1. How to Be a DTM
H tB
in Seven EASY
Steps
April 25, 2008
By Matthew D Ownby
D.
Musashi Kosugi Toastmasters Club
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2. #10
Inspire you
Audience
#9
Mt. CC Persuade
With Power
#8
Get Comfortable
with Vi
i h Visual Aid
l Aids
#7
Research
Your Topic
#6
Vocal
Variety
y
#5
Your Body
Speaks
#4
How to
#3
Say It
Get to the
Point #2
Organize
#1
Your Speech
Ice
Breaker
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4. Paths to the Top
Communication Trail
Station A) Competent Communicator
Station B) Advanced Communicator Bronze
Station C) Advanced Communicator Silver
Station D) Advanced Communicator Gold
Leadership Trail
Station
St ti A) C Competent Leader
t tL d
Station B) Advanced Leader Bronze
Station C) Advanced Leader Silver
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6. Advanced Communicator
Bronze
Do It 2 Easy
Adv Mnl
Installments!
Speaking
p g
to Inform
Adv Mnl
The Entertaining
Speaker
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7. Advanced Manuals
Ad anced Man als
• The Entertaining • Technical
Speaker Presentations
• Speaking to Inform • Persuasive Speaking
• Public Relations • Communication on TV
• The Discussion • Storytelling
Leader • Interpretive Reading
• Specialty S
S i lt Speeches
h • Interpersonal
It l
Communication
• Speech By
Management
M t • Special O
S i l Occasion
i
Speeches
• The Professional
Speaker
S k • Humorously S
H l Speaking
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Note: See page 76 or the Competent Communications manual for details.
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8. Advanced Communicator
Silver
It Just Takes
J tT k Better
2+2 Speaker
S k
Series
Successful
Club Series
Advanced
Manual #4
M l
Advanced
Manual #3
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9. Successful Club
S ccessf l Cl b Series
• Moment of Truth
• Finding New Members for Your Club
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• Evaluate to Motivate
• Closing the Sale
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• Creating the Best Club Climate
• Setting the Stage for Success: Meeting Roles and
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Responsibilities
• Mentoring
• Keeping the Commitment
• Going Beyond Our Club
• How to be a Distinguished Club
• The Toastmasters Education Program
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Note: Almost every presentation is about 10-15 (Moments of Truth is 60 – 90 minutes) and comes
with a script and a CD with ppt slides. See the Appendix for more details.
10. Better Speaker
p
Series
• Beginning Your Speech
• Concluding Your Speech
• Take the Terror Out of Talk
• Impromptu Speaking
• Selecting Your Topic
• Know Your Audience
• Organize Your Speech
• Creating
C ti an I t d ti
Introduction
• Preparation and Practice
• Using Body Language
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Note: Every presentation is about 10-15 and comes with a script and a CD with ppt slides. See the
Appendix for more details.
11. Advanced Communicator
Gold
Just Littl
J t a Little Success/Leadership,
Communication or
More Talk and Youth Leadership
A Lot More
Action Mentoring
Advanced
Manual #6
Advanced
Manual #5
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Note: See the Competent Leadership Manual pages 81 for some additional details on Youth
Leadership and also check out the appendix for the other series.
12. Success/Communication
Success/Leadership
Programs
• Speech Craft
• How to Listen Effectively
• Art of Effective Evaluation
• Building Your Thinking Power (Part I & II)
• From Speaker to Trainer
• How to Conduct Productive Meetings
• Parliamentary Procedure in Action
• Building Your Leadership Power (Part I,II,& II)
• Improving your Management Skills
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Note: Most of the programs are 2 – 21/2 hours long, but others are shorter/longer. See the
Appendix for more details.
13. Toastmasters:
It`s More Than Just Talk,
It` Also About Leadership.
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15. #10
Team
Building
#9
Mentoring
#8
Motivating
g #7
People Developing
Your
Facilitation
#6 Skills
Organizing
and
#5 Delegating
Dl ti
Planning and
Implementation
#4
Time
#3
Management
Giving
Feedback #2
Critical
#1
Thinking
Listening and
Leadership
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16. Communication vs. Leadership
p
Manual
Communication
• I Order as Given
In O d Gi
• Spoken Evaluations
p
• One Project, One Speech
Leadershipp
• In Any Order
• W itt Evaluations
Written E l ti
• One Project, Multiple Roles
O e ojec , u p e o es
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17. Advance Leader Bronze
All It Takes Are
Tk A
2 Speeches
Speeches,
Plus α
Leadership
L d hi
Excellence
Successful
S fl
Club
Served as an
Officer Competent Competent
Leader Communicator
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Note: see the Competent Communicator Manual pages 69- 70 or Competent
Leadership manual pages 83 – 85 for more details about being an officer and about the
other series.
