Within Toastmasters, you learning by doing. There are ample opportunity for you to hone your leadership skills.

The first step in your leadership journey is to serve in a Club Officer role. It is a great opportunity to step up and serve your Club in a leadership role.  

Once you have served as a Club President, the next step of your leadership journey could be to volunteer to serve as an Area Director to support the Clubs in your Area.

Toastmasters members may take advantage of many opportunities to strengthen their leadership skills. Many members take on leadership roles within the organization, and others prefer to conduct specialized workshops to help their fellow members or their community. Some of the more common activities are listed below. 

Pathways has leadership opportunities within the various Path projects.

  • Being a Club Officer
  • Being a District Officer
  • Presenting a Better Speaker Series Module
    Presenting a Successful Club Series Module
  • Coordinating a Speechcraft Workshop
  • Coordinating a Youth Leadership Session
  • Conducting a High Performance Leadership Program
  • Helping Build or Rebuild a Club 
  • Serving as a personal mentor to another Toastmaster

Members are encouraged to participate in these leadership programs. As with most activities in the Toastmasters program, members are recognized for their efforts after completing of one of these activities. In particular, many of the activities listed above help satisfy one of the requirements for the leadership track of the individual’s educational program.

Club Officer Roles
Serving as a club officer gives you the opportunity to develop valuable leadership skills while also helping your fellow Toastmasters. To help you prepare for the role, the district sponsors a number of Club Officer Training sessions to discuss your duties as an officer. Also, serving as a club officer satisfies one of the requirements for Pathways DTM (serve 12 months) award. (Some club elect new officers every six months, while other clubs hold elections once a year. This usually depends on whether the club meets every week or every two weeks.)

Listed below are the officer positions in each Toastmasters club.

  • President
  • Vice President Education
  • Vice President Membership
  • Vice President Public Relations
  • Secretary
  • Treasurer
  • Sergeant at Arms

District Officer Positions
After serving as a club officer, you may want to further enhance your leadership capabilities. Becoming a district officer is a terrific way to continue growing as a leader. Also, serving as a district officer for one full term satisfies one of the requirements for Pathways DTM recognition. (All district officers serve a twelve-month term, from July 1 to June 30.)

Listed below are the officer positions at the district level.

  • District Director (elected)
  • Program Quality Director (elected)
  • Club Growth Director (elected)
  • Public Relations Manager (elected or appointed)
  • Administration Manager (appointed)
  • Finance Manager (appointed)
  • Division Director (elected)
  • Area Director (appointed)