Past Events Toastmasters Club Officer Training January 2010
This event was open to all club officers as well as Toastmasters members & guests.
You need to register on-line by clicking the link at the bottom of this page. Registration is $15.oo (includes lunch). You can pay at the door. Correct change is appreciated. If paying by cheque, please make payable to Live For Excellence Productions.
Registration closes at midnight on January 27th to allow for ordering of our food.
Here is an overview of our day's activities:
9 am Registration opens
10 am Call to order by Rae Stonehouse DTM Division C Governor
10:10 General Session: Group Leadership Exercise Room #
11:30 Educational Session One (60 minutes)
12:30 pm Lunch (provided for you) (40 minutes)
1:15 Educational Session Two (60 minutes)
2:20 Educational Session Three (60 minutes)
3:20 Networking/social
4:00 Adjournment
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When you register you will be asked to choose one item from each of the following educational sessions. There are seating limitations to some of the sessions. You may be advised to choose another selection.
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Educational Session One: 11:30 am to 12:30 pm
One A: Getting the Words OFF the Page
Program Description: Getting the Words OFF the Page reveals the secrets behind those persuasive voices and shows you how to apply positive vocal techniques to business and personal situations. More than a guide to proper breathing or voice projection, this session will help you unleash and direct the powers of communication within your speaking voice.
You will learn:
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to breathe new life into your voice
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to tap the amazing power of words
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to deliver presentations guaranteed to make an impression
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techniques that make people listen
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how to become a more confident, persuasive presenter & public speaker
This session is suitable for anyone who speaks in front of an audience.
Bio:
Dave brings with him over 40 years of working in the media as an announcer & producing (radio and television) … voicing 1000s of radio and television commercials, documentary films and narrations of audio books.
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One B: Everything a new member wanted to know and didn’t know what to ask!
Presenter: Mary Anthes ACG, CL
Program Description: How does your club prepare a new club member? Take their money, send in their registration and let them fend for themselves? “Everything a new member wanted to know and didn’t know what to ask” discusses Westside Toastmasters new member orientation program.
The orientation program covers everything a new member should be aware of to ensure they are comfortable taking on roles at meetings, as well as an understanding of Toastmasters, manuals and the Distinguished Club Program. A CD of the new member package will be provided for those attending the presentation.
This session is recommended for current Presidents, VPs Education & Marketing and anyone thinking of taking those roles on in the future.
Bio: Mary has served in many club executive roles: President (x2), VP of Education (x3), Treasurer, Secretary (x2) as well as Area 39 Governor.
She is a co-owner of Anthes Photography. Mary has taught several Feng Shui classes to adults at Okanagan College, KLO campus in Kelowna and in Vernon, as well as the Boys and Girls club in Westbank. She presented a Feng Shui workshop at a Division C Conference in Osooyos. Mary has also presented marketing information as President & Owner of a Medical Diagnostics company to businesses in England, France and Australia.
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Educational Session Two: 1:15 to 2:15 pm
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Two A: Google-ize your Toastmaster Club
Presenter: Chas Moore CC, ALB Area 39 Governor (09-10), Past President Kelowna AM Toastmasters
Program Description: Is communication to your club members cumbersome? Is your website up-to-date and easy to maintain? Is maintaining your meeting agenda’s easy? Is it simple to share workload between executive members?
If you have wondered if there was a way to improve upon any of the areas identified in the above questions, then this is the session for you.
Chas was frustrated with his club's poor logistics. They had an out-of-date webpage that could not be updated. Individuals maintained their own e-mail distribution lists, resulting in members missing e-mails and former members continuing to receive e-mails. A lack of bookkeeping was not obvious until the year-end turnover of Treasurer's position. He used Google free services to update all of his club's logistics. It was the first time he had created a website or club infrastructure. Now he has done so for three organizations.
