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| ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Sept. 8, 2022
/PRNewswire/ -- Toastmasters International and Yoodli
announced today that the companies have entered into a strategic
partnership that will give Toastmasters' more than 280,000
members standard free access to a Toastmasters version of the
innovative Yoodli public speaking platform. With the agreement
in place, the co-branded version of the platform is expected to
be available to members of Toastmasters by the end of the year. |
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| "We are very excited to partner with Yoodli
and establish our foothold in the arena of artificial
intelligence and speech pattern recognition," says Matt Kinsey,
Toastmasters' 2022-23 International President. "This
collaboration adds tremendous value for our current members and
prospective members. We are most thrilled that we can offer this
pioneering speech preparation tool at no additional cost to our
members." |
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| Through Yoodli, Toastmasters members will
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- Practice, record, and store up to 60 minutes worth of
speeches
- Receive analytics showing their filler words, pacing,
word choice, and more
- View an auto-generated transcript of their speech
- Share a speech with others
- Play Yoodli-created word games
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| "We unveiled the Yoodli platform to
Toastmasters' members at the organization's International
Convention in August and the feedback was incredible," says
Varun Puri, Co-Founder of Yoodli. "We envision a world where
public speaking is fun, uplifting, and collaborative as opposed
to something that induces anxiety. Partnering with Toastmasters,
the world's expert in public speaking, will allow us to scale
our platform across the globe." |
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| Yoodli has secured
more than $7 million in funding that it expects to last several
years. Some of their investors include Microsoft co-founder Paul
Allen's AI Institute, Cercano Capital and Madrona Venture Group,
an early investor in Amazon. |
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| For further information about this
partnership or to interview a Toastmasters representative,
please contact Dennis Olson at dolson@toastmasters.org. |
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| To interview a Yoodli representative,
please contact the Yoodli team at info@yoodli.ai. |
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Communication skills are the biggest determinant of success both
personally and professionally. Toastmasters and Yoodli share the
same vision — we believe that anyone can become a more confident
communicator with the right amount of practice and guidance. We
also think that public speaking doesn’t need to be
anxiety-inducing — a large part of Yoodli’s culture is inspired
by Table Topics®, the fun impromptu speaking club activity
pioneered by Toastmasters. |
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| Why Yoodli? |
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Improve your communication skills with
judgment free feedback
from our AI-powered speech coach in the following areas: |
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| Realtime Analytics |
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| Built by Experts |
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| How it Works |
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Add Yoodli to your
Zoom call,
or record a speech
on our website |
View a realtime transcript
and analytics on your filler words,
pacing, word choice, and more! |
Once you’re feeling comfortable,
share your speech with friends and
coaches to receive times tamped feedback |
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Visit Yoodli website |
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For further information: Dennis Olson, 20-439-5050 ext.
1707, dolson@toastmasters.org
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