Journey to Effective Coaching

"Every Toastmaster journey starts with a single speech" - Toastmasters International. Kuwait Challengers Toastmaster Club, Kuwait The "Ice-Breaker" is the first speech that a new club member delivers in front of fellow-club members.  The purpose of this project is for the member to introduce himself or herself to the club and learn the basic structure of a public speech. The speech duration is between 4 to 6 minutes. i.e. Your speech should last at least 4 minutes and should not exceed 6 minutes.  The accompanying material in the Pathways curriculum is detailed and is sufficient for most people to prepare a well-structured speech. However, if this is  your first time delivering a speech, this excellent resource by Andrew Dlugan contains useful tips and techniques to help you prepare for your Ice-Breaker speech. One of our senior Toastmaster gave me this advice on Ice-Breaker speech which I pass on to new members. Think of Ice-Breaker as 4 mini-spe...

The "Effective Coaching" path is designed to help members enhance their coaching skills.   An evaluation session at a Toastmaster club. A member progresses through levels. Each level has a set of tasks (speeches, roles, projects). At the end of each level, the Vice-President (Education) signs off the level and the member progresses to the next level. After completing Level 5, the member is awarded the "Effective Coach" certification of completion. The following sections describe the content of each level. LEVEL 1 - Mastering the Fundamentals In order to complete Level 1, the member must complete the following tasks: Project 1: The Ice-Breaker (One Speech) Every Path starts with an Ice-Breaker speech. The Ice-Breaker is where the member introduces himself to the audience.  Project 2: Evaluation and Feedback (Two Speeches + 1 Role) In order to complete Project 2, a member must deliver 2 speeches and act as an Evaluator. That's a tota...