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COACHES CORNER

Club Coaches -

Enquire Within

Paul Fanning, DTM

Club Coach Coordinator

You find yourself with a positive experience as a Toastmaster. DTM may be calling, and you want to share
your experience, successes, and recommendations with others.

In that state between dreams and reality, who wants to serve and the Toastmasters club
you begin walking through a shabby part of that needs help by seeking Club Coaches—

town with its faded glory, empty stores with volunteers (like you and me) who have enjoyed
signs missing letters, until you arrive at your their time in Toastmasters and want to share
destination—a store with the hand-lettered sign what they’ve learned as well as earn credit
in the window, “WANTED-Club Coach-Enquire towards their Distinguished Toastmaster award.

Within.” Yes, you’ve arrived at the nexus of your My name is Paul Fanning. I am the new
journey into that land of dreams, maybes, and District Club Coach Coordinator. I have recently
service above self we call THE TOASTMASTER completed a term as Division Director, served as
ZONE! an Area Director, and held various club officer

My apologies to Rod Serling who was positions in four clubs. However, in my total
the creator of the Twilight Zone. Don’t Toastmaster experience, my biggest delight was
you feel like that sometimes though? the time I served as a Club Coach.
Alternatively, are you a club officer that sees a I assisted and watched my assigned club

need for someone to help your club—to focus earn their Distinguished Club Status—not by
its membership growth, quality programs, what I did, but by what they discovered about
leadership experiences and Distinguished Club themselves and how they provided quality
status? You dream and long for The Toastmaster club meetings, helped their members achieve

Zone as well. education awards, and had fun doing it all!
I don’t have the answers. I can’t ride in on my I can’t do this all by myself. I need your help
white horse with six guns blazing and a shiny tin to develop a list of potential club coaches and
star on my vest. I can help both the Toastmaster clubs that need and want help. To facilitate this

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