Pathways: Ten Learning Paths Dynamic Leadership Effective Coaching Innovative Planning Leadership Development Motivational Strategies Persuasive Influence Presentation Mastery Strategic Relationships Team Collaboration Visionary Communication Ten Learning Paths

DTM in Pathways DTM Club Mentor or Club Coach New Member District Officer Club Mentor or Club Coach Club Sponsor or Speechcraft or Youth Leadership Program Club Officer DTM DTM PROJECT Our Chief Ambassador is fielding a number of questions related to the requirements for DTM within Pathways. There are multiple requirements. Let’s start from the bottom and work our way up. 1. In Pathways, a member must complete two separate learning paths. 2. The member must serve as a Club Sponsor (of a new club), OR coordinate a Speechcraft OR Youth Leadership Program. 3. The member serves as a Club Mentor or Club Coach. 4. Serve 12 full months as a Club Officer. 5. Serve 12 full months as a District Officer . . . Though the roles of Pathways Guides, Ambassador, also fulfill this requirement. 6. Complete a DTM “capstone” project (think of it as a High Performance Leadership project without the Guidance Committee) Members can complete these tasks in any order, though usually brand new members do not often step into some of the “more advanced” levels of leadership until they have some experience. NOTE: Any service you have completed as a club or district leader that has not been applied toward an award can be used to fulfill your next education award in the current (traditional) program or towards Pathways. (This includes club leadership as an officer, district leadership, club sponsor, club mentor, club coach, Youth Leadership Program and Speechcraft).

Welcome to Base Camp – let’s take a tour!

Find resources and people In the upper right corner, there is a search field. Here you can find resources and people – meaning, members within your club.

If I want to find the Ice Breaker, I can enter ICE . . . And 5 options appear.

If we hover over the options, the full name of the resource appears. In this instance, the 5th option is the Ice Breaker Speech Outline Worksheet.

Find tutorials and resources In the upper left corner, there is a Tutorials and Resources tab. Here you can explore the educational materials available within Pathways.

Learn about Base Camp Below the Toastmasters branded images, there are 5 blue icons. Each are clickable to reveal more information. The first is titled “Navigating Base Camp”. If we click on the icon . . .

. . . the “Get to know base camp” page appears. Each of these 6 icons help you explore and delve deeper into base camp. Just like on the home page, each of these 6 icons are interactive. If we select the first icon “Explore my profile”, a new list of options appear. And when we select the first item within the list . . .

A new, online tutorial – or other resource - will appear. The small blue icon that resembles a monitor indicates this is an online class. Sometimes these are recorded videos, screen shares, or other interactive learning experiences.

This resource opens an interactive online class.

Access Your Learning Path Let’s go back to our home page and continue learning about base camp. The next blue icon is your education transcript. Everyone’s learning path and projects is accessed through this portal.

Open or Launch Your Learning Path For members who want a “shortcut” to directly open or launch their learning, they can access the projects quicker here.

Motivational Strategies

View and Request Feedback This is where you can see comments from other members, and will also see when members award you with a badge

My Badges My Badges View Level Awards and Badges given to you from other club members.

Badges can be awarded to members to express your appreciation, offer encouragement, or to motivate your members.

Access Tutorials & Speech Evaluations The last of the 5 icons on the Base Camp home page is titled Speech Evaluations. Here we can access tutorials and evaluation resources. Our Pathways team is fielding many questions about how evaluations work within the club setting. Let’s take a quick look inside “speech evaluations.”

Interactive tutorials are built into Pathways to help new members learn how to evaluate. This tutorial will also assist all members learn how the fillable evaluation forms work. This will be highly valuable to members who choose to use the evaluation tools as a digital file (using their tablet or laptop during a club meeting).

Along the left side of the branded Toastmaster image is a series of questions. Each question is an interactive feature – simply click on the question you want an answer to, and the answers appear. Sometimes it will generate a single text answer. Other times, like for question 2, there is both a tutorial and a link to view more resources elsewhere within Base Camp.

Every evaluation resource – for every project within each path – is available on this page. Evaluations are sorted in alphabetical order. Simply select the title, and the PDF of the evaluation form will pop-up. For example . . . If we select Lead in Any Situation . . .

We’re just 1 click away from every evaluation form within Pathways! The resource will become available . . . Indicated with the yellow material icon (looks like a file folder) and launch option. We’re just 1 click away from every evaluation form within Pathways! When we click on Launch . . .

The fill-in PDF becomes available for view. At the top center, we see how many pages – this evaluation is 3 pages (we see it as 1 of 3) At the top right, we can choose to print the file (simply hover over the print icon) Or, if your intention is to fill in the form using your tablet, laptop or other device, you can download the resource, and save the file.

Club Dues Renewals Impacts Member’s Access to Pathways Members who do not pay their dues renewals on time are considered unpaid. As soon as a member is unpaid, they no longer have access to their Pathways education on Base Camp. If Toastmasters International has not received payment for a member’s dues by March 31, the member will be unable to access Pathways on April 1. Base Camp will retain the member’s progress so that once dues are renewed, they will regain access to the system and can continue working where they left off in their educational curriculum. SUGGESTION: Inform your members of this renewal policy. Begin collecting dues for the spring renewal period throughout February and early March. Submit your club dues by March 20th. Be proactive. Submit dues payment online via Club Central. The District may offer incentives for early payment!

We can’t end a training segment without a call to action! Clubs needs to identify one or more strategies to adopt Pathways. After the strategy is determined, SMART goals should be determined and written into your Club Success Plan. SMART goals – Specific, Measureable, Attainable, Realistic, Timebound (These address the who/what/when.) Let’s highlight two possible strategies .

Strategy  SMART Goals  Plan Officers serve as role model for members All club officers dedicate 1 hour to explore Pathways before launch date. (Goal = who / what / when) 15 minutes reviewing resources Thursday & Sunday evenings over the next 2 weeks (Plan = how) STRATEGY: Officers serve as role model for members GOAL: All club officers dedicate 1 hour to explore Pathways before launch date. (who, what, when) PLAN: 15 minutes reviewing resources Thursday & Sunday evenings over the next 2 weeks (how)

Strategy  SMART Goals  Plan Club members champion Pathways Steve & Sally create Pathways page on corporate club webpage featuring links and resources within 30 days of launch. (Goal = who / what / when) Steve identifies 10 key resources for members; sends to Sally to post on website; Sally creates new page; sends page link to members. (Plan = how) STRATEGY: Club members champion Pathways GOAL: Sally & Steve create Pathways page on corporate club webpage featuring links and resources within 30 days of launch. PLAN: Steve identifies 5 key resources for members; sends to Sally to post on website; Sally creates new page; sends page link to members. (Plan = how)

Strategy  SMART Goals  Plan Your idea for a strategy? Your idea for goals? Your idea for plans? Here is your call to action: Connect with your whole officer team to determine: How will your club adopt Pathways? Write your STRATEGY, GOALS, and PLANS. Then share them with your club, Pathways Guide & Ambassador, and Area Director. This way we can share “BEST PRACTICES!”