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Toastmasters Educational Program
When you join Toastmasters, you will receive a variety of manuals and
resources on speaking. You also have access to other books as well as audio and
video cassettes on speaking and leading. In addition, as a member, you receive
the award-winning monthy magazine The Toastmaster, that offers the
latest insights on speaking and leadership techniques.
Leadership cannot be learned in a day. It takes practice. As a member of
Toastmasters, you will build leadership skills by organizing and conducting
meetings and motivating others to participate. Club leadership roles and a
leadership development program also offer opportunities to learn and practice.
Just as you will learn to speak simply by speaking, you will learn leadership
through hands-on experience -- not in a classroom.
Toastmasters provides the tools that enable you to become an effective
communicator and leader. Toastmasters training helps you:
- give better sales presentations
- hone your management skills
- work better with fellow employees
- effectively develop and present ideas
- offer constructive criticism
- accept criticism more objectively
Toastmasters produces results. Around the world more than three million men
and women of all ages and occupations have benefited from Toastmasters training,
and more than one thousand corporations, community groups, universities,
associations, and government agencies now use Toastmasters training.
The educational program is the heart of being a member of Toastmasters. It is
the means through which you develop your communication and leadership skills and
achieve your goal of becoming a better communicator.
The Toastmasters
educational program consists of two tracks -- a communication track
and a leadership track. The communication track focuses on speaking
and listening skill. The leadership track focuses on organizational
and leadership skills. Members are encouraged to work in both tracks
at the same time. Upon completion of each award, members receive a
certificate and a letter to their employer.
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Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM) |
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Advanced Toastmaster Gold (ATM-G) |
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Advanced Leader (AL) |
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Advanced Toastmaster Silver (ATM-S) |
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Competent Leader (CL) |
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Advanced Toastmaster Bronze (ATM-B) |
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Competent Toastmaster (CTM) |
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| Competent Toastmaster (CTM) |
Requirements:
Complete the Communication and
Leadership Program Manual (also called the "basic manual"), which
contains 10 speech projects. |
 The Ice Breaker
Speak with Sincerity
Organize Your Speach
Show What You Mean
Vocal Variety |
Work with Words
Apply Your Skills
Add Impact to Your Speach
Persuade with Power
Inspire Your Audience |
| Every new member is sent a basic
manual and three other manuals: Your Speaking Voice, Effective
Speech Evaluation, and Gestures: Your Body Speaks. Upon completing
the CTM members are give two Adanced Manuals. |
| Advanced Toastmaster Bronze (ATB-B) |
Requirements:
Achieve CTM and complete
two Advanced Communication and Leadership manuals.
These manuals include: |
The Entertaining Speaker
Speaking to Inform
Public Relations
The Discussion Leader
Specialty Speaches
Speeches by Management
The Professional Speaker
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Technical Presentations
The Professional Salesperson
Communicating on Television
Storytelling
Interpretive Reading
Interpersonal Communication
Special Occasion Speeches |
| Advanced Toastmaster Silver (ATM-S) |
Requirements:
Achieve ATM-B
Complete two additional Advanced Manuals
Conduct any two Programs from the Better Speaker Series or the Successful Club Series
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| Advanced Toastmaster Gold (ATM-G) |
Requirements:
Achieve ATM-S
Complete two additional Advanced Manuals
Conduct a Success/Leadership program,
Success/Communication program, or a Youth Leadership
program
Coach a new member with the first three
speeches |
| Competent Leader (CL) |
Requirements:
Achieve CTM
Serve as a Club officer and participate in the
preparation of a Club Success Plan
Participate in Officer Training
Conduct any two programs from the Successful Club Series |
| Advanced Leader (AL) |
Requirements:
Achieve CL Award
Serve as a District officer
Complete the High Performance
program
Serve as a Club Sponsor, Club Mentor, or a
Club Specialist |
| Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM) |
Requirements:
Achieve ATM-G
Achieve Advanced Leader
award
Distinguished Toastmaster is the
highest recognition a member may receive. Upon achieving this goal
members will be given a plaque. |
| Better Speaker Series |
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The Better Speaker Series is a set of 10-minute educational
modules on speech preparation and presentation that members can
present to their clubs. Modules available are: |
Beginning Your Speech
Concluding Your
Speech
Take the Terror Out of a
Talk
Impromptu Speaking
Selecting Your Topic
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Know Your Audience
Organizing Your
Speech
Creating an
Introduction
Preparation and Practice
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| Successful Club
Series |
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The Successful Club series is a set of modules that address
various aspects of quality club meetings, emphasizing what every
member can do to help the club and other members. Modules available
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Moments of Truth
Finding New Members for Your
Club
Evaluate to Motivate
Closing the Sale
Creating the Best Club Climate
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Meeting Roles and
Responsibilities
Mentoring
Keeping the Commitment
Going Beyond Our
Club
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