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COACHES CORNER

Round Up, Rally

& Get’er Done

Lisa Hutton, ACB, ALB

Club Coach Coordinator

Finishing strong is an attitude. It’s a mindset that a mutually supportive and positive learning

encourages one to perform at an exceptional environment”. Take a moment to reflect on the
level. It requires one to face adversity with members in your club that might need a ‘lil extra
courage and refuse to surrender to mediocrity. support to keep them on track. Involvement is
It’s unlikely that you’ll see an athlete slowing one of the best ways to shrug off lethargy or

down as they get closer to the finish line, right? whatever is holding them back from moving
With only a few weeks remaining before the end forward. Together, we are indeed stronger.
of this Toastmaster year it’s time to round-up, For those clubs struggling with membership
rally and get ‘er done. numbers now is a great time to invite guests and

Rounding up members can be challenging. consider having a special event.
Meetings with themes are one of the best ‘go to’ Goals are set in order for us to move forward and
methods for generating a cohesive meeting while to allow us to take on new opportunities once
adding a bit of fun. If your club doesn’t assign we’ve achieved the task(s) at hand. Delaying the

roles, circulating a list for the upcoming week(s) gratification and feeling of success that comes
meetings is a great way to gently nudge members with finishing what they’ve started is an obstacle
into signing up. It can certainly be difficult to that needs to be discussed and resolved. Getting
motivate everyone with this method, but it does members that are not innately ‘task oriented’

help and is a good place to start. Asking active may require a lil more encouragement to get
members to contact those that haven’t been ‘er done. Finally, celebrating and acknowledging
regularly attending is a personalized way of each goal the club achieves will help to keep the
letting them know they’re missed. The diversity momentum going.

of members is what many say makes their club Finishing what we’ve started is an ongoing life
so awesome. lesson even though not every task requires us
A rally is when people gather to regroup in to be diligent or determined. That being said,
order to continue. If your club has had members becoming a competent communicator and

straggle in and out of meetings, it’s time to skilled leader are life lessons that Toastmasters
encourage them to commit to serving a role are achieving every day once they commit to
and/or giving a speech. As promised in the finishing strong.
Toastmaster Club Mission Statement, “we provide

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