Toastmasters 101

Have you ever taken an online test and gotten an answer you never expected? Toastmasters Pathways Communication Styles Quiz Project might surprise you. I once took one of those quizzes and deliberately answered the wrong answer on every question, but the “results” and I say that loosely were that I had answered every question perfectly, … Continue reading "Level 2 Communication Style Quiz Project"

Have you ever taken an online test and gotten an answer you never expected? Toastmasters Pathways Communication Styles Quiz Project might surprise you. I once took one of those quizzes and deliberately answered the wrong answer on every question, but the “results” and I say that loosely were that I had answered every question perfectly, … Continue reading "Level 2 Communication Style Quiz Project"

Do you like taking online quizzes?  Pathways thinks we must all love them since they give us so many to take.  The Leadership quiz or Communications quiz always shows up in Level 2 of Pathways. This project is fairly simple:  take the quiz, give a speech. This causes a lot of concern – if everyone … Continue reading "Level 2 Leadership Quiz"

Do you like taking online quizzes?  Pathways thinks we must all love them since they give us so many to take.  The Leadership quiz or Communications quiz always shows up in Level 2 of Pathways. This project is fairly simple:  take the quiz, give a speech. This causes a lot of concern – if everyone … Continue reading "Level 2 Leadership Quiz"

Are you ready to research and organize your speech?  Good, because that’s the last project in Level 1. Pathways provides you with a couple of PDFs to help you organize your material and your speech.  They outline 7 different types of speeches.  They explain that speeches have 3 distinct parts – the introduction, the body, … Continue reading "Level 1: Research and Organize Your Speech"

Are you ready to research and organize your speech?  Good, because that’s the last project in Level 1. Pathways provides you with a couple of PDFs to help you organize your material and your speech.  They outline 7 different types of speeches.  They explain that speeches have 3 distinct parts – the introduction, the body, … Continue reading "Level 1: Research and Organize Your Speech"

Impromptu Evaluation Speaking Since we communicate in the moment, often with no opportunity to plan our speech, you see why it’s critical to build those impromptu speaking skills.  It’s not just about meeting that rock star, or getting a chance to pitch the perfect idea in an elevator to the investor or your dreams.  It’s … Continue reading "Evaluation Evaluations"

Impromptu Evaluation Speaking Since we communicate in the moment, often with no opportunity to plan our speech, you see why it’s critical to build those impromptu speaking skills.  It’s not just about meeting that rock star, or getting a chance to pitch the perfect idea in an elevator to the investor or your dreams.  It’s … Continue reading "Evaluation Evaluations"

Impromptu speaking – aka Table Topics.  It’s a key component of Toastmasters – we have Table Topics contests!  Why?  What’s the deal? Did you ever have that conversation where you were the most clever, smartest – and wettest, because you were in the shower at the time?  You know – when you talked to that … Continue reading "Toastmasters Table Topics"

Impromptu speaking – aka Table Topics.  It’s a key component of Toastmasters – we have Table Topics contests!  Why?  What’s the deal? Did you ever have that conversation where you were the most clever, smartest – and wettest, because you were in the shower at the time?  You know – when you talked to that … Continue reading "Toastmasters Table Topics"