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So You’ve Joined Toastmasters. Now What?

New Member Orientation

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Agenda

Your goals
Club meeting roles
The Toastmasters Pathways learning experience
Mentoring
Leadership opportunities
Next steps
Member support and club expectations

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What are your goals?

Our objective is to help you meet your goals.�

Per the New Member Profile you completed, your goals are:

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How can we support you?

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Is there anything specific you want us to do to help you meet your goals?

Do you want to set your own timeframes, or do you want us to nudge you to participate?

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Club meeting roles

Toastmaster
Grammarian
Ah-Counter
Timer

Table Topics ^® Speaker
Topicsmaster
Speaker
Evaluator
General Evaluator

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Each meeting role has a unique set of responsibilities and skills for you to explore.
[Information about how to sign up for roles in your club]
Based on your goals, roles that I recommend are:

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Toastmaster

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Serving as Toastmaster is an excellent way to practice planning, organization, time management, facilitation, motivation, and team-building skills.

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Grammarian

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Skills practiced as grammarian include planning, evaluation, interpersonal communication, and public speaking.

This is a good role to start with.
Resources:

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Ah-Counter

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This role works on skills of active listening, evaluation, and providing effective feedback.

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Timer

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The timer role builds skills of organization, time management, active listening, and leadership.

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Table Topics^® Speaker�

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This role practices organizing thoughts, delivering concise impromptu speeches, and time management.

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Topicsmaster

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As Topicsmaster, skills practiced are leadership, planning, time management, and motivation.

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Speaker

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This role practices planning, preparation, time management, and public speaking skills.

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Evaluator

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As evaluator, skills practiced are listening, critical thinking, providing feedback, and motivation.

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General Evaluator

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As General Evaluator, skills practiced are critical thinking, organization, time management, motivation, and team-building.

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The Toastmasters Pathways learning experience

There are 6 unique paths to help you achieve your goals.
Take the assessment to find the best one for you.
Each path features 5 levels.
Check out The Navigator for more information.

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Pathways is Toastmasters’ education program. Currently, there are 6 unique paths to help you achieve your goals. An online assessment is available for you to take. At the end, it will recommend three paths that best fit your goals.

Each path has 5 levels. In Level 1, you will master the fundamentals. Level 2 is all about learning your style. In Level 3, you begin to increase your knowledge. You will take what you have learned and start to build skills in Level 4. Level 5 is all about demonstrating expertise and, finally, before completing your path, there is one final project. Reflect on Your Path allows you to consider your growth and share your experience with your club.

Every path has required and elective projects. To complete a path, you must complete all 11 required projects and four elective projects, though you can opt to complete as many electives as you would like.

For more in-depth knowledge on Pathways, check out The Navigator, which can be found by going to www.toastmasters.org/TheNavigator.

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What’s your path?

Dynamic Leadership
Engaging Humor
Motivational Strategies

Persuasive Influence
Presentation Mastery
Visionary Communication

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Dynamic Leadership

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Main skills built:

Public speaking
Interpersonal �communication
Management

Additional skills built:

Strategic leadership
Conflict resolution

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Dynamic Leadership

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Level 4

Level 5

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Engaging Humor

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Engaging Humor

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Level 4

Level 5

Main skills built:

Public speaking

Additional skills built:

Speech writing

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Motivational Strategies

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Main skills built:

Public speaking
Interpersonal communication
Management

Additional skills built:

Motivational �leadership
Motivational communication

Motivational Strategies

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Level 4

Level 5

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Persuasive Influence

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Main skills built:

Public speaking
Management
Interpersonal communication

Additional skills built:

Leading in �complex situations

Persuasive Influence

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Level 4

Level 5

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Presentation Mastery

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Main skill built:

Public speaking

Presentation Mastery

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Level 4

Level 5

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Visionary Communication

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Main skills built:

Public speaking
Management
Interpersonal communication

Additional skills built:

Innovative communication
Leadership

Visionary Communication

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Level 4

Level 5

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Mentoring

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Experienced mentors encourage, guide, and support you in your goals and help you to achieve more than you thought possible.

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Leadership opportunities

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To develop your leadership skills, you can serve as a club officer. Then consider moving on to additional leadership opportunities throughout the organization to continue your development.

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Developing leadership skills

Club

Area �—�Division

Gain experience in each Officer Role

President
VP Education
VP Membership
VP Public Relations
Secretary
Treasurer
Sergeant at Arms

District

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Region

Gain further experience in mid-level roles:�

Area Director
Division Director

Share your skills by running for these top-level roles:�

District Director
Program Quality Director
Club Growth Director
Finance Manager
Administration Manager
Region Advisor
International Director

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Getting started

Welcome email

Add as a safe sender
If you do not receive the email, check your spam filters

Click “Set up account”
Follow the steps

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Verifying your profile

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Logging in to Pathways

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Your first project: The Ice Breaker

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Everyone begins with this Level 1 project.

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Awards and recognition

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Recognition of achievements

Earn ribbons during meetings
Pins are available for each learning path
Add a level tag to show off progress
Receive a Proficient pin upon Path completion

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Education badges and awards�

Receive digital badges on Base Camp
Earn badges for each �level completed
Earn a path badge when you finish a path
Award feedback badges �to others
Receive certificates for �level and path completions

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Club expectations and policy

Please review our club policies and the Addendum of Standard Club Options
You must attend [#] meetings per month.
If you miss [#] meetings, then [consequence].
Our dress code is [].
Taboo topics are [].
Our club culture is [].

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How we communicate with you

Club meeting
Email
[Any additional communication methods]
[Any additional communication methods]
Club Resources

Website
Newsletter
Policy

Let us talk about the methods our club will use to communicate with you. First and foremost, club meetings are always a great place to speak to fellow members and club officers. If you have questions or comments, attending a club meeting is a great way to share what is on your mind. Furthermore, it is a great place for us to share news with the club.

We will also pass along any important updates via email. It is important that the email you provide us is one that you check regularly, as it will be the method we use to announce any meeting cancellations.

(Note for presenters: If you have any additional methods of communication, add them to the slide and share them with the new member.)

We also have various club resources available. Our club has a website, which is [URL.] We send out a newsletter every [week, month, quarter]. For your benefit, we also have written policy available for you to review.

(Note for presenter: Customize the club resources your club uses and outline how you use them. If you use your club’s website to allow members to sign up for meeting roles and to schedule their speeches, outline this here. If you have a newsletter, tell them how often it is distributed, how it is distributed, and what content is in it. If your club has written policy, tell the new member where they can find it.)

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Questions/Concerns/Answers

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Thank you for attending!

New Member Orientation