How To Get The Most Out of Your Toastmasters Membership

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How To Get The Most Out of Your Toastmasters
Membership

• Commit to the Toastmasters Promise
• Schedule Your Goals
• Work your manuals
• Competent Communicator
• Competent Leader
• Advanced Manuals
• Participate in Contests
• Look for whats missing provide that.

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Commit to the Toastmaster's Promise

• As a member of Toastmasters International and my
  Club, I promise
• To attend all Club meetings regularly
• To prepare all of my speeches to the best of my
  ability, basing them on projects in the Competent
  Communicator or Advanced Manuals
• To work the Competent Leadership manual weekly
• To willingly prepare for and fulfill meeting
  assignments

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A Toastmaster's Promise

• To provide fellow members with helpful,
  constructive evaluations
• To help the Club maintain the positive, friendly
  environment necessary for all members to learn
  and grow
• To willingly serve my Club as an officer when
  called upon to do so
• To treat my fellow Club members and our guests
  with respect and courtesy

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A Toastmaster's Promise

• To bring guests to Club meetings so they can see
  the benefits Toastmasters membership offers
• To adhere to the guidelines and rules for all
  Toastmasters educational and recognition
  programs
• To maintain honest and highly ethical standards
  during the conduct of all Toastmasters activities

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Schedule Your Goals

• Icebreaker Speech
• Competent Communicator (10 speeches)
• Competent Leader (multiple projects)
• Participate in a Content
• Complete 2 Advanced Manuals
• Advanced Communicator Bronze
• Personal Goals

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Participate in Contests

• Why participate in a contest?
• Raise the bar challenge yourself
• Broaden your experience of Toastmasters
• Ways to Participate
• Contestant
• Duty Holder (Timer, Sgt-at-Arms, Setup)
• Judge
• Contest Chair/Contest Toastmaster

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Role of Toastmaster

• Set meeting theme make it fun!
• Create Distribute Meeting Agenda
• Contact duty holders by phone email by the
  Friday before the Tuesday meeting
• Make sure Speakers provide speech info
• Arrive early to make sure everythings set
• Conduct the meeting

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Club Resources

• Each other, especially Club Officers
• Organizational Structure
• Club www.talkofthetower.org
• Area 72
• District 50 http//www.d50toastmasters.org/
• Vista Division
• Toastmasters International http//www.toastmaster
  s.org
• Mentors

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Look for whats missing provide that.

• Raise the bar
• Whats missing?
• What can be improved?
• Bring to the attention of a Club Officer
• Our Club is only as successful as our members
  succeed