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Welcome to Pathways
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The Pathways learning experience is an interactive, flexible education program designed to
help members develop communication and leadership excellence.
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- The opportunity to build more than 300 skills and competencies
- Six specialized learning paths
- Online content, allowing you to learn anytime, anywhere
- Real-world, transferable skills
- Content is available in Arabic, English, French, German, Simplified Chinese, and Spanish.
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Pathways Enhancements Coming October 2025.
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Toastmasters International has announced important enhancements to the Pathways learning experience.
Beginning in October 2025, new requirements will be added to existing paths with the goal of
strengthening the overall success and quality of our clubs.
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| Existing Paths |
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The new version of the Pathways program launched with six active learning paths retained from the
original program. Click on the icon or path name below for details about each Path, its Levels, and Projects.
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Path Name |
Path Description |
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Dynamic Leadership
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This path helps you develop your skills as a strategic leader. The projects focus on understanding
leadership and communication styles, managing conflict within a group, and building the ability to defuse
tension and guide teams toward resolution. You’ll also learn strategies for facilitating organizational
change, strengthening interpersonal communication, and enhancing public speaking. The path culminates in a
project where you apply your leadership skills to achieve a real-world goal.
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Engaging
Humor
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Designed to develop your skills as a humorous, engaging speaker.
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Motivational Strategies
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This path helps you build your skills as a powerful and effective communicator. The projects focus on
learning strategies for building connections with the people around you, understanding motivation, and
successfully leading small groups to accomplish tasks. This path culminates in a comprehensive team-building
project that brings all of your skills together—including public speaking.
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Presentation Mastery
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This path helps you build your skills as an accomplished public speaker. The projects focus on understanding
how an audience responds to you and enhancing your connection with them. You’ll also develop effective public
speaking techniques, including speech writing and delivery. The path culminates in an extended speech that
lets you apply what you’ve learned.
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Persuasive Influence
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This path helps you build your skills as an innovative communicator and leader. Projects emphasize negotiating
positive outcomes, strengthening interpersonal communication, and leading in complex situations. The path
culminates in a High Performance Leadership project of your design.
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Visionary Communication
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This path helps you build your skills as a strategic communicator and leader. Projects focus on sharing
information with a group, planning communications, and creating innovative solutions. The path culminates in
developing and launching a long-term personal or professional vision.
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Great news! TI has made some exciting updates to Pathways! While the “legacy” paths
(like Effective Coaching, Innovative Planning, Leadership Development, Strategic Relationships,
and Team Collaboration) are no longer open for new enrollment after October 1, 2025, those who are
already part of these paths can continue their journey under the new system, albeit with a simplified
experience. We’re thrilled to see how you’ll grow with the new enhancements and look forward to
supporting you all the way!
Pathways now includes both Educational Presentations and
Meeting Leadership Experience, reinforcing skills that support your growth and the
strength of your club.
Educational Presentations: Deliver presentations from the
Toastmasters Education Series.
View HERE.
Meeting Leadership Experience: Complete specific meeting roles.
View HERE.
These updates are designed to ensure members gain well-rounded experience in both speaking and leadership,
while contributing more directly to their clubs’ growth. More details and rollout information will be posted
on the Pathways Updates page
as they become available.
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| Specific Meeting Roles |
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In response to feedback from members and club officers like you, members will now be required to fulfill
specific meeting roles at every level of Pathways. Meeting roles are essential to keeping clubs running and
are an invaluable way to practice communication and leadership skills. Members will begin with simpler roles,
such as Table Topics Speaker, and as they progress to higher levels they’ll move on to more challenging ones,
such as Toastmaster of the Day.
View Meeting Roles.
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Pathways Enhancements
The first item in each level of a path will now be a requirement to complete meeting roles. Members will
start with more straightforward roles, such as Table Topics Speaker, and then progress in their path to
more involved functionary positions, such as Toastmaster of the Day. For clubs to succeed, all members
need to be involved in meetings, and tackling meeting roles is a great way for everyone to practice their
communication and leadership skills.
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To further improve club quality and success, members will now also deliver 10–15-minute presentations on various
topics in the Education Series. These presentation requirements will be in Levels 3 to 5. In Levels 3, 4, and 5,
members will give one presentation from The Successful Club Series; in Level 4, one presentation from The Better
Speaker Series; and in Level 5, one presentation from The Leadership Excellence Series. These presentations help
members share and learn about speechwriting, delivery, leadership skills, attracting and maintaining members,
and holding quality club meetings, among other topics.
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The new meeting role and presentation requirements are in addition to the other required projects at each level of
a path. The projects currently required in all path levels won’t change. You can review these in the Paths and
Core Competencies document on the Toastmasters website.
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These enhancements, reflecting a desire for more members to take on club meeting roles and learn the steps that go
into building a high-quality club, are expected to go into effect in late October.
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Vintage Paths
Two vintage paths are scheduled to be released in 2026, including one featuring foundational content designed by
Toastmasters founder Dr. Ralph C. Smedley. One path will include the Basic Training Manual with original content
from Smedley (available on Base Camp with its original vintage look). The other path will consist of the Competent
Communication manual and two Advanced Communication manuals, also accessed on Base Camp. The vintage paths will give
members additional flexibility in the Pathways program while providing a window to the organization’s past.
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More information about new Pathways developments will be shared on the
Pathways Updates page
as it becomes available.
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Excerpted for Toastmasters News October
, 2025 Pathways Additions Arrive,
Education steps top list of organization updates. By Paul Sterman
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