18. Leadership Excellence
• The Visionary Leader
• Developing a Mission
• Values and Leadership
• Goal Setting and Planning
• Delegate to Empower
• Building a Team
• Giving Effective Feedback
• The Leader as a Coach
• Motivating People
• Service and Leadership
• Resolving Conflict
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Note: Every presentation is about 10-15 and comes with a script and a CD with ppt slides. See the
Appendix for more details
19. Advanced Leader
Silver
Do I
D It In 3
Sponsor,
Mentor, or
Coach a club
High
Performance
Leadership
Serve as a
District
Officer
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Note: See the Appendix for more details
20. District Office
• Area Governor
• Division Governor
• Secretary
• Treasurer
• PRO
• Lt. Governor (Education & Training,
Marketing)
• District Governor
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22. Communication Track
C i ti T k
Competent
C
Advanced
CC AC-B AC-S AC-G
Communicator
Communicator-
Gold
Advanced Advanced
New Communicator- Communicator-
DTM
Bronze Silver
Member Distinguished
Toastmaster
T t t
CL AL-B AL-S
Competent
Leader
Advanced Leader-Bronze Advanced Leader-Silver
Leadership Track
23. Good Luck on Becoming
a DTM,
And Good Trekking!
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24. Appendix
Appendi
• The following slides give more detail to
item present i th actual presentation and
it t in the t l t ti d
are for reference only. They contain
y y
material gathered from the TM catalog or
the TI Website. For other relevant details
Website
not covered here see the Toastmasters
International Website.
http://www.toastmasters.org
http://www toastmasters org
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25. Successful Club
S ccessf l Cl b Series
• Moment of Truth (60-90 min)
– How to recognize and deal with situations critical to club success. A
club self evaluation tool
club-self-evaluation tool.
• Finding New Members for Your Club (10-15 min)
– Ways to help you seek out those vital new members!
• Evaluate t Motivate (10-15 i )
E l t to M ti t (10 15 min)
– Give an evaluation that benefits the speaker and the audience!
• Closing the Sale (10-15 min)
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– Exercise your powers of persuasion during those moments when a
guest is deciding to join.
• Creating the Best Club Climate (10-15 min)
(10 15
– Techniques for creating and maintain a healthy club environment.
• Setting the Stage for Success: Meeting Roles and Responsibilities
(10-15
(10 15 min)
– Does your club involve everyone at every meeting?
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26. Successful Club
S ccessf l Cl b Series
• Mentoring (10-15 min)
– A mentor program offers many benefits for your club and its members.
This program defines mentoring, explains benefits and discusses
mentoring
responsibilities of mentors
• Keeping the Commitment (10-15 min)
– Discusses the 10 standards that compromise “A Toastmasters
A
Promise.”
• Going Beyond Our Club (10-15 min)
– Find o t abo t learning and leadership opport nities a ailable to
out about opportunities available
members in addition to regular club meetings and activities.
• How to be a Distinguished Club (10-15 min)
– A terrific tools to use to explain and promote th Di ti
t ifi t l t t li d t the Distinguished Cl b
i h d Club
Program to the members of your club.
• The Toastmasters Education Program (10-15 min)
– What does it take to receive the CC award? What does about the
Competent Leader? This module provides a terrific education program
orientation.
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27. Better Speaker
p
Series
• Beginning Your Speech (10-15 min)
– Suggestions for starting your speech right.
• Concluding Your Speech (10-15 min)
– Tips for ending your speech with power.
• Take the Terror Out of Talk (10 15 min)
(10-15
– Techniques for overcoming nervousness when speaking
• Impromptu Speaking (10-15 min)
p p p g( )
– Don`t be caught off balance when speaking off-the-cuff!
• Selecting Your Topic (10-15 min)
–R
Running out of speech id
i tf h ideas? H ` h
? Here`s how t d
to develop new ones.
