WHAT IS "TLI"?
IN BRIEF
Toastmasters Leadership Institute is where Toastmasters from across the district come together to network, share ideas, and be inspired. It’s where newly elected club officers receive training on how to best serve their clubs. And it’s where any Toastmaster can expand their skill sets as a communicator and leader with additional educational sessions.
SHOULD I ATTEND?
Every Toastmaster can benefit from attending Toastmasters Leadership Institute! Even if you’re not serving as a club officer, “electives” are offered that cover a variety of topics. Our District Calendar is updated as information for upcoming TLIs and registration is submitted. Registration pages will include details for each the TLI, including a breakdown of sessions.
Regardless of whether you’re a club officer, you are welcome to attend, join in the fun, and meet the leaders and future leaders of your district. Each club needs a minimum of four (4) officers to be trained during each training period (June – August, and December – February) to complete Goal 9 – Training of the Distinguished Club Program (DCP). The more officers trained the more successful your club will be in meeting the needs of its members.
ARE THEY VIRTUAL? YES,
HERE ARE SOME HELPFUL TLI TIPS
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For officers, please read your officer manual prior to attending classes. Download a copy from the Toastmasters International Website.
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Be sure to pre-register. Make sure you provide your club number and district number. If you hold the same position in multiple clubs, be sure to indicate that on the online registration form.
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Plan to join early to prepare for the virtual training and address any possible technical issues prior to the start of the meeting.
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Make sure you are in a quiet space without interruptions and/or background noise.
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Be an active listener.
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Share your experiences and participate in class discussions.
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Encourage other officers to attend.
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EDUCATION PATHWAYS
When you join a Toastmasters club, you gain access to Pathways through Toastmasters Base Camp. You'll choose one of 11 paths tailored to your goals — from Presentation Mastery to Visionary Communication.
Each path includes 5 levels and multiple projects. Projects combine speech delivery with online learning, so you build skills in and out of the meeting room.
You can take your time — Pathways has no expiration deadline and can be completed at your own pace.
Each path is designed to develop specific skills aligned with your personal and professional goals.
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Visionary Communication
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.
Presentation Mastery
This path helps you build your skills as an accomplished public speaker. The projects on this path focus on learning how an audience responds to you and improving your connection with audience members. The projects contribute to developing an understanding of effective public speaking technique, including speech writing and speech delivery. This path culminates in an extended speech that will allow you to apply what you learned.
Persuasive Influence
This path helps you build your skills as an innovative communicator and leader. The projects on this path focus on how to negotiate a positive outcome together with building strong interpersonal communication and public speaking skills. Each project emphasizes developing leadership skills to use in complex situations, as well as creating innovative solutions to challenges. This path culminates in a “High Performance Leadership” project of your design.
Dynamic Leadership
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.
Engaging Humor
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.
Motivational Strategies
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.
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PROGRAMS
Speakers Bureau
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