TI Educational Series

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Toastmasters International (TI) Educational Series

Although the Toastmasters International educational series was originally slated for the traditional program that ended in June 2020, many of these educational presentations can be repurposed as a training session for your club. It adds variety to your club meetings and allows members to focus on one or more specific topics.

The Better Speaker Series are designed as 10 -15 minute educational speeches to be given in your club. They give practical tips that can be of benefit to all members. The series includes:

Beginning Your Speech – suggestions for starting off your speech the right way
Concluding Your Speech – useful tips for ending your speech with power
Controlling Your Fear – techniques for overcoming nervousness when speaking
Impromptu Speaking – don’t be caught off balance when speaking off-the-cuff
Selecting Your Topic – running out of speech ideas? Here’s how to develop new ones
Know Your Audience – if you can relate to your audience, they will relate to you
Organizing Your Speech – once you know what to say, consider when and how to say it
Creating an Introduction – great introductions should precede great speeches
Preparation and Practice – covers techniques for preparing and rehearsing your next speech
Using Body Language – tips for incorporating body language into speeches

The Successful Club Series addresses the quality of club meetings and offers tips on attracting and maintaining members. The series includes:

Moments of Truth – how to recognize and deal with situations critical to club success, from a visitor’s first impression to recognition of member achievement
Finding New Members for Your Club – proven methods to help you seek out those vital new members, the lifeblood of every club
Evaluate to Motivate – your club members will learn to give evaluations that benefit the speaker, the evaluator and the audience
Closing the Sale – exercise your powers of persuasion during those moments when a guest is deciding to join
Creating the Best Club Climate – proven techniques for creating and maintaining a positive, healthy and supportive club environment
Meeting Roles and Responsibilities – shows how members can successfully fulfill each meeting role with style and enthusiasm
Mentoring – this program defines mentoring, explains benefits and discusses responsibilities of mentors
Keeping the Commitment – discusses the 10 standards that comprise “A Toastmasters Promise”
Going beyond the Club – find out about learning and leadership opportunities available to members in addition to regular club
meetings and activities
How to be a Distinguished Club – explains and helps promote the Distinguished Club Program to club members

The Success Leadership and Success Communication Series – are workshops to help develop and practice skills in leadership, public speaking, conducting meetings, parliamentary procedure, listening, evaluation and creative thinking. Presentations vary in length and last between one and three hours. These resources must be purchased online from Toastmasters International.

Pathways

Pathways is Toastmasters self-paced online communication and leadership learning curriculum comprised of 11 paths and over 300 unique competencies.

club officer training

Trained club officers result in more satisfied members, more exciting club meetings, more new members, more Distinguished Clubs and more Distinguished Districts.

district officer training

Well-trained Area and Division Directors lead to successful teams, enhanced club quality, quality speech contest, distinguished clubs, and more.

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