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• Know Your Audience (10-15 min)
– If you can relate to your audience they will relate to you
audience, you.
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28. Better Speaker
p
Series
• Organize Your Speech (10-15 min)
– Once you know what to say consider next the when
say,
and the how.
• Creating an Introduction (10-15 min)
– Great introductions should precede great speeches.
• Preparation and Practice (10 15 min)
(10-15
– Techniques for preparing and rehearsing your next
speech.
speech
• Using Body Language (10-15 min)
– How to use facial expressions, gestures and body
language to enhance a speech.
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29. Success/Communication
Success/Leadership
Programs
• Speech Craft (4,6,8 Sessions 1-2 hrs each)
(4 6 8
– This speech training program will bring prospective new members into
your club to see what Toastmasters is all about. Can be presented
either as an integral part of your club meeting or as an outside-the club
outside the
seminar at a different location
• How to Listen Effectively (2 ½ - 3 hrs)
– Teaches listening, speaking and leadership skills with materials for 10
listening speaking,
people.
• Art of Effective Evaluation (2 ½ - 3 hrs)
– This program will give club members the knowledge motivation and
knowledge,
skills they need to become more effective evaluators. Designed for 20
people.
• Building Your Thinking Power - Part I Mental Flexibility (2- 21/2 hrs)
– This educational seminar-style program teaches participants how to
adapt their behavior to achieve the best results. Material for 20 people.
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30. Success/Communication
Success/Leadership
Programs
• Building Your Thinking Power - Part II The Power of Ideas (2 – 2 ½
hrs)
– This two hour educational seminar-style program teaches participants
how to become more creative thinkers Material for 20 people
thinkers.
• From Speaker to Trainer (4 ½ hrs)
– This educational seminar-style program teaches participants how to
develop and present training programs Martial for 10 people
programs. people.
• How to Conduct Productive Meetings (1 hr)
– A group leader working form a Coordinator`s Guide reviews the
techniques
techniq es and d namics of small gro p meetings Materials for 8
dynamics group meetings.
people
• Parliamentary Procedure in Action (5 sessions 15 minutes each)
–D i
Designed t provide T
d to id Toastmasters with th basic skills t effectively
t t ith the b i kill to ff ti l
lead and participate in parliamentary discussion
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31. Success/Communication
Success/Leadership
Programs
• Leadership,
Leadership Part I: Characteristic of Effective Leaders ( 1 ½ hr)
– This educational seminar-style program explores the qualities, values
and styles effective leaders display. Material for 10 people.
• Leadership,
Leadership Part II: Developing Your Leadership Skills (1 – 1 ½ hrs)
– This educational seminar-style program helps members develop
leadership skills. Material for 10 people.
• Leadership, Part III: Working in the Team E i
L d hi P t III W ki i th T Environment (1 – 1 ½ h )
t hrs)
– This educational seminar-style program helps participants learn to use
leadership skills as they pertain to working with and leading teams.
Material for 10 people
people.
• Improving your Management Skills ( 2 ½ - 3 hrs)
– This education seminar-style program will give participants the
knowledge and skills th need t b more effective managers. M t i l
k ld d kill they d to be ff ti Material
for 10 people.
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32. Leadership Excellence
• The Visionary Leader (10 – 15 min)
– This module discusses how leaders create and communicate a vision
for their organizations to help it be successful.
• Developing a Mission (10 – 15 min)
– This module addresses how successful leaders create and
communicate a mission for their organization.
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• Values and Leadership (10 – 15 min)
– This module examines values and how to employ them as you lead a
team toward achieving a goal.
• Goal Setting and Planning (10 – 15 min)
– This module reviews the process leaders use to set goals and develop
plans to achieve these goals
goals.
• Delegate to Empower (10 – 15 min)
– This module discusses how to effectively delegate tasks and
responsibilities.
responsibilities
• Building a Team (10 – 15 min)
– This module reviews how to create and lead a team
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33. Leadership Excellence
• Giving Effective Feedback (10 – 15 min)
– This module provides suggestions for offering feedback to others
on their performance
performance.
• The Leader as a Coach (10 – 15 min)
– This module discusses how to work with a team to help them
p
improve.
• Motivating People (10 – 15 min)
– This module examines how to be sensitive to your team
member`s needs and create an environment the will motivate
them.
