Speeches

Your First Ten Speeches: Competent Communicator (CC) Award

When you join the Club you are entering into a program where you learn ten basic principals of public speaking. You build on these speeches until after your first ten speeches you are recognised with the prestiguous CC (Competant Communicator) Award.

This award is recognised internationally within Toastmasters, and abroad, and is a credit to your speaking success.

Here are the first three speech objectives. You will receive all speeches in your C&L Manual when you join the Club. Right Click and "Save As..." to download.

1. The Icebreaker Speech

2. Speak with Sincerity

3. Organise your Speech

There are many avenues for you to discover after you join the club. Chart your progress in Toastmasters using the chart provided.

After Your First Ten Speeches

After you achieve your Competant Communicator Award, there are three higher awards that you may want to pursue :

i) Advanced Communicator Bronze (ACB)

ii) Advanced Communicator Silver (ACS)

iii) Advanced Communicator Gold (ACG)

Each additional step up is awarded after you complete ten speeches. These are achieved by completing two manuals of five speeches each from any of the Advanced Communicator Manuals, below. For these assignments you will utilise the basic skills learnt when you achieved your CC Award to enter into these more specialist areas of speaking development.

Speech topics for Advanced Communicator Manual include :

1. The Entertaining Speaker
2. Speaking to Inform
3. Public Relations
4. The Discussion Leader
5. Speciality Speeches
6. Speeches by Management
7. The Professional Speaker
8. Technical Presentations
9. Persuasive Speaking
10. Communicating on Television
11. Storytelling
12. Interpretive Reading
13. Interpersonal Communication
14. Special Occassion Speeches
15. Humorously Speaking