Welcome to the Resources Page

This is your one stop shop for all things District 25 and Toastmasters International.  Browse around our categories of resources to get what you need.

Club Resources

In this section of our website, you’ll find information that may be useful in your office. If you can’t find the information you’re looking for and which you think might be helpful to others as well, please let us know by emailing to the Webmaster.

Club Officer Resources

Corporate Program Support

Club Meeting Resources

 

    

   

 

   

Division & Area Directors

In this section you find links to the most frequently needed pages at Toastmasters International as well as contact information in different categories for District 25. If you can’t find information you’re looking for and which you think might be helpful to others as well, please let us know by emailing to the Webmaster.

Support Structure - District 25

In this section of our website, you’ll find information that may be useful in your office.

Greg Pick
Pathways Coordinator

Have Pathways questions?  Can’t find what you need?  Please contact Greg Pick, DTM, our district’s Pathways Coordinator.  He will answer your questions or find you the help you need.  Greg can be contacted at gregpick@d25toastmasters.org or 817-504-2105 (m).   Email or call Greg with your questions or concerns!

Research the Pathways Paths:
Need help – with Pathways?

 

Path Selection Made Easier – video by Toastmasters International 2/20 –
click here to view

 

Drill down to Paths, Levels, & Projects, Detail – select Path below to view detail on each project and elective within each Path.  Evaluation document provided too.

Select Path:

Path: Dynamic Leadership

Overview:

This path helps you build your skills as a strategic leader. The projects on this path focus on understanding leadership and communication styles, the effect of conflict on a group and the skills needed to defuse and direct conflict. These projects also emphasize the development of strategies to facilitate change in an organization or group, interpersonal communication and public speaking. This path culminates in a project focused on applying your leadership skills. >> View the Path

Path: Effective Coaching

Overview:

This path helps you build your skills as a positive communicator and leader. The projects on this path focus on understanding and building consensus, contributing to the development of others by coaching and establishing strong public speaking skills. Each project emphasizes the importance of effective interpersonal communication. This path culminates in a “High Performance Leadership” project of your design.

>> View the Path

Path: Engaging Humor

Overview:

This path is designed to help you build your skills as a humorous and engaging public speaker. The projects on this path focus on understanding your sense of humor and how that sense of humor translates to engaging audience members. The projects contribute to developing an understanding of how to effectively use humor in a speech, including challenging situations and impromptu speeches. This path culminates in an extended humorous speech that will allow you to apply what you learned.
>> View the Path

Path: Innovative Planning

Overview:

This path helps you build your skills as a public speaker and leader. The projects on this path focus on developing a strong connection with audience members when you present, speech writing and speech delivery. The projects contribute to building an understanding of the steps to manage a project, as well as creating innovative solutions. This path culminates in a “High Performance Leadership” project of your design. >> View the Path

Path: Leadership Development

Overview:

This path helps you build your skills as an effective communicator and leader. The projects on this path focus on learning how to manage time, as well as how to develop and implement a plan. Public speaking and leading a team are emphasized in all projects. This path culminates in the planning and execution of an event that will allow you to apply everything you learned.

>> View the Path

Path: Motivational Strategies

Overview:

This path helps you build your skills as a powerful and effective communicator. The projects focus on learning strategies for building connections with the people around you, understanding motivation and successfully leading small groups to accomplish tasks. This path culminates in a comprehensive team-building project that brings all of your skills together—including public speaking.

>> View the Path

Path: Persuasive Influence

Overview:

 

This path helps you build your skills as a powerful and effective communicator. The projects focus on learning strategies for building connections with the people around you, understanding motivation and successfully leading small groups to accomplish tasks. This path culminates in a comprehensive team-building project that brings all of your skills together—including public speaking.

>> View the Path

Path: Presentation Mastery

Overview:

This path helps you build your skills as a powerful and effective communicator. The projects focus on learning strategies for building connections with the people around you, understanding motivation and successfully leading small groups to accomplish tasks. This path culminates in a comprehensive team-building project that brings all of your skills together—including public speaking.

>> View the Path

Path: Strategic Relationships

Overview:

This path helps you build your skills as a leader in communication. The projects on this path focus on understanding diversity, building personal and/or professional connections with a variety of people and developing a public relations strategy. Communicating well interpersonally and as a public speaker is emphasized in each project. The path culminates in a project to apply your skills as a leader in a volunteer organization.

>> View the Path

Path: Team Collaboration

Overview:

This path helps you build your skills as a collaborative leader. The projects on this path focus on active listening, motivating others and collaborating with a team. Each project contributes to building interpersonal communication and public speaking skills. This path culminates in a project focused on applying your leadership skills.

