| Cheshire TM's FreeToastHost site | Our other site. |
| Welcome Message | Greetings, and an explanation of Toastmasters in one page. |
| Explanation of meeting | An overview of the parts of a Toastmasters meeting. |
| Outline of meeting | An outline of the steps of a Toastmasters meeting. |
| President's Message | A message from the 1998-1999 President of Toastmasters International, Terry Daily, which nicely sums up the purpose, goals and theory of Toastmasters. |
| How to get the most from your Toastmasters membership. | Text of Judy Boynton's Speech: The Dirty Little Secret of Self Improvement Groups |
| Why I Joined Toastmasters... | Reasons some members give for originally joining toastmasters. |
| Basic Manual | The goals for the 10 speeches of the Basic Manual. |
| Wikipedia | Wikipedia article on Toastmasters International. |
| Decrypting the Alphabet Soup | Explaining the acronyms of Toastmasters. |
| Jokemaster's Corner | At a Toastmasters meeting the Jokemaster tells a joke to lighten the mood and to practice using humor. This section is related but different: it is a collection of jokes related to communications, generally with a message if you dig deep enough. |
| Overcoming Nerves on the Way to the Lectern | Tips for those last minute jitters as you approach the lecturn to speak. |
| Toastmaster's Certificates | A chart showing the requirements for various toastmaster certificates. |
| About Contests | The Why and How of Toastmaster Contests. |
| Collected Advice of Great Speakers | Some pointers from history's greatest speakers. (A work in progress). |
| Why a Second CTM? | Why a member might choose to repeat the CTM program |
| High Performance Leadership Training | An article on HPL by Ute Brinkmann |
| Invocations Discussion | A discussion of giving an Invocation that occurred on the District mailing list |
| Preparing a speech in 1 hour | A procedure for preparing a speech in as little as one hour. |
| At Cheshire Toastmasters we have a scheduled task called The Two Minute Tutorial.
This is a prepared speech by an experienced Toastmaster that is to be presented in under two minutes!
Like most things in Toastmasters there is more than one reason for this: not only does the club get a quick refresher in
some important aspect of speaking but the presenter is given practice in conciseness and efficiency.
Collected here are the text of some past two minute tutorials and some additional material that would have met the time criterion. |
| Importance of Time | How to give a speech within time limits. |
| Table Topics Advice | Advice on handling table topics (Toastmaster's loved and dreaded impromptu speaking exercise). |
| Preparing a speech | Advice on preparing a speech. |
| Giving an Evaluation | Advice on giving an evaluation. |
| Importance of Brevity | Advice pointing out the importance of being brief. |
| Giving a Toast | Advice on how to give a Toast. |
| The Motivational Sequence | Advice on using the powerful motivational sequence for an inspirational or persuasive speech. |
| Preparing a Speech | How to prepare a Speech. |
| Technology Check List | A checklist of things to test BEFORE using technology in a presentation...and a warning example of why to do so. |
| Colored OverHead Transparencies | Notes on printing Overhead Transparency slides in Color. |
| Using a Blackboard | Some comments on using a blackboard, mainly on how to write on it without insulting your audience by talking while facing away. |
| Book list | A list of books on public speaking (incomplete and unfinished but a starting place). |
| How not to use Overheads | Important notes I learned about using overheads by NOT doing them. |
| The Club Meeting Environment | Hand out notes from TM161 at TLI Officer Training |
| Cheshire Toastmasters: | District 53, Division D, Area 4, Club 8762, Chartered 5/92 |
| Hall of Fame | Past awards, hall of fame and announcements of Cheshire Toastmasters |
| Minutes | Minutes of past meetings beginning with 9/21/2005 |
| Officer List | Club Officer lists |
| Membership Building | Summary of July 7th, 2001 meeting round robin on membership building |
| Cheshire Herald | Publicity in the Cheshire Herald February 2, 2009 |
| District 53 | Other clubs in CT, MA and NY |
| International | Link to Toastmasters International
Including: Find a club by town New Member form Catalog |
| Yankee activator | Back issues of the Yankee Activator, the District's Newsletter |
Links to Other Toastmasters Clubs | |
| CCAT | Central Connecticut Advanced Toastmasters |
Links to Un-Official Sites | |
| www.region7val.org | Val Albert, former District governor for our district and candidate for International Director, has a web site with a lot of good data. |
| Wiki-Toastmasters | If you're familiar with wikipedia then here is one dedicated solely to Toastmasters information. |
| TM Webring | A webring is a collection of links. These are TM related links |
| A club site | Kennebecasis Toastmasters Club |
| A source for Quotes | BrainyQuote: a source to find that quote you need |
| World Class Indifference | A comedy Improv troupe founded by Toastmasters |
| Kent Law on Writing | Notes on good grammar. |
| Webmaster's other material | Things about the webmaster that aren't directly related to Toastmasters |