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The Toastmasters �Education Program�

The Successful Club Series

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Pathways Learning Experience

Six Paths

  • Dynamic Leadership
  • Engaging Humor
  • Motivational Strategies
  • Persuasive Influence
  • Presentation Mastery
  • Visionary Communication

Five Core Competencies

  • Public Speaking
  • Interpersonal Communication
  • Strategic Leadership
  • Management
  • Confidence

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Base Camp

The Digital Home for Learning

  • Access your selected path
  • Track your progress
  • View awards and recognition
  • Send or complete digital evaluation resources
  • Interact with others in your club, including club officers

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Learning Paths

  • All paths offer opportunities to:
    • Develop public speaking skills
    • Practice leadership
    • Build confidence
  • Each path has a slightly different focus to help achieve your specific goals

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Focus: Confidence, Speech Writing, and Delivery

Presentation Mastery

  • Build core public speaking skills
  • Learn to speak confidently and effectively
  • Develop your unique communication style

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Engaging Humor

  • Build confidence
  • Learn to speak effectively and with humor
  • Develop your unique humorous delivery

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Focus: Interpersonal and Strategic Communication

Motivational Strategies

  • Learn strategies to:
    • Build connections with others
    • Motivate others
    • Lead small groups to accomplish goals

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Dynamic Leadership

  • Discover your ideal leadership and communication styles
  • Learn to resolve conflict

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Focus: Innovative Leadership

Persuasive Influence

  • Skills to be innovative communicator and leader
  • Create innovative solutions to challenges
  • Learn to effect change in community, volunteer org., or workplace

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Visionary Communication

  • Skills to share information effectively, plan communications, and create innovative solutions
  • Grow into strategic communicator and leader

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Pathways Level Progression

  • Five levels that grow in complexity
  • Projects become more tailored to path goal
  • Members build increasingly advanced skills

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Level 1

  • Same projects across all paths to build a strong foundation
    • Ice Breaker
    • Writing a Speech with Purpose
    • Introduction to Vocal Variety and Feedback
    • Evaluation and Feedback

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Level 2

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All Paths

  • Introduction to Toastmasters Mentoring

Dynamic Leadership

  • Understanding Your Leadership Style
  • Understanding Your Communication Style

Engaging Humor

  • Know Your Sense of Humor
  • Connect With Your Audience

Motivational Strategies

  • Understanding Your Communication Style
  • Active Listening

Persuasive Influence

  • Understanding Your Leadership Style
  • Active Listening

Presentation Mastery

  • Understanding Your Communication Style
  • Effective Body Language

Visionary Communication

  • Understanding Your Leadership Style
  • Understanding Your Communication Style

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Levels 3–5

  • More tailored projects specific to each path
  • Electives for customization of paths
    • Level 3
      • Up to 15 electives; choose 2 minimum
    • Level 4
      • Up to 8 electives; choose 1 minimum
    • Level 5
      • Up to 6 electives; choose 1 minimum

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Path Completion

  • Reflect on Your Path project
    • Look back on your path
    • Reflect on how you’ve grown
    • Share your experience with your club
  • Last step in every path before receiving credit

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Awards and Achievements

  • Awards and accolades given to members for motivation and to reward success
  • Typically, these are achieved by completing levels and entire paths

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Badges and Certificates

  • Digital on Base Camp
  • Given for important milestones:
    • Level completion
    • Path completion

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Employer Letters

  • Upon request only
  • Sent from WHQ to your employer
  • For completion of Level 3, Level 4, or a full path

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Email From International President

  • Upon completion of a full path
  • Celebratory email congratulating your success!

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Certificate of Proficiency

  • Awarded upon completion of a full path
  • Members receive accolade of “Proficient” in their path:

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“Toastmaster Maria completed the Motivational �Strategies path and is now Motivational Strategies Proficient.”

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Distinguished Toastmaster Award

  • Highest individual honor that can be achieved in Pathways

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Complete 2 unique paths

Serve one year as a club officer

Serve a one-year term as a District Leader

Serve as a club mentor or coach

Serve as club sponsor OR conduct Speechcraft OR Youth Leadership

Complete DTM project

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Conclusion

  • What were your goals when you joined Toastmasters?
  • Why did you choose your path?
  • How would you help guide new members to the right path for them?

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