Category: Toastmasters Education

Unforgettable Presentations is a podcast put together by two Toastmaster World Champions. It's a free audio that you can listed to from almost any podcast software. At this time they have 116 episodes available for listening. While I personally use Pocket Casts as my Android player, there are many others to choose from.

Once you are accepted into the club as a member, you will have to wait a week or so to do a lot of things online until the Treasurer signs you up at Toastmasters and Turbobase. I'll explain that later. Step 1 - Put Zoom Meetings on Calendar Step 1 - The first thing I'd … Continue reading New Members – Tech Tips

When your first join Toastmasters, you are presented with thirteen different paths that you can choose from. For brand new Toastmasters, Presentation Mastery is the path which is most like the old book-based Toastmaster program. Older Toastmasters may prefer one of the other twelve paths rather than repeat what they have done in the past. … Continue reading Pathways Catalog – 13 Paths

When your first join Toastmasters, you are presented with thirteen different paths that you can choose from. The Pathways Catalog is a downloadable and printable document which will show you each of the Pathways and the projects in each Path. For brand new Toastmasters, Presentation Mastery is the path which is most like the old … Continue reading Pathways Catalog – 13 Paths

After helping a new member sign up for Pathways, I once again realized how we needed a step by step process video. Rather than try and create a new video, I found one on YouTube which does a fair job. If you are a brand new member, please wait until your membership has been turned … Continue reading New Members and Pathways

If you're looking for feedback from a recent speech, follow these steps. Login to Toastmasters Int.Click on PathwaysChoose Go to BasecampClick on Feedback. To Leave Feedback for another Toastmaster. Login to Toastmasters Int.Click on PathwaysChoose Go to BasecampIn the Search Bar at the top, type in the name of the member for whom you want … Continue reading Speech Feedback

Pathways is the new Toastmasters education program that rolled out in our District just a year ago this month.  The program was originally made up of ten educational paths you can follow.  This month, Toastmasters has added an eleventh path, Engaging Humor.  If you have been holding off on joining Pathways and you enjoy making … Continue reading Toastmasters Adds New Engaging Humor Path

When you first sign-in to Toastmasters and then start the online Pathways program, you will be given two choices. You can choose either the digital/online option or a printed option which means they will send you printed manuals. The printed manuals will cost $25.00, but may be easier to use if you are not a … Continue reading New Members – Pathways

District 8 has recently released a video that walks members through logging into Pathways and navigating to your chosen path.  As always, feel free to contact your VPE if you have questions about Pathways.

# 1 An opportunity to leave feedback for members Base Camp allows you to send feedback to a member enrolled in Pathways at any time. Of course, you can leave handwritten feedback during club meetings on the small evaluation slips. There are times you may be fulfilling a role during the meeting and don't have … Continue reading Two Reasons Every Toastmaster Should Sign Up for Pathways

You've selected your path and you've completed your ice breaker.  What's next?  Before you can move on there is a required step and some optional steps. Required:  Perform a post assessment.  If you re-launch your project, one of the last slides should prompt you to take a quick self-assessment of your skills.  It is the … Continue reading Pathways: Completing Your Ice Breaker

Q:  Do I get credit for meeting roles in Pathways? A:  Yes, for some of the roles. You are required to complete, Table Topicsmaster, Evaluator and Toastmaster to complete level three of your path. Keep in mind, every meeting roles serves an important function in executing a successful Toastmaster meeting! Q:  How do I get … Continue reading Pathways Q&A

Q:  Can I log in and look at the Pathways choices without selecting a Path? A:  Yes, you can watch videos about Pathways and navigating Base Camp and you can take an assessment that will recommend three of the possible ten Paths that might be right for you. Q:  Is there any reason to log … Continue reading Pathways Q&A

Wednesday evening, Joe McChesney and Teri O'Brien provided our club with an introduction to Pathways, Toastmaster's new education program. Following are a few of the highlights: Members will have 2+ years to continue working on the existing educational program (CC, ACB, ACS, ACG, CL, ALB, ALS, DTM) until it is terminated. Pathways is made up of … Continue reading Introduction To Pathways

Pathways is the new educational program that Toastmasters International is starting. After you join, you will need to wait until the Treasurer signs you up at Toastmasters International. Read These First There are two books/pdfs that you ought to look at first before you start your journey. The Navigator is like a New Member handbook … Continue reading Pathways Training

Toastmasters International has posted some of their training materials as free downloads. All you have to do is login and download the materials. Here are the listed programs. As I find more materials I will post them here also. The Better Speaker Series - all sections Beginning Your Speech Concluding Your Speech Controlling Your Fear … Continue reading Free Training Materials