| Toastmasters Pathways |
| Six Paths to Personal and Professional
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Dynamic
Leadership |
Engaging
Humor |
Motivational
Strategies |
Presentation
Mastery |
Persuasive
Influence |
Visionary
Communication |
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| Toastmasters’ Pathways learning experience
offers members a modern, flexible way to build communication and
leadership skills. Each Path focuses on a distinct set of
competencies, allowing members to tailor their learning to their
personal goals. |
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| Our Pathways enhancements
will add new requirements to existing paths with the goal of
contributing to the overall success and quality of your club |
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| With these enhancements, members will be
required to complete meeting roles and give presentations from
the Toastmasters Education Series as they progress through their
path. Specific updates related to the rollout will be shared on
the
Pathways Updates page
as information becomes available. |
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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. As they
progress to higher levels of their path, they’ll move on to more
challenging ones, such as Toastmaster of the Day. |
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| As a club officer, there are a few
important things to keep in mind: |
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| 1. Each member must complete their
required meeting roles while working in the relevant level in
order to receive credit. For example, they cannot fulfill a role
while in Level 1 and receive credit for the role in Level 3. |
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| 2. These requirements are a minimum level
of participation needed to complete each level. Members should
still be encouraged to participate in meeting roles outside of
these requirements according to their skills, their goals, and
the needs of the club. |
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| 3. Members can record their meeting roles
in their Profile on Base Camp. Near the bottom of a member’s
profile, there is a section titled “Meeting Roles” where
individuals can input their roles and the dates they fulfilled
them. These will be visible to you as a Base Camp manager when
viewing the member’s profile |
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| Let's begin with a quick review. Pathways
currently offers six paths, as shown in the table below. |
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| Currently each path consists of five
Levels, with a number of project per level as shown below. The
first chart shows Pathways as it in pre-October 2025. |
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| 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. A simple
overview of the new Pathways structure is shown below,
identifying the new areas brought about by thee enhancements: |
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| Here are the six paths currently offered (Click
Icon below for more details): |
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Dynamic Leadership |
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Develop
skills in negotiation, conflict
resolution, and leading through
change. Great for anyone who
wants to inspire others and
guide teams effectively. |
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Persuasive Influence |
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| Build the skills to motivate
others, shape opinions, and lead with empathy and impact
— essential for any influencer or leader. |
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Engaging Humor |
| Discover how
to add humor naturally to speeches and presentations.
Perfect for connecting with audiences through
authenticity and laughter. |
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Presentation Mastery |
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professional-level speaking and storytelling skills,
learning how to command a room and deliver messages that
stick. |
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Motivational
Strategies |
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| Explore ways
to inspire action, foster teamwork, and encourage others
to reach their full potential. |
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Visionary
Communication |
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| Hone your
ability to craft and share a compelling vision,
communicate purpose, and rally people around shared
goals. |
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1. Dynamic
Leadership:
View Here.
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Strengths: |
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Developing
strategic leadership, managing change, navigating
conflict, adapting leadership style to context;
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Great for people
who expect to lead teams, manage transitions, or
take on leadership roles in organizations.
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Unique / Distinguishing Projects
(Levels 3-5):
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Negotiate the
Best Outcome (Level 3) — understanding
negotiation styles and strategy;
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Manage Change
(Level 4) — planning change initiatives, dealing
with resistance, communicating transitions.
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Lead in Any
Situation (Level 5) — serve in a leadership
role (6+ months), get peer feedback, present a
speech reflecting on your experience;
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Reflect on
Your Path — summarizing your journey, lessons
learned
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When to Pick It
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If your goals include leading change in your
organization, handling conflict, improving how you
lead groups (not just speaking), this path gives you
a lot of content in that domain.
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| 2. Engaging Humor:
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Focus / Strengths: |
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Building skills
in crafting and delivering speeches that incorporate
humor effectively.
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Learning when
humor is appropriate, handling challenging or
impromptu speaking with humor, and maintaining
audience engagement through wit.
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Projects: |
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The Power of Humor
in an Impromptu Speech (Level 4) — using humor
under pressure, in Table Topics type settings;
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Deliver Your
Message With Humor (Level 5) — culminating with a
longer humorous speech that integrates what you’ve
learned.
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| If you enjoy using humor (or want to get better at
it), want to be more entertaining or engaging in your
talks, and want “fun” as a core element of your speaking
style, this is a strong path. |
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| 3. Motivational Strategies:
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Learning how to
motivate, inspire, connect with people, and lead
through influence rather than authority.
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Useful for
leaders, coaches, managers, or anyone whose role
involves energizing others and getting buy-in.
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Projects around
motivation, connection, and leading small groups.
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Useful for
leaders, coaches, managers, or anyone whose role
involves energizing others and getting buy-in.
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| If your role involves influencing
without formal power, or inspiring people (teams,
volunteers, peers) is central, this path is well suited. |
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| 4. Persuasive Influence:
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Combining
communication and leadership skills with
negotiation, persuasion, and influence.
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Particularly
useful in situations where you need to sway opinions
or find compromise in challenging contexts.
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Emphasis on
negotiating a positive outcome, managing conflict,
influencing others in complex situations .
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Culminates in a
High Performance Leadership
project (you design a significant
initiative).
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| If your main goal is to become a
strong public speaker, get better at crafting and
delivering powerful speeches, and you aren’t as focused
(at least initially) on leadership roles — this path
gives a solid foundation. |
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| 5. Presentation Mastery:
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Sharpening core
speaking skills: structure, delivery, connecting
with audiences, refining style
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More
“speech-centric” than leadership-heavy.
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Projects
tailored to how the
audience
perceives you, and how you can adapt and improve
your delivery style.
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At Level 5, you
deliver an extended speech that integrates your
mastery of techniques.
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When to Pick
It:
If your main goal is to become a strong public speaker,
get better at crafting and delivering powerful speeches,
and you aren’t as focused (at least initially) on
leadership roles — this path gives a solid foundation.
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| 6. Visionary Communication:
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Blending
communication and strategy: planning how to
communicate change, building a vision, influencing
over time.
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Good for
leaders who want to craft narrative, launch
initiatives, or influence the bigger picture.
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Emphasis on
long-term communication planning, managing change
communication, and innovating solutions.
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Culminates in
the development and launch of a long-term personal
or professional vision.
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When to Pick
It:
If you see yourself in roles where you’ll present or
drive vision, organizational change, or future
initiatives, this path gives you tools to think and
communicate at that level.
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Dynamic
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Engaging
Humor |
Motivational
Strategies |
Presentation
Mastery |
Persuasive
Influence |
Visionary
Communication |
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Dynamic
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Engaging
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Motivational
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Presentation
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Persuasive
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Visionary
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