• S i and L d hi (10 – 15 min)
Service d Leadership i)
– This module discusses how leaders serve other by offering their
knowledge and skills to help others achieve a goal.
• Resolving Conflict (10 – 15 min)
– This module discusses strategy for resolving conflict
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34. High Performance Leadership
• The five-project program offers instruction
and practice i such vital l d hi skills
d ti in h it l leadership kill
and activities as developing a mission and
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vision, goal-setting and planning,
identifying values and building a team
team.
Includes three Guidance Committee
Handbooks.
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35. Club Builders
Cl b B ilders
• Club Sponsor
A sponsor is a member who helps charter a new club– following leads
leads,
generating interest and enthusiasm for the new club, recruiting
members and getting all of the appropriate paperwork submitted to
World Headquarters.
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• Club Mentor
A mentor is a member who helps the new club to build on the
p
preliminary enthusiasm, spirit of cooperation and fun initiated by the
y ,p p y
sponsors. A mentor ensures the club is strong and fully functional
making sure officers understand their duties and have the tools they
need to perform them, fosters a culture of membership-building within
the club ,explains TI’s educational program and explains the
explains TI s program,
Distinguished Club Program (DCP). The term as mentor begins when
the new club charters and lasts for six months to one year. Joining the
club is optional, but common.
• Club Coach
A coach is a member that helps a struggling club back to health. This
person,
person builds a rapport with the club leadership and members
members,
observes and analyzes the club environment, assists the club in
generating solutions, helps the club develop a plan with goals for
improvement, makes it possible for the club’s officers and members to
implement the plan, and i ill enthusiasm, fid li and a sense of
il hl d instills hi fidelity d f
responsibility for the club’s future
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36. District Office
• Area Governor
The a ea go e o p o des suppo t a d ass sta ce to eac c ub so t at it may
e area governor provides support and assistance each club that t ay
achieve the club mission and fulfill its responsibilities to club members. Insofar as
practicable, an area governor must have served as a member of a district council.
• Division Governor
The division
Th di i i governor strives t achieve th mission of th di t i t within th di i i
ti to hi the i i f the district ithi the division,
accomplishing district goals in membership building and retention, club building and
educational accomplishments. He or she ensures that each club realizes its mission
and fulfills its responsibilities to its members by providing district support and
resources through the area governors
governors.
• Secretary
This position may be combined with the office of secretary. The treasurer establishes
and maintains effective fiscal management of the district. The treasurer promotes the
growth of Toastmasters International by providing sound financial guidance to the
district.
• Treasurer
This
Thi position may b combined with th office of t
iti be bi d ith the ffi f treasurer. A
Accurate, ti l records
t timely d
are essential to district operations. The district secretary records and maintains
important district documents so that the district can function effectively.
• PRO
The public relations officer establishes and maintains mutual lines of communication,
understanding, acceptance and cooperation between the district and its members, as
well as between the district and the public, working to increase awareness of
Toastmasters through all available media. The public relations officer administers the
policies and programs related to public relations for Toastmasters International, the
district and the club.
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37. District Office
• Lt. Governor of Marketing
Under guidance of the district governor, the lieutenant governor marketing makes the
benefits of Toastmasters membership available to greater numbers of people. The
lieutenant governor marketing plans, d
li t t k ti l develops, i l
l implements and di t short-term and
t d directs h t t d
long-term district marketing objectives, and develops and directs programs for new
club development, club rescue efforts, club membership promotion and membership
retention. The lieutenant governor marketing promotes high standards of service to
the
th member and t th club.
b d to the l b
• Lt. Governor Education & Training
Under the guidance of the district governor, the lieutenant governor education and
training strives to have every club and each member reap the benefits of the
Toastmasters educational program and become a Distinguished Club. The lieutenant
governor education and training provides direction and counsel to division governors,
area governors and club officers on the educational opportunities in Toastmasters,
and is responsible for the design and conduct of successful district training p g
p g g programs,
,
conferences and other district educational events.
• District Governor
As the district’s chief executive officer, the district governor directs the district in a way
that fosters strong clubs; produces maximum growth i educational completions, clubs
th t f t t lb d i th in d ti l l ti lb
and membership; and is consistent with the interests of the members of Toastmasters
International. The governor achieves the mission of the district in a manner that
motivates volunteer leaders and promotes a standard of excellence in all district
activities.
activities
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