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Do you want to be a Toastmasters Area Director? Our District 10 annual meeting is this Saturday morning. While we’re there, we’ll be electing our district leaders for the year – affectionately called the Trio – District Director, Program Quality Director, and Club Growth Director. Then the division directors are elected – in District 10, … Continue reading "Toastmasters Area Director: Is this your future?"

I find myself doing less and less in front of the computer right now.  Maybe I don’t have the mental space? Maybe I’m too stressed?  Whatever it is, I’m struggling with the idea of spending a day online for the upcoming Toastmasters District  Conference. Why should I? Why should you? INTRO Are you interested in building … Continue reading "Attend Your Toastmasters District Conference"

To visit other Toastmasters clubs around the world is now as simple as logging on. Can I visit other Toastmasters clubs? Have you ever wanted to travel the world? Explore exotic locales and meet the people who live there? Or visit the great cities of the world to broaden your understanding? I always wanted to … Continue reading "Visit Other Toastmasters Clubs Today"

What does leadership in adversity look like?  What do leaders in adverse situations do? This week was the most important religious holiday of my year. What’s normally a day of celebration and feasting with my extended church family was instead kept at home, in front of a screen. No candles, no shouts, no procession. But … Continue reading "Leadership in Adversity in Toastmasters"

What are the benefits of Toastmasters during a pandemic? Do you think there are any benefits of Toastmasters membership right now? In the middle of a crisis, the one skill that everyone is looking at is communication. Here in the US, we’ve got a choir of voices telling us what’s going on, what we need … Continue reading "Top 3 Benefits of Toastmasters Right Now"

If half of communication skills is listening skills, how do you learn those in Toastmasters? Last week, I got three invitations to online meetings scheduled at exactly the same time. I chose to attend one of the – Progressive Messengers – a corporate club in northeast Ohio – for one reason: I didn’t get a … Continue reading "Listening Skills in Toastmasters"

Today’s podcast is about your High Performance Leadership Project in a Pandemic – what to do when you are stuck. TI Extends the Deadlines Toastmasters International made a huge announcement last week right in the middle of my recording last week’s podcast. The big news? An extension has been made for those who are currently … Continue reading "Your High Performance Leadership Project in a Pandemic"

Mastering Online Meetings Toastmasters are facing a lot of challenges right now.  As we make the transition to mastering online meetings, we get to Learn how to manage a meeting platform Present projects with a remote audience Plan out our path for us to achieve our goals. Yeah, that’s not much, right? What’s even more … Continue reading "Mastering Online Meetings"

In the face of all the advice to stay home, how do we Toastmasters meet? Let’s talk about moving my Toastmasters meeting online.  Let’s talk about moving all Toastmasters meetings online! “When managing during a crisis first make sure that your people and the organization you are managing are going to be safe, then look … Continue reading "Moving My Toastmasters Meeting Online"

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