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The Toastmasters Manuals

You'll begin with the Communications and Leadership Manual (a.k.a. "The Basic Manual"), which has 10 speech projects that are designed to develop your speaking skills one step at a time. Every project builds upon the skills you have learned in the preceding project.

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Your first speech before the Club, your "Ice Breaker" speech, will be based on an easy subject -- yourself. In subsequent speeches you will learn and practice sincerity in speaking, how to effectively organize a presentation. how to use body language and voice to convey your message, word choice and props, persuasive speaking, and how to inspire others.
Most of your talks will be only five to seven minutes. This will give you enough time to develop your topic while still keeping club meetings a reasonable length, but the principles you learn in a five-to seven minute speech apply to a 40-minute formal address or a two-minute impromptu speech. You'll learn to speak with confidence, clarity, persuasiveness, and enthusiasm.

You will receive verbal and written feedback from an evaluator on every speech you present. The evaluator provides a personal opinion of your talk, pointing out its strengths and offering suggestions for improving your next speech. Evaluations have one purpose: to help you become a more effective speaker.

The Communication and Leadership Manual teaches you the basics of public speaking. Once you have finished it, you can begin refining and enhancing your basic skills in the Advanced Communication and Leadership Program. This program features additional manuals with five speech projects in each. Some manuals focus on career-related presentations, while others address such topics as interpersonal communication and storytelling. You choose the manuals you want to complete and the skills you want to learn.

Toastmasters is not just about speaking, it also offers other opportunities to learn and grow.
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