Advanced Communication and Leadership Program

Toastmasters International provides 14 advanced manuals for improving speaking skills. Each of the advanced manuals assumes that the speaker already know the basics of speech -- organization, voice, gestures, etc. -- but not necessarily that the skills are fully developed. Refer to the Basic Communication and Leadership Manual if there is a need for refreshing on some of the principles of speech. These advanced manuals are designed around four principles:

1. The projects increase in difficulty within each manual, beginning with an overview of the subject and then becoming more specialized as you progress.
2. Each project incorporates what you have learned from the preceding ones, and it assumes you will use these techniques whether or not they are specifically referred to.
3. The projects supply more information than you need to complete each particular assignment. This will give you idea-starters for future talks.
4. It is the speech preparation and delivery that teach you, not just reading the project in the manual.

Advanced Manuals

• Public Relations
• The Professional Salesperson
• Special Occasion Speeches
• The Entertaining Speaker
• Speaking to Inform
• The Discussion Leader
• Specialty Speeches
• Speeches By Management
• The Professional Speaker
• Technical Presentations
• Communicating On Television
• Storytelling
• Interpretive Reading
• Interpersonal Communication

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