Toastmasters 101

Being a toastmaster means more than giving speeches and the occasional evaluation.  These meetings don’t happen by themselves, you know.  Club meeting roles are important. Club Meeting Roles If you’ve attended a meeting, you know there’s a Toastmaster of the day – a ringleader or MC who manages part or all of the meeting. There’s … Continue reading "Tracking Your Club Meeting Roles"

Being a toastmaster means more than giving speeches and the occasional evaluation.  These meetings don’t happen by themselves, you know.  Club meeting roles are important. Club Meeting Roles If you’ve attended a meeting, you know there’s a Toastmaster of the day – a ringleader or MC who manages part or all of the meeting. There’s … Continue reading "Tracking Your Club Meeting Roles"

We call them hip pocket speeches.  When we get to a meeting and there’s a slot for a speaker – we’ll grab it to give a hip pocket speech.  But we need an evaluation form to give to our evaluator.  What do we use?  The Generic Evaluation Form. Generic evaluation forms are your friends Hip … Continue reading "Pathways Generic Evaluation Forms"

We call them hip pocket speeches.  When we get to a meeting and there’s a slot for a speaker – we’ll grab it to give a hip pocket speech.  But we need an evaluation form to give to our evaluator.  What do we use?  The Generic Evaluation Form. Generic evaluation forms are your friends Hip … Continue reading "Pathways Generic Evaluation Forms"

I’ve said for a while that the evaluations you receive and give at a Toastmasters meeting are Toastmasters’ secret sauce.  Immediate feedback has always been recognized as the best way to learn. That reinforcement of your good skills and a look at what could be done to improve make you better faster than everything else. … Continue reading "Pathways Evaluations"

I’ve said for a while that the evaluations you receive and give at a Toastmasters meeting are Toastmasters’ secret sauce.  Immediate feedback has always been recognized as the best way to learn. That reinforcement of your good skills and a look at what could be done to improve make you better faster than everything else. … Continue reading "Pathways Evaluations"

Ever been lost?  Completely without your bearings?  That uncomfortable moment when nothing looks like you think it should? Based on what I’m hearing from a lot of Toastmasters, that’s how they feel about Project 2. Project 2 is complicated. For Advanced Toastmasters, we’re confused. For new Toastmasters, we’re confused. Why is it so confusing? Project … Continue reading "What’s Up with Project 2?"

Ever been lost?  Completely without your bearings?  That uncomfortable moment when nothing looks like you think it should? Based on what I’m hearing from a lot of Toastmasters, that’s how they feel about Project 2. Project 2 is complicated. For Advanced Toastmasters, we’re confused. For new Toastmasters, we’re confused. Why is it so confusing? Project … Continue reading "What’s Up with Level 1, Project 2?"

Every project has several steps.  You’ll start with a pretest to determine where you stand. The tests in particular need to be full screen.  So make sure you open the pop-up window all the way – some of the test instructions won’t show up in the small window. Pathways pretests aren’t programmed the same way as … Continue reading "Don’t Forget Your Post-Test"

Every project has several steps.  You’ll start with a pretest to determine where you stand. The tests in particular need to be full screen.  So make sure you open the pop-up window all the way – some of the test instructions won’t show up in the small window. Pathways pretests aren’t programmed the same way as … Continue reading "Don’t Forget Your Post-Test"