Pathways FAQ

 What is base camp?

Base camp is where members can access their curriculum that they have chosen for Pathways.  After selecting a Path, members will need to log into toastmasters.org and click "Pathways" on the menu bar. Next, members select "Go To Base Camp" and then "Access my Path Through Base Camp", select "Log in as a Member".

How many Paths are there?

Currently, eleven Paths have been released.

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How many projects are in a Path?

Currently, there are 14 projects that are completed throughout the five levels. Ten of these projects are required and then four projects are elective. Each project requires the member to give one speech. 

Can work in the Legacy program be applied to Pathways?
No, only leadership roles held that have not been applied toward an award in the Legacy program can be used in Pathways. 

How do you get DTM in Pathways?

Complete two Paths

Serve as a club officer for 12 months

Serve as a district officer for 12 months 

Serve as a club mentor or coach

Serve as a club sponsor or conduct a Speechcraft or Youth Leadership program.

Complete the DTM project. 

What is a DTM project?

In order to receive DTM, each member is required to create and implement a project they designed. The project is available upon the request of the member after they have completed Level 3 of the second Pathway. A member can request this from the Education Services Team by phone at +1 720-439-5050 or by email at EducationProgram@toastmasters.org.

Can I access all of the projects when I pay for the Path?

Yes, all of the projects are open. 

Choosing Your Toastmasters Pathway

 Log into Toastmasters.org

Select the tab “Pathways”

Select “Choose a Path” (If not already logged in, Toastmasters.org will now prompt you to log in)

Select your language that you want your path in

Select “Digital” or “Printed” 

Choose “View Path Options" (Or Take Assessment)

Select Your Path

Having Trouble Finding Evaluations?

Pathways Virtual Academy

Pathways Projects to Complete Online

Level Four

Conduct an Online Meeting

• With many clubs turning to online meetings, you can complete the project for leading an online meeting!

Level Five:

Ethical Leadership Panel

• Moderate a panel for a 20 to 40 minutes discussion on ethics, with a Q&A session. 

Lessons Learned:

• For a project that has already been completed, facilitate a discussion about the project and review how everything was handled. Have each member fill out a 360 evaluation form. 

Moderate a Panel Discussion

• Moderate a panel for 20 to 40 minutes on any topic 

Use Your Free Time to Polish Leadership Skills

Level Five Projects to Start at Home

High Performance Leadership Project:

1. Read the High Performance Leadership manual for their background

2. Come up with an idea for a project (IE: leadership campaign, Speechcraft, Youth Leadership)

3. Recruit a guidance committee to work with you on your project

4. Meet with your guidance committee to go over what you have in mind

5. Create your mission statement, vision, and values. Run these by your committee

6. Present your first speech to your club about your project

7. Create your Roles Goals and Timetable for your project

8. Recruit and Action Team

9. Create your action plan on how you are going to achieve your goals in your time limit

10. Meet with your action team and guidance committee to review your progress and how things are working. Overcome problems, if any, and reevaluate your plan if needed

11. Results: go over your results with your team and evaluate how your plan went

12. Present your results to your club with a speech

Leading in Your Volunteer Organization:

• If you have served in a leadership position for six months, or are volunteering in another organization for six months, ask members who have worked with you to fill out the 360 evaluation form. Create a succession plan for the person who will replace you in that position, and reflect on the position that you were in. 

Don't Loose Traction on Pathways! Start these Projects Now

Level Four:

Manage Projects Successfully:

• For Manage Projects, you will need to decide on a project, which can be used for later projects within your path, and carry it out for whatever length of time you deem appropriate. This project does require collaboration with at least three people. 
• Suggestion for Project: Help plan a contest that is now online
• Suggestion for Project: Lead the club transition to online meetings
• Suggestion for Project: Create a new member packet for your club

Create a Podcast: 

• Record 60 minutes of content for your podcast (in sections or one podcast) and share the podcast with your club. 

Building a Social Media Presence:

• Take this time to either review and enhance or build the social media presence for your club. 

Write a Blog:

• This requires you to write a minimum of 8 blog posts over the span of a month. You may choose to have your blog evaluated by members of the club.

