{"id":1213,"date":"2013-06-03T15:00:19","date_gmt":"2013-06-03T20:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elizabethshack.com\/blog\/?p=1213"},"modified":"2013-06-28T22:59:02","modified_gmt":"2013-06-29T03:59:02","slug":"toastmasters-advanced-manuals-introduction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elizabethshack.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/03\/toastmasters-advanced-manuals-introduction\/","title":{"rendered":"Toastmasters Advanced Manuals: Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been meaning to do a short blog series on Toastmasters for some time. I got my Advanced Communicator Bronze award a couple months ago–that means I completed two advanced manuals of five speeches each. Now I’ve moved on to two more advanced manuals.<\/p>\n

So what’s an advanced manual?<\/p>\n

The Toastmasters program<\/a> starts with the Competent Communicator manual, which has 10 speeches. Most of them cover different aspects of speaking–body language, vocal variety, etc.<\/p>\n

Once you finish that, you can pick two free advanced manuals<\/a>. All of the 15 advanced manuals have five speeches, and most of them focus on a specific topic. There are manuals for sales talks, technical presentations, and interpretive reading (that would be the one that I joined Toastmasters for). Some of the projects are short speeches (yes, there is one for making a toast) and others involve team presentations, role playing, and can be 20 minutes long. <\/p>\n

It’s hard to know what a manual is really like without seeing it, so when I picked the manuals I’m doing now, I relied on blog posts by people who’d done them. So next week I’ll continue the favor and start reviewing the manuals I’ve done so far, starting with Interpretive Reading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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