Toastmasters International’s New Competent Leadership Manual Gary Sander Lt Gov Marketing Teresa Dukes District 71 Secretary
Current Competent Leader Award • Will continue to be awarded for a two year Graced Period for those working toward the current Competent Leader Award • World Headquarters will continue to issue Competent Leader awards under current requirements until June 30th 2008 • From 1st July 2008 all members will have to meet new requirements • Earned Competent Leader Award under current requirements and who apply for Advanced Leader award after June 30th 2006 will received Advanced Leader Silver Certificate.
The Competent Leadership Manual •
New Manual allows members joining your club to immediately begin working on developing their leadership skills.
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Members can work on their Competent Communication and Competent Leadership manuals at the same time or separately
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Leadership manual features 10 Projects, each focused on developing leadership skill, i.e • Listening, Motivation, Delegation, Organisation and Team Building.
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Each project requires you to serve in ONE or More meeting or club roles, that will help you to learn and practice that skill
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For each leadership role you complete as a project requirement, your club V.P.E will assign an Evaluator
Competent Leadership Evaluations
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Written Evaluations required to be completed on all projects
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Verbal and Written Evaluations may be given if Club meeting time permits
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Clubs should discuss whether to provide verbal evaluations during meetings
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If club chooses not to and later a member wants a verbal evaluation, the evaluator may give it privately.
Leadership Manual Projects
• 1: Listening & Leadership. Select any 3 of 4 projects • Ah Counter: Evaluator: Grammarian: Table Topics Speaker
• 2: Critical Thinking. Select any 2 of 3 Projects • Evaluator: Grammarian: General Evaluator
• 3: Giving Feedback: While Serving following 3 meeting roles • Evaluator : Grammarian: General Evaluator
• 4: Time Management: • Serve as Timer + one of the remaining 4 meeting roles • Toastmaster: Speaker: Grammarian: Table Topicsmaster
Leadership Manual Projects • 5: Planning and Implementation: Select any 3 of 4 projects • Speaker: General Evaluator:Toastmaster:Table Topicsmaster
• 6: Organizing and Delegating: Select 1 of 6 Roles • • • • • •
Organize a 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 Assist the Club’s Webmaster
Leadership Manual Projects • 7: Developing Your Facilitation Skills: While serving in any 2 of 4 meeting roles; • Toastmaster: General Evaluator: Table Topicsmaster: Befriend a Guest at a club meeting
• Note: If you serve two or more roles during ONE meeting ONLY one role may be used to satisfy this project’s requirements.
• 8: Motivating People: Serve in 3 of the roles listed:
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• Membership Campaign or Contest Chair • Public Relations Campaign Chairman • Toastmaster • Evaluator • General Evaluator at least one must be: Chairman of Club Membership Contest or Chairman of Club Public Relations Campaign
Leadership Manual Projects • 9: Mentoring: Serve in 1 of 3 Roles: • Mentor for a New Member • Mentor an Experienced Member • Guidance Committee Member for Member working on High Performance Leadership Program Project
• 10: Team Building: • Leader to practice Teambuilding skills while serving as BOTH Toastmaster & General Evaluator • OR serving one of these roles: • Club Membership Campaign Chairman • Club Public Relations Campaign Chairman • Club Speech Contest Chairman • Club Special Event Chairman • Club Newsletter Editor or Club Webmaster
COMPETENT LEADERSHIP PROJECTS
ROLES
Speaker
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Speech Evaluator
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Grammarian
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Ah-Counter
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Table Topics Speaker
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Table Topics Master *
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Toastmaster Club Speech Contest
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General Evaluator
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- Chairman
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- Help to organize Club Special Event
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- Chairman
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- Help to organize Club Public Relations Campaign
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- Chairman - Help to organize - Help to organize
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- Editor
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- Help produce Club Website
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Club Membership Campaign / Contest - Chairman Club Newsletter
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- Webmaster
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- Assist
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Mentor a New Member or Existing Member
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Befriend a Guest at a Club Meeting
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Guidance Committee for High Performance Leadership
NUMBER OF ROLES MARKED * TO BE COMPLETED:
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3
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1
3
1
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3
1
1
AND Timer At least 1 must be a Chairman OR General Evaluator and Toastmaster