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Check out Toastmaster discussion groups

Will — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 17:14:12 +0000

One of the reasons I haven’t put in more entries in my blog is that I’ve been reading and participating in the Toastmasters International Members group in LinkedIn. There are also Toastmaster discussion groups if you have an account on Facebook, which I’m not a member, and on Plaxo, which I’m a member but don’t use it as much as LinkedIn. I also check the ToastmastersPrime Google group, which I also haven’t joined, as it has plenty of thought-provoking discussions, in particular with the new changes TI is planning regarding overhauling the regional structure of the organization as mentioned here.

What’s great about these groups is that as long as there is plenty of participation, we get to hear not only from Toastmasters of different levels but also those from different parts of the world. We get different perspectives from what we’re used to from our own clubs and districts. It is great for the new member seeking out more information about speech objectives and examples as well as the veteran member who is willing to share what they’ve learned through the years. If their club or district officers can’t or won’t be of any help, they can no longer be helpless as there’s someone out in cyberspace that can help.

Some of the recent discussions I’ve participated in the LinkedIn group include whether a club needs a printed agenda, contest judging and results, plus how long it took to achieve the educational awards. I even opened a discussion about “speech-a-thons” as there’s one that is held in one of my Divisions today that I have a concern with.

BTW, click here if you want to look at my LinkedIn profile or perhaps connect with me. Look forward to hearing from you.

New theme

Will — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 03:01:57 +0000

I finally decided to change the appearance of this blog, so goodbye to Mandigo and hello to Vistalicious. The appearance looks simpler and should make the entries more readable. I’ll continue to tweak the blog appearance a bit from time to time, let me know if you have any suggestions. Hope you enjoy the new look!

Blog update

Will — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:13:05 +0000

It’s been two months since I created this blog, which is my first ever. So after seeing all the entries I’ve worked on and continue evolving my blogging style, I’ve looked at changing a few things today. I’m keeping the Mandigo theme, finally having the time to adjust the theme so this blog will look better (at least in my opinion). I also streamlined the categories and tags in some of the previous entries so they won’t be bloated and redundant.

I’ll probably continue to change the appearance periodically so those who often looked at this blog don’t get bored looking at the same thing over and over again. Let me know if you have any suggestions on improving the blog, whether by submitting a comment or e-mailing me.

Welcome to my blog!

admin — Mon, 26 May 2008 00:24:58 +0000

Greetings fellow Toastmasters and non-Toastmasters!

I decided within the last month to put together a blog about my experiences and thoughts about Toastmasters, in particular with both club and district leadership. I developed a page about this blog to explain more about it.

I plan to publish an entry at least every other week, sometimes more frequently depending on the time of the year, sometimes less if I have other things I need to deal with first.

Enjoy reading the blog and come visit again often!