>> View the Path

Path: Visionary Communication

Overview:

This path helps you build your skills as a strategic communicator and leader. The projects on this path focus on developing your skills for sharing information with a group, planning communications and creating innovative solutions. Speech writing and speech delivery are emphasized in each project. This path culminates in the development and launch of a long-term personal or professional vision.

>> View the Path

Pathways Resources

Members can easily find these documents by logging in to toastmasters.org – go to Base Camp in Pathways and find link to web page with link to ‘Speech Evaluation’ documents. – 8/25/21

Description of each path & visual representation of the required projects on one sheet

Visual Explanation of Path
Describes the projects required for each level in your path, including mentoring

Pathways Education Program At A Glance (Pathways Reference Guide) – added 3/26/2019 The Pathways Reference Guide has been put together as a companion guide to The Navigator to assist members beginning the Pathways  learning Experience for the first time, and as a useful ongoing reference for members working in Pathways.

Pathways Paths & Core Competencies (12 pages) – updated 8/3/2021
A list of all projects in every path

Pathways Paths & Project Catalog – Ver. 4 – updated 4/6/21
A 77 page summary of every project in Pathways, organized by path. The guide was authored by District 57.

Pathways Navigator (PDF)
Provides a description of the program and the club environment – a must read

How to set up FreeToastHost to deliver Pathways Notifications to the Base Camp Managers
(be sure to ‘enable’ contact email to be publicly accessible)
Ensures that the Basecamp managers get notified.

Base Camp Manager Duties
A how-to document for the tasks a base camp manager does

Flyers

Where Will Pathways Take You? (Flyer PDF): Communicates the value of the new education program. Share it in your district, and help new and prospective members understand Pathways since the traditional education program is no longer available to them.

Transform Your Talent (Flyer PDF): Helps human resources and talent development professionals understand how Pathways will benefit their company.

Articles

Magazine Article, “The Possibilities of Pathways”

Historical

How to Take Your Pathways Journey to New Heights – by Mark Snow, DTM

The video to the right was presented in District 71 by Mark Snow, DTM in District 69. Mark has the distinction of being the very first to achieve a Pathways DTM in Toastmasters. The presentation is designed to take the “scary” out of Pathways and demystify it. A link to his PowerPoint Presentation can be found below.

Ready, Set, Launch – PowerPoint Presentation

Emily Murray
Club Growth Director

Helpful Documents and Flyers For Download

To be added soon.

New Member Resources

In this section of our web site you’ll find information that may be useful to a new member.
If you can’t find information you’re looking for and which you think might be helpful to others as well, please let us know by emailing to the Webmaster.

Consider putting some of these documents in a new member ‘transition packet’ to assist the new member for a smooth transition before receiving materials from Toastmasters International

2021-2022 District Focus – Inspired by You

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Lola Stone
Contest Coordinator

Speech Contest Resources

Please print out forms and send improvement ideas to lolastone@d25toastasters.org.

==> District 25 Area/Division Speech Contest Schedule <==

Speech Contest Training Zoom Replay – 2/9/21
Passcode:  C5@db^%8

Scripts, agendas, contest chair briefing below in specific subject area below on this web page
Added 3/25/20 – Documents from 3/24/20 Zoom Meeting:
Power Point (in pdf format) – click here
Cheat Sheet for those involved in virtual contests – click here Revised 01/14/21

== Contest Rule Book ==

 

Contest Chair’s Resources

Certificates

Modify samples below as needed
Certificates Provided by Toastmasters International

Toastmasters International Timing Cards

images below

Chief Judge’s Resources

Forms

 

 

 

 

 

 

*Complete eligibility requirements, and all other rules, can be found in the current contest rule book – link at top of this page.

 

Below is an excerpt from the rule book related to education requirements for the International Speech Contest:

  • Contestant must have completed six speech projects in the Competent Communication manual or a minimum of two levels in the Toastmasters Pathways learning experience.
  • However, a charter member of a club chartered less than one year before the club contest is permitted to compete without having
    completed this requirement.
  • The club must have officially chartered before the area contest.

More Speech Contest Information

District Webinar for Contest Chairs – contest training 9/1/2016

Sundra Smith
TLI Coordinator

Education Resources

In this section of our web site you’ll find information that may be useful for education in Toastmasters.

If you can’t find information you’re looking for and which you think might be helpful to others as well, please let us know by emailing to the Webmaster.


