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Motivational Evangelist and Happiness Consultant
Coimbatore Toastmasters
Sivakumar Palaniappan
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What is Toastmasters…?
•Established in 1924
•Nonprofit educational organization that teachespublic speaking and leadershipskills through a worldwidenetwork of meeting locations
•More than 260,000 members worldwide
•Over 12,500 clubs in 113countries around the world
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How Does Toastmasters Work…?
•Learn-by-doing workshop
•Weekly practice where you will:
• Fill meeting roles• Give prepared or impromptu speeches • Take on volunteer leadership tasks
•No instructor or single master
•Learn from each other and grow together
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How Does Toastmasters Work…?
At Toastmasters, members learn by speaking to groups and working with others in a supportive environment. A typical Toastmasters club is made up of 20 to 30 people who meet once a week for approximately an hour. Each meeting gives everyone an opportunity to practice:
Conducting meetings
• Members learn how to plan and conduct meetings
• Giving impromptu speeches
• Members present one-to two minute, impromptu speeches on assigned topics
• Presenting prepared speeches
• Two or more members present speeches based on projects from manuals in Toastmasters’ proven communication and/or leadership programs. Projects cover topics such as speech organization, vocal variety, language, gestures and persuasion
• Offering constructive evaluation
• Every prepared speaker is assigned an evaluator who points out speech strengths and offers suggestions for improvement.
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Toastmasters Growth Path – Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM)
Ultimate Destination - Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM)
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Competent Communicator Award
•Speech 1: The Ice Breaker
•Speech 2: Organize Your Speech
•Speech 3: Get to the Point
•Speech 4: How to Say It
•Speech 5: Your Body Speaks
•Speech 6: Vocal Variety
•Speech 7: Research Your Topic
•Speech 8: Get Comfortable with Visual Aids
•Speech 9: Persuade with Power
•Speech 10: Inspire Your Audience
10 Speeches to Reach CC
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Competent Leader Award
•1. Listening and Leadership
•2. Critical Thinking
•3. Giving Feedback
•4. Time Management
•5. Planning and Implementation
•6. Organizing and Delegating
•7. Developing Your Facilitation Skills
•8. Motivating People
•9. Mentoring
•10. Team Building
10 Projects to Reach CL
Leadership cannot be learned in a day. It takes practice. In Toastmasters, members learn leadership skills by organizing and conducting meetings and by completing projects in the leadership manuals.
Projects address skills such as listening, planning, motivation and team building and give members the opportunity to practice them. Just as Toastmasters members learn to speak by speaking, they learn leadership by leading.
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Toastmaster Office Bearers
1. President - Chief executive officer
2. Vice President Education - Maintaining the educational program
3. Vice President Membership - Building and maintaining club membership
4. Vice President Public Relations - Promote your club
5. Secretary - Record keeping and correspondence
6. Treasurer - Bookkeeping and financial reporting
7. Sergeant at Arms – Meeting organiser
Office bearers are elected once in 6 months or once a year
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Meeting Proceedings and Roles Taken
1. Master of Ceremonies2. Timekeeper3. Grammarian4. Word of the meeting presenter5. Table Topic Master6. Individual Speech Evaluators7. General Evaluator
Meeting Proceedings
1. Welcome speech by Sergeant at Arms.2. Presidential speech3. Word of the meeting presentation4. Prepared speech session5. Table topics session6. Prepared speech evaluation7. Timekeeper report8. Grammarian report9. General evaluation10.Conclusion
Roles Taken in Meetings
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Advantages of Toastmasters
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• Practical presentation experience
• A safe place to make mistakes
• Mentorship opportunities
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Features of Toastmasters
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• A self-paced program
• Weekly interactive meetings
• Table topics
• Evaluations
• Participation in meeting roles
• Small groups
• Affordable dues
• Opportunities to conduct meetings
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Benefits of Toastmasters
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• Develop critical thinking skills
• Build listening skills
• Give and receive constructive feedback
• Become more at ease in front of a group
• Learn time management skills
• Supportive environment
• Leadership development
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Come Join Coimbatore Toastmasters
Come Join Coimbatore Toastmasters…!!!
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Come Join Coimbatore Toastmasters
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• New Club Chartering Fee = 125$
• New Member Fee = 20$
• Six months membership Fee = 27$
• Nominal other expenses (Club Logistics / Meetings)
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Questions…???
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Thank You
Wish You All The Very Best
