As an active Toastmaster, it\u2019s very easy to forget that not everyone knows what it means to have a CC (Competent Communicator) or be a DTM (Distinguished Toastmaster). We often do this as we\u2019re explaining the Toastmasters program to potential members. When we use the intialisms, we often lose new members in jargon. New and potential members, this list of commonly used Toastmasters phrases is for you. Old pros, print this list out, attach it to a chain around your neck, and hand it to everyone who gets lost when you talk about Toastmasters. (Ok, maybe don\u2019t do that.)<\/p>\n
Competent Communicator (CC)- Earned after first 10 speeches.
\nAdvanced Communicator Bronze (ACB)- Second speaking award.
\nAdvanced Communicator Silver (ACS) \u2013 Third speaking award
\nAdvanced Communicator Gold (ACG)- Fourth speaking award<\/p>\n
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Competent Leader (CL)- First leadership award.
\nAdvanced Leadership Bronze (ALB)- Second leadership award.
\nAdvance Leadership Silver (ALS) \u2013 Third leadership award.
\nDistinguished Toastmaster (DTM)- Final award, requires both ACG and ALS to earn.<\/p>\n
Vice President of Education (VPE)
\nVice President of Membership (VPM)
\nVice President of Public Relations (VPPR)
\nSergeant-at-arms (SAA)<\/p>\n
Program Quality Director (PQD)
\nClub Growth Director (CGD)
\nPublic Relations Manager (PRM)<\/p>\n
Toastmasters (TM)
\nToastmasters International (TI)
\nToastmasters Leadership Institute (TLI)- a location for training<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
As an active Toastmaster, it\u2019s very easy to forget that not everyone knows what it means to have a CC (Competent Communicator) or be a DTM (Distinguished Toastmaster). We often do this as we\u2019re explaining the Toastmasters program to potential members. When we use the intialisms, we often lose new members in jargon. New and … Continue reading “Swimming in Toastmasters Alphabet Soup”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,50],"tags":[52,71,200,125,7,201],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tm83.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tm83.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tm83.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tm83.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tm83.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tm83.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":419,"href":"https:\/\/www.tm83.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418\/revisions\/419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tm83.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tm83.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tm83.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}