Editing Toastmasters International (section)

==Public speaking championship==
Toastmasters runs an international public speaking championship formally known as the Toastmasters International [[World Champion of Public Speaking]], which is held annually at its International Convention in August.<ref name="MooneyChampion">{{Cite news |last=Mooney |first=Harrison |title=Vancouver lends an ear to world's best speakers; Toastmasters holds 86th convention, crowns new international champion |date=August 28, 2017 |work=[[The Vancouver Sun]]}}</ref><ref name="NasirWords">{{Cite news |last=Nasir |first=Noorain |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/dananjaya-hettiarachchi-speaks-on/article6535348.ece |title=Winning with Words |date=October 26, 2014 |work=The Hindu |access-date=June 11, 2018}}</ref><ref name="MurphyFlop">{{Cite news |last=Murphy |first=Dave |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2002/03/20/sometimes-you-can-be-a-successful-flop/ |title=Sometimes you can be a successful flop |date=March 20, 2002 |work=[[Chicago Tribune]]}}</ref><ref name="Basheda">{{Cite news |last=Basheda |first=Lori |title=Stand and deliver Speaking Toastmasters select their world champion, whose theme is failure's value. Series |date=August 26, 2001 |work=Orange County Register}}</ref> It started in 1938 and involves over 33,000 participants in 141 countries, making it the world's largest oratory contest.<ref name="NasirWords" /><ref name="BP2">{{Cite news |url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/lifestyle/news-and-pr/1477097/resident-of-france-is-semifinalist-in-the-worlds-largest-speech-contest |title=Resident of France is semifinalist in the world's largest speech contest |date=June 1, 2018 |website=[[Bangkok Post]] |language=en |access-date=June 22, 2018}}</ref> There is a six-month process of elimination to reach the semifinals; in 2018, there were 106 participants who made it that far. There are ten places in the final, and speeches are judged on content, gestures, organization, and style.<ref name="BP2" />