Achieving Competent Leadership in Toastmasters

1. Competent Leadership
Workshop
Alex Chandra, ACB, ALB

2. Toastmasters is Like a Bikini
It covers 2 important things.

3. Leadership
“a process of social influence in which one
person can enlist the aid and support of others in
the accomplishment of a common task”
Wikipedia

4. What is Competent Leadership?
• The Competent Leadership
manual
• 10 projects, serving in
various club meeting roles.
• An evaluator will give you
feedback

5. Purpose of Competent Leadership
1. For yourself: Practicing different roles
2. For club: achieving Distinguished Club

6. How to achieve Competent Leadership?
1. Take different roles in any Toastmasters club
2. Bring the CL manual to the meeting
3. Give the manual to an evaluator prior to doing the
role
4. Let your evaluator know which project you are
working on
5. Make sure to get your CL manual back!

7. Project 1: Listening
Complete 3 of these
• Ah-Counter
• Speech Evaluator
• Grammarian
• Table Topics Speaker

8. Project 2: Critical Thinking
Complete 2 of these
• Speech Evaluator
• Grammarian
• General Evaluator

9. Project 3: Giving Feedback
Complete 3 of these
• Speech Evaluator
• Grammarian
• General Evaluator

10. Project 4: Time Management
Complete Timer
AND any 1 of these:
• Toastmaster
• Speaker
• Topicsmaster
• Grammarian

11. Project 5: Planning and Implementation
Complete 3 of these
• Speaker
• General Evaluator
• Toastmaster
• Topicsmaster

12. Project 6: Organization and Delegation
Complete 1 of these
• Organize a Club Speech Contest
• Organize a Club Special Event
• Organize a Club Membership Campaign
or Contest
• Organize a Club PR Campaign
• Help Produce a Club Newsletter
• Assist the Club’s Webmaster

13. Project 7: Facilitation
Complete 2 of these
• Toastmaster
• General Evaluator
• Topicsmaster
• Befriend a Guest

14. Project 8: Motivation
Complete 1 Chair:
• Membership Campaign or Contest Chair
• PR Campaign Chair
AND any 2 of these:
• Toastmaster
• Speech Evaluator
• General Evaluator

15. Project 9: Mentoring
Complete 1 of these
• Mentor for a New Member
• Mentor for an Existing Member
• HPL Guidance Committee Member

16. Project 10: Team Building
Complete Toastmaster + General Evaluator
OR 1 of the these:
• Membership Campaign Chair
• Club PR Campaign Chair
• Club Speech Contest Chair
• Club Special Event Chair
• Club Newsletter Editor
• Club Webmaster

17. 1+1>2