Create a Public Relations Strategy:

• To complete this project, map out a public relations plan which can be used in future projects if desired. 

Have 10 free minutes? Complete this Pathways Project

Level Three

Focus on the Positive:

• This project takes a minimum of two weeks with writing daily in a journal on feelings, what you are grateful for and behavior. 

Working on Level One? Start working on this project at home

Level One:
Researching and Presenting:

• This is a good time to complete any research that needs to be done to put together a speech on any topic that you wish. 

Project to Work on From Home

With the cancellation of clubs everywhere, this can be a great time to start projects that extend over several weeks. Here are a few projects that take an extended amount of time- both for the Legacy and Pathways Program.


Legacy Projects:
Competent Leader:
Project Six:

• There are many Divisions and Districts that are working to pull off an online competition. You can volunteer to help in one of those contests and get credit for helping organize a speech contest.
• Another option for project six is helping with the online presence of the club. This is a great time to go through the web presence of the club and make sure everything is accurate. 

Project Nine:

• If someone in your club is working on their High Performance Leadership Project, you can volunteer to be a part of it. 

Project Ten:

• If you chair a contest, you can complete project ten in the Competent Leader manual. 
• Another option for completing Project Ten is to serve as the webmaster in your club.

High Performance Leadership Project: (Works for Pathways and Legacy)

1. Read the High Performance Leadership manual for their background

2. Come up with an idea for a project (IE: leadership campaign, Speechcraft, Youth Leadership)

3. Recruit a guidance committee to work with you on your project

4. Meet with your guidance committee to go over what you have in mind

5. Create your mission statement, vision, and values. Run these by your committee

6. Present your first speech to your club about your project

7. Create your Roles Goals and Timetable for your project

8. Recruit and Action Team

9. Create your action plan on how you are going to achieve your goals in your time limit

10. Meet with your action team and guidance committee to review your progress and how things are working. Overcome problems, if any, and reevaluate your plan if needed

11. Results: go over your results with your team and evaluate how your plan went

12. Present your results to your club with a speech

Pathways:
Level One:
Researching and Presenting:

• This is a good time to complete any research that needs to be done to put together a speech on any topic that you wish. 

Level Three:

Focus on the Positive:

• This project takes a minimum of two weeks with writing daily in a journal on feelings, what you are grateful for and behavior. 

Level Four:

Manage Projects Successfully:

• For Manage Projects, you will need to decide on a project, which can be used for later projects within your path, and carry it out for whatever length of time you deem appropriate. This project does require collaboration with at least three people. 
• Suggestion for Project: Help plan a contest that is now online
• Suggestion for Project: Lead the club transition to online meetings
• Suggestion for Project: Create a new member packet for your club

Create a Podcast: 

• Record 60 minutes of content for your podcast (in sections or one podcast) and share the podcast with your club. 

Building a Social Media Presence:

• Take this time to either review and enhance or build the social media presence for your club. 

Write a Blog:

• This requires you to write a minimum of 8 blog posts over the span of a month. You may choose to have your blog evaluated by members of the club.

Create a Public Relations Strategy:

• To complete this project, map out a public relations plan which can be used in future projects if desired. 

Level Five:

High Performance Leadership Project (See above)

Leading in Your Volunteer Organization:

• If you have served in a leadership position for six months, or are volunteering in another organization for six months, ask members who have worked with you to fill out the 360 evaluation form. Create a succession plan for the person who will replace you in that position, and reflect on the position that you were in. 

Bonus: 

Level Four

Conduct an Online Meeting

• With many clubs turning to online meetings, you can complete the project for leading an online meeting!

Level Five:

Ethical Leadership Panel

• Moderate a panel for a 20 to 40 minutes discussion on ethics, with a Q&A session. 

Lessons Learned:

• For a project that has already been completed, facilitate a discussion about the project and review how everything was handled. Have each member fill out a 360 evaluation form. 