Chas' presentation will demonstrate how you can use Google’s free services to manage your club’s logistics, communication & website. Google’s services are basic, but this means that anyonecan use them and maintain them. If you can use Microsoft Office products, you can create a webpage and manage your clubs logistics (or get someone else to help out).
By attending this session you learn how to use (1) Google Groups, (2) Google Docs and (3) Google Sites.
Bio: Chas has worked as an instructor of adult learners at Camosun College in Victoria, BC. He currently facilitates Organizational Development Leadership courses at Interior Health (two day courses, on teamwork, conflict management, facilitation, communication, etc).
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Two B: Coaching for success: How to get people to do what needs to be done (and enjoy it): Avoid lame excuses, procrastination and downright stubbornness.
Presenter: Rob St. Onge CC, ALB President of Kelowna AM Toastmasters (09-10), Past VP Education
Program Description: An employee is continually late with weekly reports. Your son is not doing his chores to the best of his ability. The Vice President of Membership of your Toastmaster Club has not been mailing new member applications to World Headquarters, so the new members have not been receiving the Toastmaster Magazines or New Member Kits. For whatever reason, the work that needs to be done is not being done, or it is not being done to your satisfaction. If you want it done and done properly, you need to coach or counsel the people responsible for doing the work.
This session will review:
- The reasons your charges are underperforming.
- How to engage your charge in working on a solution to garner better results.
- Ensure the “change in behavior” is long-lasting and meets your needs.
We will use an interactive role-playing exercise to practice the skills learned in this session. Upon completion of this session, you will have the skills and confidence to tackle those challenging situations where your expectations of others continually comes up short. You may also discover where others have been clumsily trying to get you to deliver at a higher level.
Bio: In 2009, the construction market ground to a halt. As the sales manager for a contracting company, Rob was challenged with finding enough work to keep their doors open and staff employed. This required a focused effort on 2 fronts:
1. Securing what little traditional work was available - which meant pushing his sales force to get creative, resourceful and very determined.
2. Finding new products and services to offer their existing clients - which meant engineering new offerings, requiring the input and collaboration of most of their employees.
Having clear objectives and making sure that everyone was meeting what was required of them was critical to their company's success. They have awoken in 2010 with a more organized, effective business with a stable work-force … all excited about working together on a promising future. The content of this session is now the basis of their office performance review program.
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Two C: Toastmasters Speech Contest Judge's Training Program
Presenter: Serle Schoenberger DTM & assistantProgram Description:
Objectives: To standardize the quality of area contest judging and remove the discrepancy in club judging.
Program Description: This program is a condensed introductory training session for Toastmasters interested in improving their level of competence in speech judging.The two main features of this session will be in the understanding of contest format (rules) and in improving judging skills.
We will outline the basic contest rules, personnel and format of Toastmasters International Speech contests. Contestant and speech eligibility will be emphasized. Also covered, will be judging duties and expectations of judges.
In the second portion of the session, speech performances given at International Speech Contests will be shown and judged by the participants. Given time constraints, 2 or 3 speeches will be judged and results tallied.
At the end of this session there will be a Certificate of Completion awarded to the participants.
Bio: Serle has obtained his DTM and is completing a second ACG. He has served as Area 34 Governor and Chaired numerous Area and Club contests, judged numerous times at Toastmaster Division and District levels. He has also served as Chief Judge at Queen Silver Star speech contests and at Air Force Cadet speech contests.
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Educational Session Three: 2:20 pm to 3:20 pm
Three A: Beyond E-mail Etiquette: How to gain control of your e-mail rather than it controlling you!
Presenter: Marian Gushue-Geiger DTM
Program Description: E-mail is here to stay! It can control us or we can control it. As an HR Manager Marian receives a hundred or more e-mails on a quiet day! In this interactive session Marian shares the techniques that she has learned to not only manage her E-mail In-box but to make it work for her.
You may not be in business nor receive hundreds of messages a day but you may be finding that as you take on progressive communication & leadership posititions within Toastmasters your volume of messages is steadily increasing. If you receive or send e-mail messages this session is for you.
