You don't always know what to expect at at Toastmasters Club, and what your journey will be like. This presentation highlights what you can expect to learn and do when you attend club meetings, and the awards that you can achieve in Toastmasters. Ideal presentation to show to new Toastmasters or at demo meetings.

1. What to expect when you join

2. Attend Club Meetings

3. Where you have the opportunity to
practice and grow your leadership skills
• Listening
• Time Management
• Critical thinking
• Planning and Implementing
• Facilitating
• Team building
• Mentoring
• Organising and delegating

4. By participating in
meeting roles
Grammarian
Ah Counter
Timer
Speech Evaluator
General Evaluator
Toastmaster

5. By organising or helping to
organise club events
• Club contests
• Membership building
• Special events
• Newsletter
• Website and
Facebook

6. By Leading in Practise
• Club Committee
• Support clubs as an
area leader
• Develop and
execute strategy as
part of the Southern
African leadership
team

7. Also, at club meetings,
you present speeches

8. And you get feedback on your
speeches

9. Learn the fundamentals about
crafting and delivering a speech
Competent Communicator Manual
10 projects

10. Grow your skills with the
Advanced Manuals
15 Advanced manuals, including…
• Speeches by Management
• Technical Presentations
• Speaking to Inform
• Public Relations
• Facilitating Discussion
• Speciality Speeches
• Storytelling
• Communicating on Video

11. Remember to track your
leadership skill development
Competent Leader Manual High Performance Leadership
Project

12. Receive recognition as you grow
Competent Leader
Complete
Competent Leader manual
10 leadership projects

13. Advanced Leader Bronze
Receive recognition as you grow
Competent Leader
Achieve Competent Leader award
Achieve Competent Communicator award
Serve as a club officer for at least 6 months
Attend club officer training
Present two educational presentations

14. Advanced Leader SilverAdvanced Leader Bronze
Receive recognition as you grow
Competent Leader
Achieve Advanced Leader Bronze award
Serve as area/division/district leader
Complete High Performance Leadership program
Help start a new club (coach, sponsor or mentor)

15. Advanced Leader SilverAdvanced Leader Bronze
Receive recognition as you grow
Competent Leader
Complete Competent Communicator manual
10 speech projects
Competent
Communicator

16. Advanced
Communicator
Bronze
Advanced Leader SilverAdvanced Leader Bronze
Receive recognition as you grow
Competent Leader
Achieve Competent Communicator award
Any two Advanced Communicator manuals
Another 10 speech projects
Competent
Communicator

17. Advanced
Communicator
Silver
Advanced
Communicator
Bronze
Advanced Leader SilverAdvanced Leader Bronze
Receive recognition as you grow
Competent Leader
Achieve Competent Communicator Bronze
Present two educational presentations
Another two Advanced Communicator manuals
Another 10 speech projects
Competent
Communicator

18. Advanced
Communicator
Gold
Advanced
Communicator
Silver
Advanced
Communicator
Bronze
Advanced Leader SilverAdvanced Leader Bronze
Receive recognition as you grow
Competent Leader
Achieve Advanced Communicator Silver
Another two Advanced Communicator manuals
Present an educational presentation or Youth Leadership
course
Coached a new member for first 3 speeches
Competent
Communicator

19. Advanced
Communicator
Gold
Advanced
Communicator
Silver
Advanced
Communicator
Bronze
Advanced Leader SilverAdvanced Leader Bronze
Once you have completed both…
Competent Leader
Competent
Communicator

20. You are a
DISTINGUISHED TOASTMASTER!

21. So join Toastmasters today!