Toastmasters International FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions about Toastmasters International.
This FAQ about Toastmasters International was compiled and written by Joel Furr DTM jfurr@danger.com with numerous contributions by others.
01 What is Toastmasters?- Toastmasters International is a non-profit ...
- 02 Is this just a group for people in the USA or for people who speak English? (Toastmasters International)
- No. The organization includes approximately 180,000 ...
- 03 How is Toastmasters organized?
- All Toastmasters members belong to one or more clubs. ...
- 04 Where can I find a club? (Toastmasters International)
- If you'd like to visit a club meeting, simply ...
- 05 Do I have to ask permission before attending a meeting of a club in my area? (Toastmasters International)
- Usually no. ...
- 06 Is Toastmasters a social or drinking organization in some regard?
- The name Toastmasters is a holdover from the founding of ...
- 07 What happens at a meeting? (Toastmasters International)
- The format varies slightly from club to club, but the ...
- 08 What's a "prepared speech?" (Toastmasters International)
- When you join Toastmasters (see the Membership FAQ) ...
- 09 What speech projects are there for me to work on? (Toastmasters International)
- In the basic (Communication and Leadership manual), ...
- 10 What is "Table Topics?" (Toastmasters International)
- Table Topics is fun! It's also terrifying. Basically, ...
- 11 What is Evaluation? (Toastmasters International)
- The Evaluation program is the third of the three main parts ...
- 12 What's all this emphasis on time limits? (Toastmasters International)
- As noted above, speeches have time limits, Table Topics ...
- 13 Why all this structure to the meeting? (Toastmasters International)
- If meetings sound complicated, we're sorry. Meetings general-...
- 14 I'm scared to death of speaking! Why should I look into Toastmasters?
- EVERYONE is afraid of speaking. In poll after poll, ...
- 15 How is Toastmasters more beneficial than other forms of speaking improvement?
- College and high school courses in public speaking ...
- 16 Where should I go for further information? (Toastmasters International)
- See the Membership FAQ, the Educational Advancement FAQ, ...
- 17 Can I send mail to Toastmasters officials via the Internet? (Toastmasters International)
- If you need to send email to department heads at TI World Head-...
- 18 How does one go about joining Toastmasters?
- First, of course, you must have found a club to join. If ...
- 19 How much does membership cost? (Toastmasters International)
- Upon joining Toastmasters, you will find yourself paying ...
- 20 Can I belong to more than one club? (Toastmasters International)
- Yes. This is called dual membership even if you belong to ...
- 21 If I belong to more than one club, do I have to pay full dues for each? (Toastmasters International)
- Yes. If you belong to more than one club, you must nonetheless pay ...
- 22 Are my dues tax deductible? (Toastmasters International)
- In the United States, they are -- IF your job is of a ...
- 23 What do I get for my dues? (Toastmasters International)
- Your $18.00 semi-annual dues paid to World Headquarters ...
- 24 What do I get for my New Member fee? (Toastmasters International)
- Your $16.00 New Member fee gets you the following:...
- 25 If I want to drop out of Toastmasters after joining, what do I do?
- Simply wait for March or September to arrive and don't ...
- 26 How receptive are clubs to new members? (Toastmasters International)
- Since most people are genuinely terrified of public speaking,...
- 27 If I join, will they make me speak right away? (Toastmasters International)
- No. You will not be asked to speak unless you're ready to. ...
- 28 What should my main objective be as a new Toastmasters member?
- Well, there are two right answers to this question. The first is ...
- 29 What does CTM stand for? (Toastmasters International)
- It stands for Competent Toastmaster. The CTM is the basic ...
- 30 What do I have to do to earn a CTM? (Toastmasters International)
- You have to complete the Communication and Leadership (C&L) manual,...
- 31 Do I have to give all the speeches at Toastmasters club meetings?
- No. So long as you are giving the speech to an audience with at ...
- 32 Do I have to work through the C&L manual in the order the projects are given?
- No. You can do the projects out of order if you like. It ...
- 33 When I finish the CTM what happens? (Toastmasters International)
- When you finish, there's a form in the back of your manual to fill out,...
- 34 What's the ATM? (Toastmasters International)
- ATM means Able Toastmaster. It's the next level of ...
- 35 What do I have to do to get an ATM? (Toastmasters International)
- Well, it's a little more difficult than a CTM, for starters. You ...
- 36 What advanced manuals are available? (Toastmasters International)
- There are fourteen manuals available, each with five speech projects ...
- 37 Other than the CTM and ATM, what educational opportunities are there in Toastmasters?
- Well, there's the DTM, of which more in a moment, but there are ...
- 38 What happens after I earn an ATM? (Toastmasters International)
- The first thing that happens is that you send in the registration ...
- 39 What is an ATM Bronze and ATM Silver? (Toastmasters International)
- The ATM Bronze and ATM Silver are further advances along the ...
- 40 What is a DTM? (Toastmasters International)
- DTM stands for Distinguished Toastmaster. The DTM is the ...
- 41 What happens after I've earned a DTM and an ATM Silver? (Toastmasters International)
- You have several options. You may go back at any point after earning ...
- 42 Educational Advancement in Toastmasters International: Is there anything else?
- Well, yes. The very, very best speakers may qualify for the ...
- 43 Have you considered making a "speech bank" of good speeches presented by Toastmasters members available for gopher or FTP?
- Yes, this has been considered. Some people think it would be an ...
- 44 What leadership opportunities within the club are open to me as a member of Toastmasters?
- All clubs have a staff of club officers. These are ...
- 45 What leadership opportunities are open to me OUTSIDE the club? (Toastmasters International)
- You can serve as Area Governor, Division Governor, ...
- 46 What is an Area? (Toastmasters International)
- Clubs are grouped into Areas of three to eight Clubs. ...
- 47 What is a Division? (Toastmasters International)
- Areas are grouped into Divisions. Divisions may be as ...
- 48 What is a District? (Toastmasters International)
- Districts in some cases are equivalent to states and ...
- 53 So the Board of Directors and the President and Vice Presidents make all the decisions about dues and so forth? (Toastmasters International)
- Yes and no. Any proposals they wish to see adopted ...
- 54 What do I get for serving as an officer? (Toastmasters International)
- If you serve as a club officer, you earn credit toward an ATM. ...
- 55 What's all this about speech contests? (Toastmasters International)
- In order to provide for people who enjoy competitive speaking,...
- 56 How do you pick the winners? (Toastmasters International)
- Each contest has a set of rules which mandate originality ...
- 57 Who gets to compete? (Toastmasters International)
- Any member in good standing (i.e. you've got your dues paid)...
- 58 When do the contests take place? (Toastmasters International)
- It varies from District to District. Some Districts have ...
- 59 What do I get if I win a contest? (Toastmasters International)
- At the club level, sometimes all you get is a handshake ...
- 60 My District has different rules for the various speech contests. Is this permitted? (Toastmasters International)
- This situation came up recently in District 37 (North Carolina)....
- 61 Hey, what about the Debate Contest or the Interpretive Reading Contest or some other contest you didn't mention? (Toastmasters International)
- Districts can hold whatever contests they want in addition ...
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