Bio: Marian has served in various club executive roles including President of Kelowna Toastmasters & Okanagan Advanced Toastmasters. She has also served as Area 39 Governor, Division C Governor & District 21 Credentials Chair.
Marian has worked in the Human Resources field for many years as a manager in diverse industries. She is passionate about ensuring that effective communication & leadership skills are used in the workplace.
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Three B: VP Education Forum
Presenter: Rae Stonehouse DTM Division C Governor (09-10)
Program Description:The Club VP Education role can be the most challenging yet vital role for the life and growth of your club. We are into the second half of our Toastmaster year. Are you running out of program ideas yet? Are your meetings getting stale or even worse… borrring?Rae has several years experience serving as club VP Education and has probably attended more than 1000 Toastmaster's functions at all levels of our organization in his 16 years as a Toastmaster. Rae shares his experience as VP Education and offers program ideas to add excitement to your club program. This session is recommended for club Presidents, VP Education and any other club officer that actually creates the club meeting agenda.
Participants of this session will be provided a web link to online resource page. This is an interactive session. Please come prepared to share your challenges and offer suggestions for your colleagues.
Bio: Rae has worked as a Registered Nurse, specializing in psychiatry/mental health for over 30 years. He is the owner of Live for Excellence Productions, an Okanagan meeting & event planning service. He also operates Rae Stonehouse Speaker Services offering speech coaching & emcee services.
While planning and organizing meetings doesn't traditionally fall under the job description of a nurse, it was within the Toastmasters International organization where he developed his skills and passion in organizing events. While serving in increasingly challenging leadership roles, progressing from club officer, to Area Governor, Division Governor, Lieutenant Governor Education & Training, to the top position of District 21 Toastmasters District Governor (07-08) he has organized hundreds of meetings of various sizes.
Rae is currently serving the District as: Division C Governor; President Clubs # 723 Kelowna Flying Solo Toastmasters; #693235 Okanagan Advanced Toastmasters; # 845571 Toastmentors; District 21 WebmasterIn his spare time, he is also Director of Education & Training for the Okanagan Valley Entrepreneur Society (OVES)
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Three C: Lynda Hooper/Sonja Peters CC (3o minute sessions X2)
Communication & Leadership Opportunities Beyond the Club
Presenter: Lynda Hooper ACB, ACL Area 33 Governor
Program Description: Lynda is passionate about Toastmasters International's program, and believes that the world can be a better place with effective leadership and communications in a global arena.
The networking possibilities are real in an organization poised for making a difference in the human connections around this planet. Lynda will be talking about leadership & communication opportunities outside of your club.
Bio: Lynda has been a member of Salmon Arm Toastmasters for the past six years. She has held the offices of VP Public Relations, President, and VP Education. Excited about taking on the role as Area 33 Governor for the 2009/10 Toastmaster season, Lynda is taking her experience to the next level in actualization of communications/leadership skills. She plans to achieve Advanced Communicator Silver in the next few months, with Advanced Leader Silver also in the works.
Lynda’s 35 year career in Financial Accounting Systems has been awe inspiring with the evolution of computers in the business place. Along the way there has been much to learn though formal education and ever progressing projects.
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Leadership for Shy People
Presenter: Sonja Peters CC
Program Description: Leadership skills are essential for the success of your career and your personal life. Toastmasters provides an excellent environment to learn leadership skills and impliment what you have learned. But what if you are shy? Why would you expose yourself to public scrutiny and have the spotlight on you as the leader?
Sonja was a very shy person. She will share her personal story and offer effective techniques for making your own personal journey ... from shyness to leader.
Bio: Sonja has been a Toastmaster for 5 years. She served as the President of the Kelowna Toastmasters Club (08-09). She is also a member of OATs (Okanagan Advanced Toastmasters). Sonja is a researcher and consultant in the horticultural industry. She facilitates classes for the Pesticide Certification Training Program.
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