Where Leaders Are Made
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Does anyone think it\\'s weird to spend reach meeting practicing speaking skills, yet the Toastmasters motto \\"Where Leaders Are Made\\" focuses more on leadership than on public speaking? Perhaps you thought it was some sort of remnant from a previous iteration of the program, or that Toastmasters is trying to be something that it\\'s not. Or maybe that it shows where we\\'re going, and we haven\\'t yet arrived.
No, the motto is accurate. Perhaps it\\'s not visible to the person attending our club meeting, but in order to be a good speaker in Toastmasters, you need...
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LABELS: LEADERSHIP,&sid=76af45e8b9f6d975833f8e565899d18f MENTORING,&sid=76af45e8b9f6d975833f8e565899d18f
Posted: Securely Speaking Toastmasters, 27 Feb 14, 19:47 by Marc Miller
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Get A Mentor, Be A Mentor
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Are you ready to be a mentor? This is the presentation I made several months back to introduce the mentoring program. Since then the list of mentors has grown, but not enough to support the increase in new members!
By the way, this is not an example of an excellent speech (I think I can do better), but this is posted here for the content.
Theme of the day: "Someday is not a day of the week!"
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LABELS: COACHING,&sid=76af45e8b9f6d975833f8e565899d18f EDUCATION,&sid=76af45e8b9f6d975833f8e565899d18f CLUB BUSINESS,&sid=76af45e8b9f6d975833f8e565899d18f MENTORING,&sid=76af45e8b9f6d975833f8e565899d18f
Posted: Securely Speaking Toastmasters, 15 Feb 14, 02:15 by Marc Miller
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Why Should I Be A Mentor?
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Top reasons to become a mentor:
- It fulfills Competent Leadership Project #9
- Coaching a member through the first three projects fulfills one of the requirements for earning Advanced Communication Gold
- It's beneficial to mentees
- "When you become a teacher, by your pupils you'll be taught" (you'll gain new experiences from coaching others)
- Similarly, helping mentees pursue their goals will make you more aware of Toastmasters programs that will benefit you and the chapter.
- Mentored members are more likely...
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LABELS: MENTOR,&sid=76af45e8b9f6d975833f8e565899d18f MENTORING,&sid=76af45e8b9f6d975833f8e565899d18f COACHING,&sid=76af45e8b9f6d975833f8e565899d18f
Posted: Securely Speaking Toastmasters, 15 Feb 14, 02:10 by Marc Miller
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