Dr Christine Coombe, DTM
Division F Governor, District 20
TESOL President (2011-2012)
Ahmad Al Falasi
President DMC Toastmasters
 What
is Toastmasters?
 Why join Toastmasters?
 How Toastmasters can help you & your
students develop personally and
professionally
 Techniques for your classroom
 Demo meeting
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Active worldwide organisation
Established in 1924 in the USA
Now has a member base of 292,000
14,350 clubs in 122 countries
0 Clubs in Sudan
At 92 USD the first year and 72 USD
thereafter, Toastmasters is said to be “the
greatest investment you can make in
yourself”
 Learn-by-doing
workshop in a no-pressure
atmosphere
 No teachers, only members as facilitators
 Helps participants hone their skills in
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Speaking
Leadership
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on the development of
Prepared and impromptu speaking skills
Leadership skills like timekeeping, running
meetings & parliamentary procedure
“Toastmasters International empowers people
to achieve their full potential and realize
their dreams. Through our member clubs
people throughout the world can improve
their communication and leadership skills,
and find the courage to change.”
 Improve
your language fluency
 Develop effective communication skills
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active listening
use of your voice
body language
persuasion & inspirational techniques
use of AV
 Network,
network, network!
 Develop
personal confidence
 Overcome personal fears
 Develop self-knowledge and
self-awareness
 Demonstrate initiative and leadership
 Learn to evaluate yourself and others
 Learn to accept and give constructive
criticism
 Learn how to run and behave in meetings
 Participate
in local, national, regional and
international competitions
 Hold
leadership positions in an international
organization
 Obtain
internationally-recognized
qualifications in both speaking and
leadership
 Through
participation in Toastmasters, you
can earn internationally-recognized
qualifications in
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Public speaking/presentation skills
Leadership
 You
can (and should) work on both tracks
simultaneously
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Competent Communicator (CC) is achieved
through the successful completion of 10 projects
(or speeches)
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P1
P2
P3
P4
P5
P6
P7
P8
P9
P10
Icebreaker
Organize your speech
Get to the point
How to say it
Your body speaks
Vocal variety
Research your topic
Get comfortable with visual aids
Persuade with power
Inspire your audience
 There
are 15 manuals, each containing five
speech projects.
 Many of the manuals are career-oriented.
 You choose the manuals you want to
complete and the skills you want to learn.
 Examples of AC manuals include:
storytelling, professional speaking,
facilitating discussion, speaking to inform,
the entertaining speaker, communicating on
video, specialty speeches
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Advanced Communicator Bronze (ACB)
 Achieved Competent Communicator award
 Completed two Advanced Communication Series manuals
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Advanced Communicator Silver (ACS)
 Achieved Advanced Communicator Bronze award
 Completed two additional advanced communication manuals
 Conducted any two presentations from The Better Speaker Series
and/or The Successful Club Series
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Advanced Communicator Gold (ACG)
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Achieved Advanced Communicator Silver award
 Completed two additional advanced communication manuals
 Conducted a presentation from the Success/Leadership Series,
Success/Communication Series or a Youth Leadership
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Coached a new member with the first 3 speech projects
 Competent
Leader or CL is your first
leadership qualification.
 It features 10 projects, which you complete
while serving in various club meeting roles.
 An evaluator will give you feedback on each
project, helping you to improve.
 When you complete the manual, you are
eligible for Competent Leader (CL)
recognition.
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Advanced Leader Bronze (ALB)
 Achieved Competent Leader (CL) award
 Achieved Competent Communicator (CC) award
 Served at least six months as a club officer (president, vice
president education, vice president membership, vice president
public relations, secretary, treasurer or sergeant at arms) and
participated in the preparation of a Club Success Plan while serving
in this office
 While serving in the above office, participated in a districtsponsored club officer training program
 Conducted any two presentations from The Successful Club Series
and/or The Leadership Excellence Series
Advanced Leader Silver (ALS)
 Achieved Advanced Leader Bronze award
 Served a complete term as a district leader (district governor,
lieutenant governor, public relations officer, secretary, treasurer,
division governor or area governor). A complete term is defined as
having served at least from September 1 through June 30.
 Completed the High Performance Leadership (HPL) program
 Served successfully as a club sponsor, mentor or coach
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You can serve in leadership roles at various
levels
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Club
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Area
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Division Governor
District
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Area Governor
Division
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President, VP Education, VP PR, VP Membership, Sgt at
Arms, Secretary & Treasurer
District Governor, DG Education & Training, DG
Membership/Marketing
International
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Int’l President
 Distinguished
Toastmaster (DTM)
The Distinguished Toastmaster award is the
highest award bestowed and it recognizes
both communication and leadership skills.
 To be eligible for the DTM award a member
must have:
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Achieved Advanced Communicator Gold (ACG)
award
Achieved Advanced Leader Silver (ALS) award
 Ss
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can benefit from many TMs activities
Word of the Day
Round Robin
Prepared speeches
Table topics
Evaluation
General evaluation
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can benefit from playing many of the roles
of a Toastmaster meeting
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TMOD (Toastmaster of the Day) or emcee
Wordmaster
Shootmaster
Timers
Ahh/Ha Ha counter
Table topics master
Grammarian
Evaluator
General Evaluator
 Role
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players
TMOD
Word Master
Shoot Master
Timers
Project speaker
Table Topics Master
Evaluator
Ahhh counter
Ha Ha counter
Grammarian
General evaluator
 Welcome
address by TMOD
 Word of the Day---- TESOL
 Round Robin
 Project Speech- P1 Icebreaker
 Table Topics Round
 Evaluation of P1 Icebreaker
 Reports by Ahh/Ha Ha Counters, Timers,
Grammarian and Word master
 General Evaluation
 Who?
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Open to everyone!
 Where?
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If you want to find or charter a club, go to
www.toastmasters.org
Click on ‘Find a club’ and input your country, city
details
 When?
NOW!!!
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more information
Dr Christine Coombe, DTM
Division F Governor
ccoombe@hct.ac.ae