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The Original CTM Manual Toastmasters International Communication and Leadership Program (1977)1. The Ice BreakerBegin speaking before an audience; help you understand what areas require particular emphasis in your speaking development; introduce yourself to your fellow club members (four to six minutes). 2. Be In Earnest Convince the audience of your earnestness, sincerity, and conviction on a subject you thoroughly understand; confront and control and nervousness you may have. 3. Organize Your Speech Organize your thoughts into a logical sequence which leads the audience to a clearly-defined goal; build a speech outline that includes an opening, body, and conclusion. 4. Show What You Mean Learn the value of gestures and body movements as a part of a speech; explore the different ways of using body language; develop a sense of timing and natural, smooth body movement. 5. Vocal Variety Explore the use of voice volume, pitch, rate, and quality as assets to your speaking; apply the principles of a well-developed voice to a particular speech. 6. Constructing Your Speech Bring together and apply the communication skills you have learned in the preceding projects; organize your speech in a logical manner, following one of the suggested outlines; research the facts needed to support your speech; make a personal evaluation of your progress. 7. Clarify Your Meaning Present a complex subject so that each member of the audience can understand your ideas; demonstrate that you understand your audience and can present your message in their own terms; explain abstract concepts by concrete examples, definitions, and explanations. 8. Make It Persuasive Present a talk persuading the audience to modify their beliefs, feelings, or actions to agree with yours; effect this persuasion by appealing to the audience's self-interest, building a logical foundation for belief, and arousing emotional commitment to your cause. 9. Help Them Remember Deliver, without notes, a dynamic and informative talk; present detailed information in such a way that the audience can easily remember it. 10. Work With Words Gain an understanding of the functions and uses of the spoken word; select precisely the right words required to communicate your ideas clearly, vividly, and appropriately; avoid common mistakes in word use. 11. Make It Interesting Attract the audience's attention by speaking on a subject of personal interest to them; by use of appropriate illustrations, hold the audience's interest and insure their full understanding of your message; support each point of the speech with facts or interesting examples presented in an interesting manner. 12. Inspire Your Audience Understand the mood and feelings of your audience on a particular occasion; put those feelings into words and inspire your audience using all the techniques you have learned so far. 13. Build Your Language Skill Become aware of proper use of vocabulary and grammar in speaking; understand the different levels of speech and when they are appropriate; begin a program of vocabulary-building and using new words in your talk. 14. Say It Clearly Understand the value of proper articulation and pronunciation; focus on a program of building good speech habits. 15. Speak With Knowledge Begin a program of serious reading of thoughtful books on self-development subjects; write a speech based on the insights gained from reading one of these books; read the speech before the club in an interesting, lively, and meaningful manner (ten minutes, plus or minus thirty seconds). Toastmasters International emblem are trademarks protected in the United States, Canada, and other countries where Toastmasters Clubs exist. Unauthorized use is prohibited. |