Advanced Manuals
The list of Toastmasters Advanced Manuals
The Advanced Communication and Leadership Program is designed to provide you with the necessary skills and experience to meet specific challenges.
Communicating on Television Television presentations differ from other presentations, and they require special considerations. With this manual you'll learn to present editorials, appear as a guest on a "talk" show, conduct a press conference, and use television to train.
The Discussion Leader This manual offers guidance in presenting workshop and conference presentations. Role-playing and problem-solving sessions are also covered. This manual is a must for managers, trainers, teachers and administrators.
The Entertaining Speaker This manual includes valuable information on how to give an entertaining or dramatic speech, where to find material, how to make an audience laugh, and what to do when you're asked to speak after dinner.
Humorously Speaking Audiences love to laugh. This manual shows you how to use humorous stories and jokes throughout your speech to grab and keep listeners' attention and illustrate your points. Your also learn how to give an entirely humorous speech.
Interpersonal Communication Special skills are needed to successfully handle situations in your daily life as you interact with many people. Topics covered include conversing with ease, negotiating, handling criticism, coaching someone to improved performance, and expressing dissatisfaction effectively.
Interpretive Reading This manual will help you develop your interpretive reading skills. The projects include presenting stories, poetry, monodramas, plays and oratorical speeches.
Persuasive Speaking This manual will help you to learn to speak persuasively. It is very useful for a professional sales person.
Professional Speaker This manual is a complete guide to becoming a professional speaker. Subjects covered include speaking as a company representative and speaking for pay.
Public Relations This complete guide to preparing and delivering the public relations speech will help you develop resources and techniques, "speak under fire," and handle the media talk.
Speaking To Inform The projects in this manual will help you give informative and interesting speeches. Topics covered include the demonstration talk, the fact finding report, the abstract concept, and resources for informing.
Special Occasion Speeches Some day, sometime - whether attending your club, a family event, or a business meeting - you will be expected to make a special speech. This manual will help you prepare for those times when you will be Mastering the Toast, Speaking in Praise, joining in The Roast, Presenting an Award, or Accepting an Award.
Specialty Speeches Speakers must be able to speak in many different situations, and this manual will help. Types of speeches covered include impromptu speeches, sales presentations, introductions, inspirational speeches, and oral interpretations.
Speeches By Management The lack of effective communication at management level is a major source of problems in business and organizations today. After completing The Briefing, The Technical speech, Manage and Motivate, The Status Report and Confrontation: The Adversary Relationship, you'll be better equipped to encourage and influence others.
Storytelling Everyone loves a good story. Types of stories covered include the folk tale, the personal story, stories with morals, the touching story, and the historical story.
Technical Presentations The projects in this manual will help you prepare and present briefings, proposals, technical papers and technical team presentations.