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Tracking Leadership Development
Where can a person receive a
guide for leadership training for $4 that provides 22
different projects
whereby a person can practice leadership? Once again
Toastmasters steps up and develops a guide
for that purpose. The educational material development team
at Toastmasters identified several valued
skills for leaders. Compiled in the Competent Leadership
Guide, the projects range from developing
listening skills to team building.
While the guide was developed
to assist members develop or enhance their leadership
skills, the guide
has a dual purpose. For clubs to earn award points in the
Distinguished Club Program (DCP), members
must complete the guide to achieve Competent Leader. The
guide, for all its strong project-oriented
strength, can be difficult to navigate. A table was
developed to help members manage their progress
through the guide. Layed-out in a simple to read format,
members can more easily track of their progress.
Download the
Competent
Leader Guide Project Matrix.
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Project 1 |
Listening and Leadership |
(3/4) |
Ah-Counter |
Evaluator |
Grammarian |
Table Topics Speaker |
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Project 2 |
Critical Thinking |
(2/3) |
Evaluator |
General Evaluator |
Grammarian |
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Project 3 |
Giving Feedback |
(3/3) |
Evaluator |
General Evaluator |
Grammarian |
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Project 4 |
Time Management |
(2/4) |
Grammarian |
Speaker |
Timer
(Timer plus 1 other role) |
Toastmaster |
Table Topicmaster |
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Project 5 |
Planning and Implementation |
(3/4) |
General Evaluator |
Speaker |
Toastmaster |
Table Topicmaster |
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Project 6 |
Organizing and Delegating |
(1/6) |
Assist the Club's Webmaster |
Help Organize a Club Speech
Contest |
Help Organize a Club Special
Event |
Help Organize a Club
Membership Campaign or
Contest |
Help Organize a Public
Relations Campaign |
Help Produce the Club
Newsletter |
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Project 7 |
Developing Your Facilitation
Skills |
(2/4) |
General Evaluator |
Toastmaster |
Table Topicsmasters |
Befriend a Guest at a Club
Meeting |
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Project 8 |
Motivating People |
(3/5) |
Evaluator |
General Evaluator |
Toastmaster |
Membership Campaign or
Contest Chairman |
Public Relations Campaign
Chairman |
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Project 9 |
Mentoring |
(1/3) |
Mentor for a New Member |
Mentor for an Experienced
Member |
Guidance Committee for HPL |
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Project 10 |
Team Building |
*(1-2/7) |
General Evaluator |
Toastmaster |
Membership Campaign or
Contest Chairman |
Club Speech Contest Chairman |
Club Special Event Chairman |
Club Newsletter Editor or
Webmaster |
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Roles in grey are conducted
outside of regularly
scheduled meetings. |
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Total |
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21/22 |
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*The leader is to practice
team-building skills while
serving as both Toastmaster
and general evaluator, or by
serving in one of these
roles: Membership Campaign
or Contest Chairman, Club
Speech Contest Chairman,
Club Special Event Chairman,
Club Newsletter Editor or
Webmaster |
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Leadership Track
COMPETENT LEADER (CL)
Requirements:
See the CL award application (Catalog no. 1227) for
details
ADVANCED LEADER BRONZE (ALB)
Requirements:
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Achieved Competent Leader award
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Achieved Competent Communicator award (or
achieved Competent Communicator award)
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Served at least six months as a club officer
(president, vice president education, vice
president membership, vice president public
relations, secretary, treasurer or sergeant
at arms) and participated in the preparation
of a Club Success Plan while serving in this
office
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While serving in the above office,
participated in a district-sponsored club
officer training program
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Conducted any two programs from The
Successful Club Series and/or The Leadership
Excellence Series
See the Leadership/Distinguished Toastmaster Awards
application (Catalog no. 1228) for details.
ADVANCED LEADER SILVER (ALS)
Requirements:
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Achieved Advanced Leader Bronze award (or
“old” Competent Leader award)
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Served a complete term as a district officer
(district governor, lieutenant governor,
public relations officer, secretary,
treasurer, division governor or area
governor)
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Completed the High Performance Leadership
program
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Served successfully as a club sponsor,
mentor or coach
See the Leadership/Distinguished Toastmaster Awards
application (Catalog no. 1228) for details.
DISTINGUISHED TOASTMASTER (DTM)
Requirements:
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Achieved Advanced Communicator Gold award
(or achieved Advanced Toastmaster Gold
award)
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Achieved Advanced Leader Silver award (or
achieved Advanced Leader award)
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Distinguished Toastmaster is the highest
recognition a member may receive.
See the Leadership/Distinguished Toastmaster Awards
application (Catalog no. 1228) for details.
Toastmasters has developed a training program that
discusses the new awards system that begins in 2006.
Districts can use it to train area, division and
club officers, clubs can use it to train members and
it can be presented at district conferences as an
informational session for conference attendees. The
program takes 10 to 15 minutes to present. Click the
following links to view/download the training script
and slides.
New Recognition System Training Script
New Recognition System Training Visuals |
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