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Why this website is so frustrating

This website would be fabulous -- if only it were finished! The trouble is, I'm just one guy with a Mac, and I don't know it all. But I know some of it, and so do you. I've added the bits I know. What about you?

If you click on a link and it's empty and you know anything at all (even if you just have a question) please click on "edit" and add that bit. Give it a shot: click here! That's what a Wikicity is all about!

For more info, click on the "help" link on the left of this page. To get you started, here are some FAQs.

  • Doesn't it compete with Toastmasters International? Well, no it doesn't. I can't find anything about being a successful Toastmaster on that site. It's a fabulous site for managing clubs, but it's not that useful in many ways. Look at this site, look at the TMI site and make up your own mind.
  • How do you control who puts stuff up? The answer is, I don't. If somebody changes a page, I get an e-mail (you can too, by clicking the "Watch this Page option). If a vandal has vandalised the page I, (or you) can simply "roll back" the page to the previous version. No harm done.
  • Who is allowed to change the site? Anybody. You. Me. Anybody.
  • Who owns the site? We all do. I started it, but anybody with a browser owns it.

The word is Wikicity. Please spread the word. The more people know about the site, the more useful it becomes as a resource. (Click on the Help button on the left for more info).

Everything you need to be a successful Toastmaster

This is an on-line community called a Wikicity created for the use of all Toastmasters and Toastmasters clubs. Anybody (yes, that means You!) can contribute to this Wikicity. Would you like to add to this page? Try it! Click on the "edit" button at the top of this window!

What this website offers:

For New Members

For speakers:

For Mentors / Protegés

  • How the mentor / protegé relationship works.
  • What if you don't like your mentor / protegé

Running the meeting -- resources by role (Toastmaster etc)


A Better "Better" series -- improvements to Toastmasters resources

Resources per club committee function

Click on the links below to get resources by committee function.

Resources for Area / Division / District management

  • How to help an under-performing club
  • What to do with all those bored CTMs
  • How to remove a President / VPE who is underperforming
  • How to motivate clubs to achieve their goals

Running Speechcrafts, conferences and Youth Leadership programmes

If you're starting a new club

District 74 PDG Tim Knights and Anella Grimbeek have prepared an excellent document to help you start a new club. Get it here: Proactive Club Formation

The mission of this WikiCity is:

  • To share up-to-date resources (such as Speechcraft manuals, Table Topics, Evaluation Guides and so on) quickly between clubs.
  • To be a forum for individual clubs to promote themselves to each other and to the public at large.
  • To provide a place for people to swap information about resources (timing lights), guest speakers, advanced evaluators and whatever else we need

Useful external links

Toastmasters International official site: http://www.toastmasters.org
Toastmasters southern Africa (District 74): http://www.toastmasters74.org
The best little blog on the web: http://ah-um-er.blogspot.com/
Free toastmaster website hosting: http://www.freetoasthost.org

This Wikicity started as just a District-74 resource. But the original WikiCity creator, User:Erich Viedge, thought it would be better to have a global WikiCity covering all 200,000 Toastmasters, not just those in southern Africa.

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