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While the Communication and
Leadership manuals provided in the Competent and Advanced programs for members
and the new Competent Leader manual give a step-by-step learning process to
develop skills of speakers and leaders, Toastmasters International recognizes
that sometimes a more intensified training will be needed. The programs
listed below are created by Toastmasters to improve the skills and learning of
its members. All of the programs are available from the Toastmasters
International Supply catalogue. Click on any of the links to learn more
about this program.
Public Speaking Skills
The Better Speaker Series
Success/Communication
Club Leadership and Leadership
Development
The Successful Club Series
The Leadership Excellence Series
Success/Leadership
High Performance Leadership
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The
Better Speaker Series
This program is designed to be
delivered to beginning or novice speakers to assist them in improving their
understanding of basic speech components. Each segment in the series is
designed to be delivered in twenty - thirty minutes, either in a club meeting or
in a workshop. The segments count toward requirements for Advanced Awards.
The following are the segments included in this series:
| Segment Title |
Description |
| Beginning Your Speech |
A focus on how to build a powerful opening to
your speeches |
| Concluding Your Speech |
A focus on how to build a powerful and
memorable conclusion to your speeches |
| Take the Terror Out of
Talk |
Techniques for overcoming and channeling
nervousness while you are speaking |
| Impromptu Speaking |
Learn how to handle speaking in "off-the-cuff"
situations |
| Selecting Your Topic |
How to select and develop ideas for speeches |
| Know Your Audience |
If you can relate to your audience, they will
relate to you |
| Organizing Your Speech |
Once you know what you want to say, consider
when and how you want to say it in the design of your speech |
| Creating An Introduction |
All great speeches are preceded by great
introductions. Learn how to create a powerful introduction to your
next speech |
| Preparation and Practice |
Techniques on how to prepare for and to
practice for your next speech |
| Using Body Language |
Explains how the use of facial expressions,
gestures and body movement can help to deliver the message of your
speech |
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Success/Communication
These are training modules created by
Toastmasters International to allow members to give targeted training to groups
and individuals outside of club meetings. All of the segments are designed
to be given independently of other segments (except those listed as part one or
part two). All segments are designed to be given in seminars lasting for
two to three hours to up to several weeks. The segments count toward
requirements for Advanced Awards.
| Segment Title |
Description |
| Building your Thinking Power -
Part I - Mental Flexibility |
This educational seminar program teaches
participants how to adapt their behavior to achieve the best results.
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| Building your Thinking Power -
Part II - The Power of Ideas |
Teaches participants how to
become more creative thinkers. |
| From Speaker to Trainer |
This educational seminar program
teaches participants how to develop and present training programs.
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| How To Listen Effectively |
Program teaches listening,
speaking, and leadership skills. |
| Speechcraft |
This speech-training program will
bring prospective members into your club to see what Toastmasters is all
about. |
| The Art of Effective Evaluation |
This program will give club
members the knowledge, motivation and skills they need to become more
effective evaluators. |
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The
Successful Club Series
This program is designed to be given during
club meetings. The individual segments are between fifteen and forty
minutes in length. The segments count toward requirements for Advanced
Awards.
| Segment Title |
Description |
| The Moments of Truth |
How to recognize and deal with situations
critical to club success, from a visitor's first impressions to
recognition of member achievements |
| Finding New Members for Your Club |
Proven methods to help you seek out those vital
new members |
| Evaluate to Motivate |
Your members learn to give evaluations that
benefit the speaker, the evaluator and the audience |
| Closing the Sale |
Exercising the powers of persuasion when a
guest is deciding whether or not to join the club |
| Creating the Best Club Climate |
Techniques for creating and maintaining a
healthy club environment |
| Meeting Roles and Responsibilities |
How members can successfully fulfill each
meeting role |
| Mentoring |
This program defines mentoring, explains
benefits, and discusses responsibilities of mentors |
| Keeping the Club Commitment |
Discusses the ten standards that compromise "A
Toastmaster's Promise" |
| Going Beyond Our Club |
Find out about learning and leadership
opportunities available to members in addition to the regular club
meetings and activities |
| How to Be a Distinguished Club |
Explains the Distinguished Club Program to the
members |
| The Toastmasters Education Program |
What does it take to receive the Competent
Communicator Award (CC) or Advanced Leader Bronze Award (ALB)? This module provides a terrific orientation of
the complete educational program offered by Toastmasters International.
The information is valuable to new and experienced members alike |
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The
Leadership Excellence Series
This series of fifteen to thirty
minute presentations are designed to be given as educational lessons in regular
club meetings. Each segment focuses upon one aspect of leadership and
allows the audience to gain understanding on how to put these concepts into use
in both the club environment and their daily lives. The segments count
toward requirements for Advanced Awards.
| Segment Title |
Description |
| The Visionary Leader |
Discusses how leaders create and
communicate a vision for their organization to help it be successful.
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| Developing a Mission |
Addresses how successful leaders
create and communicate a mission for their organization. |
| Values and Leadership |
Examines values and how to employ
them as you lead a team toward achieving a goal. |
| Goal Setting and Planning |
Reviews the processes leaders use
to set goals and develop plans to achieve these goals. |
| Delegate to Empower |
This module discusses how to
effectively delegate tasks and responsibilities. |
| Building A Team |
This module reviews how to create
and lead a team. |
| Giving Effective Feedback |
This module provides suggestions
for offering feedback to others on their performance. |
| The Leader As A Coach |
This module discusses how to work
with a team to help them improve. |
| Motivating People |
This modules examines how to be
sensitive to your team members' needs and create an environment that
will motivate them. |
| Service and Leadership |
This module provides the overall
concepts of the service leadership philosophy. |
| Resolving Conflict |
This module provides concepts that will help
the presenter and the participants learn conflict resolution skills. |
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Success/Leadership
These are training modules created
by Toastmasters International to allow members to give targeted training to
groups and individuals outside of club meetings. All of the segments are
designed to be given independently of other segments (except those listed as
part one, two or three). All segments are designed to be given in seminars
lasting for two to three hours. The segments count toward requirements for
Advanced Awards.
| Segment Title |
Description |
| Building Your Leadership Power,
Part I: Characteristics of Effective Leaders |
This educational seminar program
explores the qualities, values and styles effective leaders display.
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| Building Your Leadership Power,
Part II: Developing Your Leadership Skills |
This educational seminar program
helps members develop leadership skills. |
| Building Your Leadership Power,
Part III: Working In The Team Environment |
This educational program helps
participants learn to use leadership skills as they pertain to working
with and leading teams. |
| How To Conduct Productive
Meetings |
A group leader reviews the
techniques and dynamics of small group meetings. |
| Improving Your Management Skills |
This educational seminar program
will give participants the knowledge and skills they need to be more
effective managers. |
| Parliamentary Procedures In
Action |
Designed to provide Toastmasters
with the basic skills to effectively lead and participate in
parliamentary discussion. |
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High Performance Leadership
This five-project program
offers instruction and practice in such vital leadership skills and activities
as developing a mission and vision, goal-setting and planning, identifying
values and building a team. Includes three Guidance Committee Handbooks.
This program is a requirement to be fulfilled in order to earn the Advanced
Leader or Distinguished Toastmaster awards.
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