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JOURNEYS. . .
Spotlight on Success
By Alexis Mason, DTM
This spotlight is dedicated to the
most important person in the
entire worldwide Toastmasters
organization. That is you, all of
you as individuals. Without you,
the individual member, there
would be no organization, no
regions, no districts, no divi-
sions, no areas, and certainly
no clubs.
Think of your member-
ship as a gift to yourself, but
also to everyone with whom
you associate, either person-
ally or in some community
or corporate capacity. Aren’t
you a better family member,
citizen, employee, employer,
civic minded volunteer, Sunday
school teacher, or any of a
myriad of other roles you play?
As we roll into 2016, and the
second half of our Toastmaster
year, I ask you not only to resolve a way to hear about innovative
certain goals. Please commit as
well, and the commitment will
help keep you on track. What
should you commit? Please
commit to attendance. If you are
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not there at your club meetings, should always speak from a
the club and you are missing manual. Why? The manual
out. Please commit to accepting might not have changed since
roles in the meeting. Some folks you completed it before, but
are intimidated by the thought you have. You will gain new
of being general evaluator or insights each time you complete
table topics master, for example. the CC or the CL manual. In
If you are, take the risk. You will addition, the advanced manuals,
find that your club is not only modules, and seminar materials
a safe environment to try out will benefit you and your club.
speech ideas, it’s also a safe envi- If you’re a leader, and you are,
ronment for the challenge of please lead by example.
other roles. This is also a chance
for you to be mentored. One You are worthy of the best
of the tasks in the CL manual Toastmasters has to offer.
is to mentor an experienced
member. Let someone help you. Until I see you again. . .
Commit to officer training,
even if you’re not an officer.
TLI events and other training
opportunities are more than
skill sets. They are connections
to other Toastmasters, opportu-
nities to try on new ideas, and
methods to take back to your
club.
Please commit to manuals. Even
very experienced Toastmasters
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