The Possibilities of Pathways
Toastmasters’ innovative new learning experience offers an expanded education.
Much of the communication track hadn’t been updated since the 1970s, and leadership became a separate track in 2005. The Board stressed the need to modernize the communication track and to renew the focus on leadership learning in the leadership track.
Pathways was Developed with these Benefits to Members:
- Recognition that comes earlier and more often in the educational journey
- New technological resources to improve speeches and support meeting roles
- Mobile access to educational materials (tablets)
- Expanded video and digital content to facilitate learning among our global community of members
- Stronger evaluation and mentoring components
TO THE RIGHT you will find the learning paths available to you through the Toastmasters Pathways program. And below is an informational video about Pathways.
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2025 Enhancements to Pathways
Text version of the changes
Toastmasters Pathways Enhancements
Level 1: Meeting Roles
- Table Topics Speaker*
- Evaluator
- Timer or Ah-Counter
Education Series Presentations: None
Level 2: Meeting Roles
- Grammarian
- Topicsmaster
- Evaluator
- Toastmaster, Timer, or Ah-Counter
Education Series Presentations: None
Level 3: Meeting Roles
- Toastmaster
- Evaluator
- Topicsmaster, Table Topics Speaker, or Introductory Mentor**
Successful Club Series Presentation:
- Creating the Best Club Climate
- Meeting Roles and Responsibilities
- Keeping the Commitment
- Going Beyond Our Club
Level 4: Meeting Roles
- Toastmaster
- General Evaluator
- Evaluator (twice)
- Table Topics Speaker, Topicsmaster, a Specialized Role***, or repeat a role listed above
Successful Club Series Presentation:
- Finding New Members
- Closing the Sale
- How to Be a Distinguished Club
- Toastmasters Educational Program
Better Speaker Series Presentation:
- Beginning Your Speech
- Concluding Your Speech
- Controlling Your Fear
- Impromptu Speaking
- Selecting Your Topic
- Know Your Audience
- Organizing Your Speech
- Creating an Introduction
- Preparation and Practice
- Using Body Language
Level 5: Meeting Roles
- General Evaluator (twice)
- Toastmaster (twice)
- Evaluator (twice)
- Table Topics Speaker, Topicsmaster, Ah-Counter, Timer, Grammarian, Club Mentor, a Specialized Role***, or repeat a role listed above
Successful Club Series Presentation:
- Moments of Truth
- Evaluate to Motivate
- Mentoring
Leadership Excellence Series Presentation:
- Service and Leadership
- The Leader as a Coach
- Developing a Mission
- Motivating People
- Building a Team
- Delegating to Empower
- Resolving Conflict
- Visionary Leader
- Values and Leadership
- Goal Setting and Planning
- Giving Effective Feedback
Footnotes:
- * Must be completed before delivering an Ice Breaker speech.
- ** An introductory mentor supports new members informally. The Pathways Mentor Program is available in Base Camp after Level 2.
- *** Specialized roles are unique to your club (e.g., Online Moderator, Visual Aid Manager).
Dynamic Leadership
This path helps you build your skills as a strategic leader. The projects on this path focus on understanding leadership and communication styles, the effect of conflict on a group and the skills needed to defuse and direct conflict. These projects also emphasize the development of strategies to facilitate change in an organization or group, interpersonal communication and public speaking. This path culminates in a project focused on applying your leadership skills.
Dynamic Leadership
This path helps you build your skills as a strategic leader. The projects on this path focus on understanding leadership and communication styles, the effect of conflict on a group and the skills needed to defuse and direct conflict. These projects also emphasize the development of strategies to facilitate change in an organization or group, interpersonal communication and public speaking. This path culminates in a project focused on applying your leadership skills.
Engaging Humor
This path is designed to help you build your skills as a humorous and engaging public speaker. The projects on this path focus on understanding your sense of humor and how that sense of humor translates to engaging audience members. The projects contribute to developing an understanding of how to effectively use humor in a speech, including challenging situations and impromptu speeches. This path culminates in an extended humorous speech that will allow you to apply what you learned.
Motivational Strategies
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.
Persuasive Influence
This path helps you build your skills as an innovative communicator and leader. The projects on this path focus on how to negotiate a positive outcome together with building strong interpersonal communication and public speaking skills. Each project emphasizes developing leadership skills to use in complex situations, as well as creating innovative solutions to challenges. This path culminates in a “High Performance Leadership” project of your design.
Presentation Mastery
This path helps you build your skills as an accomplished public speaker. The projects on this path focus on learning how an audience responds to you and improving your connection with audience members. The projects contribute to developing an understanding of effective public speaking technique, including speech writing and speech delivery. This path culminates in an extended speech that will allow you to apply what you learned.
Visionary Communication
This path helps you build your skills as a strategic communicator and leader. The projects on this path focus on developing your skills for sharing information with a group, planning communications and creating innovative solutions. Speech writing and speech delivery are emphasized in each project. This path culminates in the development and launch of a long-term personal or professional vision.