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devices are varied and entertaining as the Timers become Online Leaders
more creative and efficient. The Listener remains on screen
to provide an audience for the speakers and the Chat Monitor The online Toastmasters is full of
watches for questions in text chat. wonderful surprises - special synergies
that reach well beyond the meetings
Evaluators download copies of the evaluation guides themselves. Together we engage in
from repositories in the cloud; sending completed forms to creative problem-solving ... being online
the speaker via email. Evaluators give their verbal feedback is a real treasure for me.
to the speakers, on screen, and are in turn evaluated by the
General Evaluator later in the agenda. Susan Ellsworth, Great White North
Online
Table Topics Masters select impromptu speakers from the
attendee list and the Grammarian and Ah Counter take on As an e-learning specialist, an online
new challenges as they perform their traditional roles inno- language coach, a budding blogger
vatively on screen. The Video Monitor provides feedback on and entrepreneur, I need to polish my
their screen presence, commenting on appearance, lighting online presence and video identity.
and background. Online TM clubs provides me with new
opportunities to move forward.
The first time experience of an online Toastmasters
meeting is exciting and empowering. Svetlana Rakhimova, Witty Storytellers

New prospective online clubs are now emerging in multiple Online clubs provide the space for
time zones across the world. They are forming communities Toastmasters to participate from their
in Facebook groups, forging club infrastructure in easy-speak own location and from any mobile
and building new leadership opportunities. They are taking device. They can form new friendships
flight—like a magic carpet moving beyond borders across the online in an up close and personal
digital landscape—overcoming the barriers of time, distance experience.
and isolation.
Julie Kertesz, Witty Storytellers
Prospective Online Clubs
I firmly believe Online Clubs will
• Toastmasters Without Borders gathers members from open a new horizon to Toastmasters
GMT plus time zones—its central core emanating from who live in remote areas and beyond
Australia and New Zealand. the Districts.

• Great White North Online reaches out to members in Akira Sasaki, Fuji Discovery
the GMT minus time zone—its central core emanates
from Northern USA and Canada. Online Club membership suits
those who are isolated; those who are
• Witty Storytellers harvest their storytellers in the GMT housebound or incapacitated; and
time zone—its central core emanating from United provides a new pathway for global
Kingdom and Europe. VP Education and resident nomads and innovative Toastmaster
storyteller, Julie Kertesz, reminds us of the benefits of leaders.
online clubs for those who are isolated or incapacitated
as well as those who are global nomads. Carole McCulloch, Firebirds Collective

• Fuji Discovery, a club with its central core in Japan, is in Without Borders and mentor for other
preparation stage. Its founder, Akira Sasaki, is hopeful prospective online clubs.
of new opportunities afforded by online clubs.
Carole is a Help Desk volunteer for easy-
As we weave our tapestry of tribal Toastmasters, we Speak users and her webinars are promoted
embrace our cultural diversity and take time to think glob- in the easy-Speak Toastmasters community
ally, communicate collaboratively, and act collectively. We in Facebook. Carole is the designer and
urge you, the digital Toastmasters of the world to connect, facilitator for easy-Speak Made Easy at her
collaborate, and share your stories of global experiences. Moodle learning environment. Visit her
blog at https://toastedtraining.wordpress.
Online club meeting schedule summary available in the com/.
Online Toastmasters Facebook Group.

Join us soon – together we can make Toastmaster history!
Carole is a Toastmaster with 14 years of experience who supports
many clubs leaders through ementoring. She offers advice on the
training of online leaders in her blog. She is a charter member of
the Firebirds Collective, a pre-charter member of the Toastmasters

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