Pathways Program – Education Materials


Pathways Resource Page
Pathways Evaluation Forms for download


Traditional Program – Education Materials

Education Materials – Toastmasters International
Additional Education Information – Toastmasters International
Club/District Powerpoint Template *added 8/2018

Leadership Excellence Series  – click here to download directly from TI

Toastmasters International’s The Leadership Excellence Series is a set of presentations addressing the subject of leadership. Members will learn about the skills they will need to be successful leaders inside and outside of Toastmasters.

Visionary Leader | PDF | PPT
Developing A Mission | PDF | PPT
Values & Leadership PDF | PPT
Goal Setting & Planning | PDF | PPT
Delegate to Empower | PDF | PPT
Building a Team | PDF | PPT
Giving Effective Feedback | PDF | PPT
The Leader as a Coach | PDF | PPT
Motivating People | PDF | PPT
Service & Leadership | PDF | PTT
Resolving Conflict PDF | PPT

Better Speaker Series – click here to download directly from TI

Toastmasters International’s The Better Speaker Series is a set of presentations offering instruction on basic speaking skills. Designed to be delivered by members to their clubs, presentations in this series provide new speaking techniques and facts that can help all club members develop their communication skills.

Beginning Your Speech | PDF | PPT
Concluding Your Speech PDF | PPT
Controlling Your Fear PDF | PPT
Impromptu Speaking PDF PPT
Selecting Your Topic PDF | PPT
Know Your Audience | PDF | PPT
Organizing Your Speech PDF | PPT
Creating an Introduction PDF | PPT
Preparation & Practice PDF | PPT
Using Body Language PDF | PPT

Successful Club Series – click here to download directly from TI

Toastmasters International’s The Successful Club Series is a set of presentations addressing the subject of quality club meetings. Members will learn about the skills and standards they must strive to achieve for their club to be successful.

Moments of Truth – *updated 7/16
– Moments of Truth – Complete Module | PDF
– Moments of Truth Worksheet | PDF
– Moments of Truth Wall Chart | PDF
– Moments of Truth Powerpoint Slides | PPT
Finding New Members for your Club | PDF | PPT
Evaluate to Motivate | PDF | PPT
Closing the Sale | PDF | PPT
Creating Best Club Climate | PDF | PPT
Meeting Roles and Responsibilities | PDF | PPT
Mentoring
– Mentoring | PDF | PPT
– Mentor Interest Survey
– Mentee Assignmnt Notice
– Mentor Assignment Notice
– Mentor Certificate
– How to Manage Your Club’s Mentor Program
Keeping the Commitment
– Keeping the Commitment | PDF | PPT
– Toastmasters’s Promise
Going Beyond Our Clubs | PDF | PPT
How To Be a Distinguished Club
– How to Be A Distinguished Club (D25 version/Pathways) PDF | PPT – added 7/10/20
– Distinguished Club Program & Club Success Plan
Toastmasters Education Program | PDF | PPT

Road to Distinguished Toastmaster Information


Pathways and Traditional Programs – click here to see full details
DTM – Information from Toastmasters International – Traditional and Pathways

Traditional Program – Education Award Applications

Advanced Leader (ALS) and DTM Award Application

ALS: Prequisite: Complete the High Performance Leadership, Year of Service as a District Officer, Successful Club Coach, Sponsor, Mentor, or Specialist, AND complete the “old” Competent Leader prior to June 30, 2008 or the Advanced Leader Bronze Award (above),

DTM: Prequisite: Complete the Advanced Leader Silver (or AL prior to June 30, 2006) and the Advanced Communicator Gold (or ATMG prior to June 30, 2006).

DTM Tracking form

High Performance Leadership Flyer

Historical Information

Competent Communicator – objectives & evaluations

Competent Communication Manual – pdf format – added 6/11/18
> Project #1  The Ice Breaker – added 6/11/18
> Project #2  Organize Your Speech – added 6/11/18
> Project #3  Get To The Point – added 6/11/18
> Project #4  How To Say It – added 6/11/18
> Project #5  Your Body Speaks – 6/11/18
> Project #6  Vocal Variety – added 6/11/18
> Project #7  Research Your Topic – added 6/11/18
> Project #8  Get Comfortable With Visual Aids – added 6/11/18
> Project #9  Persuade With Power – added 6/11/18
> Project #10 Inspire Your Audience – added 6/11/18

Advanced Manuals – listing
Advanced Manuals – description/objectives
Advanced Manuals – objectives/evaluation guidelines
Expanding Your Horizons – Success/Leadership and Success/Communication Programs*