ticks that was going, "Yeah, okay." [laughs]
Yeah.
Yeah.
"This is a, this is a gift," right? And, and like I said, I, I had, I believed I had this gift, and I came to wanna tend it.
I, I think the biggest thing that Toastmasters has given me is the, the confidence from having been in an environment where I get to, as we all do, um, compare ourselves to the standard that's around us.
Mm.
Mm-hmm
... you know, what's the level of speaking around us in the clubs, and things like that.
Now, I, I know that you have, uh, y- the speeches that you have delivered, you do talk a little bit about your past.
So you wanna bring your story out into the world.
It's, um, it's just been an opportunity for me to have purposeful, intentional opportunities-
Mm
I think one of the things that I lacked when I came to Toastmasters was real confidence in that I could speak.
Mm.
I believed that I had this amazing story and, and I, I believed I could speak, but I needed, like a lot of people, obviously there's this whole imposter syndrome thing-
Right
but I think there needs to be these evidence points that we gather by doing reps. And-
Mm
... winning the district contest in my first year of Toastmasters was, like, one of those massive ticks that was going, "Yeah, okay." [laughs]
Yeah.
Yeah.
"This is a, this is a gift," right? And, and like I said, I, I had, I believed I had this gift, and I came to wanna tend it.
I, I think the biggest thing that Toastmasters has given me is the, the confidence from having been in an environment where I get to, as we all do, um, compare ourselves to the standard that's around us.
Mm.
Mm-hmm
... you know, what's the level of speaking around us in the clubs, and things like that.
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