It’s been a bit of a crazy time for me. I’ve been getting content out but it’s been late. Reason being, that I’m spending more time preparing speeches to give at my clubs (Greensburg and Laurel Highlands). Hey, I’m stepping up and speaking more so that’s a good problem to have!
This Pumpkin Spice tour has been a success so far, but I feel as I’m trying to do too much; thus, it has drained my energy. Maybe staying local or in Westmoreland County is best for now. It’s my own journey and no one else’s. Instagram is pretty bad for enabling that FOMO in me. Also, traveling doesn’t come as naturally to me anymore as it did in the WIS era.
In Thursday’s blog, I’ll highlight my Pumpkin Spice shopping spree. For now, let’s recap Wednesday night’s Greensburg Toastmasters meeting.
We had a small turnout for our meeting but it was still a good time. Five in person plus one online and as always, fun times getting the technology up and running. For me, it’s the beginning of a new path in Presentation Mastery. That means my first speech was my ice breaker. After 13 years, what more is there to know about someone? The answer to that question is that there’s lots to know.
I spoke about what I planned to get out of this path, and the number one answer was not to commit “Death by Powerpoint”. I also want to get out of my comfort zone and try different electives for upcoming projects. One of those would be to create a podcast. I enjoy a lot of rewatch podcasts for shows that I grew up with. But I also want to follow those podcasts that are enriching too.
The meeting was good despite the low turnout, but we all agree that membership needs to come up and we’d love to see more people attending our meetings, online or in person. That was the subject of our Table Topics Moments of Truth at this week’s meeting. I’d like to share a couple of the answers, one being my own. One of our longtime members said that a club is doing well when he isn’t always filling roles, be it one or multiple roles. A healthy club should have 20 members. That’s what you need to charter a new Toastmasters club. My question was about Membership Drives and Speechcraft and the importance of those in gaining new members. For Speechcraft, we can help those who work in professions that require working with the public grow in their careers. Membership drives can keep us healthy throughout dues renewal and at the end when our status as a Distinguished Club is riding on the addition of three new members. Four new members plus four more helps fulfill #7 and #8 on the DCP.
In addition to what I hope to get out of my path, I also highlighted those three acronyms crucial to our Toastmasters Clubs, including the Club Success Plan. I also talked about some of the milestone blog posts that I published, as well as the current Pumpkin Spice tour and the upcoming Turkey sandwich and Thanksgiving tour.
We had a guest (one of our five in person attendees) at Wednesday night’s meeting. He enjoyed the meeting and we hope to see him at the next one in two weeks. I also did the agenda for the 16th and we have three speakers on tap. I’ll also be closing the Moments of Truth series in Table Topics.
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