I have not been involved with Toastmasters, but I was fortunate enough to take the DCC over 25 years ago.
Wonderful skills to have in beginning a professional career.
The three C's. People in the ranks, Act enthusiastic. Sound principles.

I'm not sure I "like public speaking" mainly because I feel that to do it well requires lots of preparation time. And time, as we all know, is the scarce commodity. Maybe as I age, I'm becoming more stingy with my free time.

But I have no fear of public speaking. Shucks, 80% of it is how you look and how you speak. What you say is a minor portion of the effectiveness of a speech.

(Case in point: Obama's great off a teleprompter. Get him one on one or impromptu and it's a whole different ball game. Not nearly as effective or impressive, imo.)

I have been on a couple of my town's Boards for many years, and have been the chairman of one of them for the past three years. My public speaking experience has been a great help in running meetings and in handling difficult applications and people.

A couple of axioms I like:
"If you can't say it in 20 minutes, write a book."
"The mind can't absorb what the seat can't endure"
(If you see them squirmin, time to wrap it up!)