[d53toastmasters] Div B Sponsored Winter 2008 Officer Training

From: Roger H Brown
Date: Feb 8, 2008 8:21 AM
Subject: d53toastmasters Div B Sponsored Winter 2008 Officer Training

Please extend this invitation to all Toastmaster Club Officers and leaders. Officers from any Division are welcome to attend.

What: Division B Sponsored Winter 2008
Officer Training & Leadership Exchange.

When: Saturday, February 16, 2008
9:00 AM - Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:30-11:30 AM - Training Sessions and Forums

Where: Rensselaer At Hartford, Rooms 200 and 201
275 Windsor Street, Hartford CT
http://hartford.freetoasthost.org/directions.html

Fee: $2 for Continental Breakfast

Please RSVP with Name, Club Name and Number, and current club office to DivB53@district53toastmasters.org or MichaelA53 [at] sbcglobal.net by February 13th.
The agenda for the second round training events will go beyond the basic roles and responsibilities of seven Club Officers.

Significant time will be spent on the exchange* of ideas and experiences of Club
leadership* team (officers).
See: http://www.district53toastmasters.org/training.html

Do you have Questions?
Please contact Div B Governor Michael Aron, ACS, ALB at DivB53@district53toastmasters.org

* lead·er·ship
1. The position or office of a leader: ascended to the leadership of the Toastmasters club.
2. Capacity or ability to lead: showed strong leadership during her first 6 months as President.
3. A group of leaders: met with the leadership team of the Toasty Toastmasters Club.
4. Guidance; direction: The club membership prospered and met their educational goals under the leadership of the new VP Education.

* ex·change
1. To give in return for something received; trade:
exchange two Advanced Communicator manuals for
two Competent Communicator manuals; exchanging
Youth Leadership presentation visuals/slides for
Speechcraft visuals/slides.
2. To give and receive reciprocally; interchange:
exchange of meeting resources; exchange programming
ideas.

Div.A Mid-Winter Training results (Session 1)

Below are some observations about the first Leadership Exchange we had for Div. A ....

We had the Div.A Mid-Winter Leadership Exchange Tuesday night and we also had one person from District 46 who joined us !

This session was set up as a "case study" exercise (with some time for networking thrown in). Socially Speaking Toastmasters were the featured club and, after I explained the format to everyone, we started out with a panel discussion to learn more about Socially Speaking TM's situation.

After the panel discussion (no questions from the audience), the attendees broke into two groups to discuss recommendations for Socially Speaking. The groups were good mixes of different clubs so there were a wide range of ideas and perspectives.

After the discussion, we came back together for follow-up questions from the two groups. After the questions, we took a break and went directly into a "presentation preparation" session so each group could finalize their recommendations to Socially Speaking.

The presentations were under 10 minutes each (actually they could probably have been under 7 minutes) and after that, I interviewed Socially Speaking officers to get their reaction to the presentations and to see if the recommendations matched what they expected (they didn't).

The whole evening was very positive and when I asked how many people would like to do this format again next year, nearly all hands went up !

It seems like it was a success ! (And Pat Wilson-Perkins did a great job getting the facility and providing refreshments.)

Of course the proof will be whether things change for Socially Speaking based on the recommendations. They have their regular meeting tonight so it will be interesting to see what they will do !

Next session is on Feb.4th at John Capen's church and we are still looking for a "featured club" !
Details & directions can be found on our blog, http://www.areaa4.blogspot.com/.

Hope you can come !

Dave Wheeler
Div.A Governor, 2006-8
Candidate for Lt.Gov.Marketing, 2008-9


On Jan 24, 2008 Will Ryan wrote:

Thanks, Dave. I'm sorry the weather got in the way of my being with you. It sounds like the evening was a big success and I acknowledge you for taking risks in trying something new. Do you have a list of recommendations for Socially Speaking? If so, this might be very helpful for Club Rescue.

Will

On Jan.24th, Dave Wheeler wrote...

Will,

Socially Speaking took copious notes from the presentations as well as the brainstorming sheets from each group's flipchart... but I do not have a list of recommendations. Part of the beauty of the exercise was that it was custom tailored to Socially Speaking and the recommendations might not necessarily apply to other club's situation.

In fact, some of the common answers that I expected, e.g. SpeechCraft or other events, did not even make it to the final presentations. Both presentations focused on the club having a clear mission and character / culture so that they could better identify where new (long term) members would come from !

It was very interesting and I hope you can make it to the next session on Feb.4th in Newburgh, NY to see it in person!

Talk with you soon,

Dave Wheeler

Re: Officer Training date for NY !

Special thanks to Area A3 Governor Ozgur Turkmen and (former Area A3 Governor), current Club President of Orange County Toastmasters, John Capen for scheduling and hosting, respectively, the 2nd training session.

Add it to your schedule!

Officers from other areas are welcome too !

The NY edition of the Div. A Mid-winter Leadership Exchange (officer training) will be held ...

Monday, Feb.4th

6:30-8:30pm at

Gardnertown United Methodist Church
1191 Union Ave.
Newburgh, NY 12550

Here's the link to the map of Methodist Church's location.

Now we just need to find a club whose officers are willing to be the "center of attention" for the case study approach. It should be a great experience for them and they will come back from this leadership exchange session with an incredible number of ideas to boost their club.

Let me know which club you think might be interested. If you want, feel free to have them contact me for more information about the process. I will be traveling all next week, so hopefully we can get it figured out this week.

Dave Wheeler

Div.A Governor, 2006-8
Candidate for Lt.Gov.Marketing, 2008-9

Leadership Exchange Sat. 1/27 at Marist

The room has been set ....

The Leadership Exchange for Division A is scheduled for January 27, 2007 at Marist College, Dyson Building, room 149, from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm.

Thanks to Area A5 Governor, David Gavin, for setting up this location !


Here is a link that shows where Marist College is located. [Click here]
or you can paste this link into your browser:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=3399+North+Road,+Poughkeepsie,+NY+12601&ie=UTF8&z=15&ll=41.726487,-73.932023&spn=0.01358,0.032959&om=1&iwloc=addr


We will start around 9:30am and we look forward to seeing you there !


Dave Wheeler
Division A Governor, 2006-7