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e Power of Two—Continued from page 5) they had three big challenges: selecting a
name for this new club, identifying an
distributed to department heads officer team and getting to the critical
around Nike. With announcements on mass of 20 members (17 new and 3 dual or
the company's intranet site, interest
developed and their first meeting was transfer Toastmasters).
held in April. Even though they didn’t The name “Sporty Speakers” was offered
have any outside advertising or up and stuck. Most members like the nod
to the location of the club meetings—the
Nike campus.
After a meeting where Bill and Patrick
used the Table Topics time slot to discuss
each officer position and the
Robin Kadera
postings, roughly 50% of attendees
were non-Nike participants.
Everything else was focused on the
weekly meetings and getting the word
out. They collected dues, set up agendas
and filled roles with new members, taking Laura Dye and Dottie Love
care to guide the new club members as responsibilities and expectations, they
they went. Bill and Patrick praised the club were able to identify a great candidate for
members for their creativity and diversity president. With her help they recruited a
which resulted in more creative meetings full group of new members excited to take
and a strong diverse base of members; the plunge and learn how to run their own
nearly equal ratios of men to women, Nike club.
employees to non-Nike members and What about the challenge of getting
diverse backgrounds and ethnicities enough new members? Well, on July 30th,
including participants from India and after 3 months of meetings, Sporty
Kenya! Speakers chartered as a new Toastmasters
Looking back, Bill and Patrick would say Club with 23 “Charter Members.”
(Continued on page 7)
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name for this new club, identifying an
distributed to department heads officer team and getting to the critical
around Nike. With announcements on mass of 20 members (17 new and 3 dual or
the company's intranet site, interest
developed and their first meeting was transfer Toastmasters).
held in April. Even though they didn’t The name “Sporty Speakers” was offered
have any outside advertising or up and stuck. Most members like the nod
to the location of the club meetings—the
Nike campus.
After a meeting where Bill and Patrick
used the Table Topics time slot to discuss
each officer position and the
Robin Kadera
postings, roughly 50% of attendees
were non-Nike participants.
Everything else was focused on the
weekly meetings and getting the word
out. They collected dues, set up agendas
and filled roles with new members, taking Laura Dye and Dottie Love
care to guide the new club members as responsibilities and expectations, they
they went. Bill and Patrick praised the club were able to identify a great candidate for
members for their creativity and diversity president. With her help they recruited a
which resulted in more creative meetings full group of new members excited to take
and a strong diverse base of members; the plunge and learn how to run their own
nearly equal ratios of men to women, Nike club.
employees to non-Nike members and What about the challenge of getting
diverse backgrounds and ethnicities enough new members? Well, on July 30th,
including participants from India and after 3 months of meetings, Sporty
Kenya! Speakers chartered as a new Toastmasters
Looking back, Bill and Patrick would say Club with 23 “Charter Members.”
(Continued on page 7)
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