Interviews with the newest accredited speakers and their journeys: Part 2 – Dr. Yelena Balabanova, Michael Bayer and Greg Van Borssum

[32:43] On August 24th, 2019 at the 88th Annual Toastmasters International Convention in Denver, Colorado USA, six Toastmasters earned the Accredited Speaker (AS) designation, bringing the total number of designations awarded to-date to 87.In the first part of a two-part series, Ryan Levesque speaks with three of the six including: Paul Artale, DTM, Swartz Creek, MI, USA; Thomas Iland, DTM Los Angeles, CA, USA; and Sima Dahl, DTM, Chicago, IL, USA.Each of the Accredited Speakers shares. . . See the complete description at http://www.dowellwebtools.com/tools/bg/Bo/tmpodcast

Interviews with the newest Accredited Speakers and their journeys – Part 1: Paul Artale, Thomas Iland and Sima Dahl

[21:45] In this episode, Greg and Ryan speak with Dr. Wenjing He, M.D., Ph.D., a member of an elite global team of surgeons and scientists conducting cutting-edge research at the University of Alberta, in Edmonton, Canada. Dr. He is also one of several members of the research team who also belong to the College Plaza Toastmasters Club, featured in the December 2019 issue of the Toastmaster magazine. Dr. He joins the show to speak both about the fascinating research taking place in her . . . See the complete description at http://www.dowellwebtools.com/tools/bg/Bo/tmpodcast

Communication and leadership in a medical research environment.

[22:02] Most networking goals are business-related: build a clientele, get referrals, find a job prospect. What if, instead of “networking,” professionals could learn to think of it as “building connections”? Building more meaningful connections can accomplish all of these things while also filling a deeper need and importantly, there’s more than one right way to do it.Maureen Zappala, DTM, joins us in follow-up to her June 2019 article in The Toast. . . See the complete description at http://www.dowellwebtools.com/tools/bg/Bo/tmpodcast

Maureen Zappala, DTM explores practical ways that we can benefit from shifting our mindset from "networking" to "building meaningful connections."

Why leaders need to be emotionally intelligent, and how EI improves social skills & self awareness.

[33:02] In Part 2 of our interviews with the 2018 Toastmasters International Accredited Speaker (AS), host Ryan Levesque speaks with the final three of the six: Maurice DiMino from Los Angeles, California, Tamara Hamilton from Reston, Virginia, and Terry Watson from Chicago, Illinois.Similar to Part 1, you’ll once again learn about these three extraordinary and fascinating individuals, hear about their AS journey, including what they learned from their accomplishment, and some very valuable less. . . See the complete description at http://www.dowellwebtools.com/tools/bg/Bo/tmpodcast

Part Two of interviews with the newest (2018) Accredited Speakers and their journeys.