Competent Toastmaster - Advanced Toastmaster - Distinguished Toastmaster
Trivia

PNEUMONOULTRAMI CROSCOPICSILICO VOLCANOCONIOSIS (45 letters; a lung disease caused by breathing in certain particles) is the longest word in any English-language dictionary. (It is also spelled -koniosis.)
There is no lead in a lead pencil.
Bats are the only mammal that can fly.
Honey is the only food that does not spoil. Honey found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and found edible.
The hyoid bone in the throat is the only bone in the human body not joined to another.
The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache on a standard playing card.
The only Englishman to become Pope was Nicholas Breakspear, who was Adrian IV from 1154 to 1159.
The only known common metal that is liquid at room temperature is mercury.

Certification Level

Toastmasters International provides two training tracks, the Communication and Leadership Tracks.

The Communication Track focuses on improved communication skills. There are four levels: Competent Toastmaster (CTM), Advanced Toastmaster Bronze, Advanced Toastmaster Silver, and Advanced Toastmaster Gold.

For the first level, CTM, the Toastmaster must give 10 speeches from the Communication and Leadership manual.

For successive levels, the Toastmaster must complete two additional manuals (5 speeches). There are fifteen manuals to choose from, including Discussion Leader, Story Telling, the Salesperson, Technical Presentations, Speeches by Management, Special Occasion Speeches, etc.

The ATM-silver and ATM-gold certifications have additional communication requirements.

Toastmasters select which advanced manuals they wish to work on to reach the next level of certification. When a new level is reached, the Toastmaster is awarded a new badge and a certificate.

The Toastmaster's accomplishment is published in Toastmaster magazine and, if requested, Toastmasters International will send a letter to their employer acknowledging this achievement.

Progression to Distinguished Toastmaster

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