Moderate a Panel Discussion

• Moderate a panel for 20 to 40 minutes on any topic 

Practicing Public Speaking from Home

With the spread of COVID-19 and the cancellation of in-person meetings, some Toastmasters have been wanting to keep up their skills while on break from regular meetings. There are a variety of ways to continue practicing your public speaking skills at home. Here are five ways to keep your public speaking skills strong during the break.
1. Join an online Toastmasters club
There are several hybrid clubs and online clubs that you can attend while your traditional club is on break. Additionally, your home club could consider moving online during this pandemic.
To look up online Toastmasters clubs, follow this link:  https://www.toastmasters.org/Resources/Online-Clubs-List
2. Start a podcast
One of the projects for Pathways is to start a podcast. This would be a great time to look into how to complete that project. What topic would you want your podcast themed around? How long would you want your podcast to run? The possibilities are endless!
You can see the official Toastmasters podcasts to get some ideas here: https://www.toastmasters.org/resources/news-and-announcements/podcasts
3. Start a blog
While on this break, you could start a blog or a vlog, which is a video based blog. The Toastmasters blog project requires 8 posts within a month. With the break from in person meetings, this is a great time to get started on your blog so you have time to reflect on what you learned.
You can find information on how to create the blog on Pathways.
4. Record Live on Social Media speeches
If you are still on the Legacy program, you can work on the Interpretative Reading manual by reading your selected pieces live on social media, such as Facebook. For the Pathways program, level four has an elective of creating a social media presence.
You can find information on how to use live to continue giving speeches in Pathways or on the traditional program.
5. Write speeches to give to your club later
While on break, you can use this time to read through different projects and brainstorm speeches that would fulfill them. This is a great time to explore the Pathways platform and plan out which speeches you would like to give to complete them.

Do you want to use paper projects instead of online?

Step 1- Launch your project
Step 2- Make sure your popup blocker is disabled
Step 3- Find the navigation bar at the end of the page
Step 4- Go to evaluation page
Step 5- Hit print my project

District 7 Pathways Introduction

Five Levels of Leadership Development

Mastering Fundamentals

• Ice Breaker
• Evaluation and Feedback
• Researching and Presenting

Learning Your Style

• Managing Time
• Understanding Your Leadership Style
• Introduction to Toastmasters Mentoring

Increasing Knowledge

• Planning and Implementing

Building Skills

• Leading Your Team

Demonstrating Expertise

• Manage Successful Events
• Reflect on Your Path

Five Levels of Innovative Planning

Mastering Fundamentals

• Ice Breaker
• Evaluation and Feedback
• Researching and Presenting

Learning Your Style

• Understanding Your Leadership Style
• Connect With Your Audience
• Introduction to Toastmasters Mentoring

Increasing Knowledge

• Present a Proposal

Building Skills

• Manage Projects Successfully

Demonstrating Expertise

• High Performance Leadership
• Reflect on Your Path

Five Levels of Engaging Humor

Mastering Fundamentals

• Ice Breaker
• Evaluation and Feedback
• Researching and Presenting

Learning Your Style

• Know Your Sense of Humor
• Connect with Your Audience
• Introduction to Toastmasters Mentoring

Increasing Knowledge

• Engage Your Audience With Humor

Building Skills

• The Power of Humor in an Impromptu Speech

Demonstrating Expertise

• Deliver Your Message With Humor
• Reflect on Your Path

Triple A Award- District Seven

Detailed Pathways

Five Levels of Effective Coaching

Mastering Fundamentals

• Ice Breaker
• Evaluation and Feedback
• Researching and Presenting

Learning Your Style

• Understanding Your Leadership Style
• Understanding Your Communication Style
• Introduction to Toastmasters Mentoring

Increasing Knowledge

• Reaching Consensus

Building Skills

• Improvement Through Positive Coaching

Demonstrating Expertise

• High Performance Leadership
• Reflect on Your Path

Five Levels of Dynamic Leadership

Mastering Fundamentals

• Ice Breaker
• Evaluation and Feedback
• Researching and Presenting

Learning Your Style

• Understanding Your Leadership Style
• Understanding Your Communication Style
• Introduction to Toastmasters Mentoring

Increasing Knowledge

• Negotiate the Best Outcome

Building Skills

• Manage Change

Demonstrating Expertise

• Lead in Any Situation
• Reflect on Your Path