CAN YOU TELL ME HOW TO GET – HOW TO GET TO MY DTM?

Traditional Education Program

To earn the DTM designation in the traditional education program, you are required to:

  1. Earn the Competent Communicator (CC) award.
  2. Earn the Competent Leader (CL) award
  3. Serve at least six months as a club officer
  4. Serve a complete one-year term as a district officer.
  5. Serve as a club sponsor, mentor or coach.
  6. Participate in the preparation of a Club Success Plan.
  7. Earn your Advanced Communicator Gold or Advanced Toastmaster Gold award.
  8. Earn your Advanced Leader Silver or Advanced Leader award.

Advanced Communication Series: Links to details about each advanced communication award
Award Applications : Links to each award application for Traditional and Pathways

Pathways Program:

To earn the DTM in Pathways, you are required to:

  1. Complete two learning paths.
  2. Serve as a club officer for 12 months and participate in a district-sponsored club officer training program. (If your club has six-month terms for officers, you can fulfill this requirement by serving as a club officer twice, but you don’t have to do it in consecutive terms.)
  3. Serve a complete one-year term as a district officer.
  4. Serve successfully as a club mentor or coach.
  5. Serve successfully as a club sponsor or conduct a Speechcraft or Youth Leadership program.
  6. Complete the DTM project. (Members are required to create and implement a project of their own design, in which they demonstrate the skills and expertise they have gained.)

Pathways Achievements and Awards Links to information about Pathways badges, certificates, and achievements

SUCCESS COMMUNICATION/LEADERSHIP SERIES

Expanding Your Horizons: Descriptions of each Success Communication and Success Leadership project. This is a PDF.

Success/Communication: Takes you to Toastmasters.org where you can order workbooks, guides, presentations, certificates needed to complete this portion of the Advanced Communicator Gold requirements.

Success Leadership: Takes you to Toastmasters.org where you can order workbooks, guides, presentations, certificates needed to complete this portion of the Advanced Communicator Gold requirements.

HIGH PERFORMANCE LEADERSHIP

High Performance Leadership (HPL) Manuals: Contains Leader Manual and three Guidance Committee Handbooks.

High Performance Leadership (HPL) Evaluation Resource: Use it in your club to evaluate a member completing an HPL project.

Leadership Excellence Certificate Application: After you complete your HPL, use this application to apply for the Leadership Excellence award.