Jan 18, 2022 Calling all Toastmasters: Educational: How to post your ad on Eventbrite?

2022 is proving to be a very enlightening year for Lingo Advanced Communicators members.  Sgt at Arms Eileen S opened the January 18/22 meeting in her usual professional manner and was given an extra job by VPPR/Toastmaster for the evening Edith B.  She was pollmaster for introductions when the question asked was: What is your preferred social media for hearing about TM events and club activities from the following options (in alphabetical order: 1) Eventbrite, 2) Facebook, 3) Linked-In, 4) Meet-Up, 5) Other, which may include word of mouth and Twitter. Except for Twitter all received votes (members voted for more than one). Facebook had more votes, which made old school Edith B and Craig B happy, not to mention Rhys D, the lead for D99 Fan Facebook site. Eileen liked to see all on a D99 calendar page. 

The Educational regarding Eventbrite, presented by Cherry C, not only told us about Eventbrite but showed us. A great presentation, which her speech evaluator Rhys D acknowledged.  Timer Dan was engrossed in the presentation but noted the timing could have been closer to the 20-25 minutes allocated for the Dynamic Leadership L4 Managing Online meetings if the “after demo” part was eliminated as not totally necessary since the subject was covered so well. However, it was a true “pedagogy.”  It was unfortunate that no guests took the opportunity to hear this TLI worthy presentation.  

Tabletopics Master Craig asked questions about the personal benefits of Toastmasters and in attracting members. Xiao X won best Tabletopics. She probably had lots of thinking time as she was not as busy counting the word of the day “pedology” as she was counting Ahs and Ums. Eileen was kept going every which way as not only did she open the meeting and manage the poll, but she was also Tabletopics Evaluator, particularly noting the speakers openings and conclusions.  All participated in a round robin general evaluation of the evening with good things to say about the evening and points that could be improved. All in all, it was an enjoyable, enlightening evening, where we shut our computers down with smiles on our faces and wheels turning.  

Our next event on February1 /22 is a big one, hosting “Judges Training” for D99. We need to shine. The two hour event is coordinated by Eileen, who will also do a presentation on judging, along with Rhys talking about the tips of completing the score card and guest speaker: Glynn W will talk about the Chief Judge’s Role. Edith will be TM, Cherry Sgt at Arms and Dan will manage breakout rooms. Assistance will be needed for Timing and room moderating. Registrations are through Eventbrite. 

Also stay tuned for our Open House February 15/22 - Survivor Night.  

More to come. 

Submitted by Edith B VPPR 

Jan 4, 2022 Educational: Leadership Development

Lingo Advanced Communicators Blog for the first meeting of 2022. Our January 4/22 meeting was similar to a western movie showdown without the saloon.  We were a six pack of members “integrating” leadership and negotiation strategies in our discussions. TM Rhys D was the Sheriff without a badge, but with an “apt for numbers” as introduced by Sgt at Arms Cherry C. We did as asked, and introduced our roles and ourselves by mentioning our New Years resolutions. Among the resolutions mentioned were “to stay or be healthy, be more organized and the usual, continue or be more physical” but this one threw us - eat more chocolate, ha. 

Cherry was our speaker for the night. She gave a Dynamic Leadership L3 speech on “Negotiate the Best Outcomes” re Styles and Strategies. She spoke about a real life example of buying a vehicle. Her speech evaluator, Eileen S, emphasized the value of a strong opening. e.g. "Have you ever needed to negotiate and didn't know where to start? Today, I am going to provide you with some tools for successful negotiation". Chery's slides not moving was an issue but her message came through loud and clear. 

Then the showdown began as Deputy Craig B Tabletopics Master asked us leadership questions. It became a duel of D/D  versus  E/E (Timer Dan, TM Davis, Speech Evaluator Eileen and TT Evaluator Edith B) with the duo of E/E winning the best Tabletopics speakers, yah. Some of us were happy with the first E/E win on the season. Grammarian Edith, while noting that “integrate” was used in some form by all but there were also several “informal” words used. The Ahs were not tallied because the numbers guy may have disputed the math for his count. 

Just as the meeting ended, a lone rider strode into the meeting. Richard M, D99 Program Quality Director, was timely in further discussing our next educational event (always the First Tuesday of the month). Thus on February 1st at 7 pm we will host Judges Training, as organized by Eileen S. See D99 Event postings. However, before that we will meet January 18/22. Stay tuned for details of both.

(Submitted by Edith, picture from Edith/Morris' trip to Deadwood, South Dakota)