Toastmasters International offers you the opportunity to learn leadership skills which will enable you to become a leader in your working and community lives. The projects focus on leadership skills you can learn by serving in various Toastmasters meeting roles. You can learn how to become a better listener, think critically, organise events, manage time, motivate colleagues, mentor and build a team.

 

In choosing to become a club officer, you will learn additional skills such as visionary thinking, establishing values and strategic planning.

 

Our programme is not a university programme - you will find no instructors, professors or classrooms. Your work is not graded and there are no tests. Our members learn by studying their manuals, practising particular skills and helping one another to develop step by step. Learning takes place in the club environment where we learn by doing and by watching fellow club members. 

 

Each of the ten projects in the leadership programme focuses on a different leadership skill. Projects require you to serve in club roles in which you may learn an aspect of that skill. Roles include speech evaluator, timer, ah-counter, toastmaster and general evaluator. When you have completed these projects, you will be ready for the advanced leadership programme.

 

The names of the ten projects to be completed in order to gain the international award of 'Competent Leader' are listed below and discussed in detail in the Toastmasters International 'Competent Leadership' manual:  

 

Project 1 - Listening and Leadership

Project 2 - Critical Thinking

Project 3 - Giving Feedback

Project 4 - Time Management

Project 5 - Planning and Implementation

Project 6 - Organising and Delegating

Project 7 - Developing your Facilitation Skills

Project 8 - Motivating People

Project 9 - Mentoring

Project 10 - Team Building

 

 Important Points to Note:

 

1. Typical Leadership Project Þ Around three Meeting Roles;