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LEANNA LISTENS

“All Hands on Deck” with

David Jamieson, DTM

Leanna Lindquist, DTM

David Jamieson was born in San Francisco, California. His family relocated to Portland when he was 11. At

the age of 15, the family relocated to Louisville, Kntucky. David graduated from Ballard High School then
went off to college and graduated with a Bachelors of Business Administration from Miami University (Ohio).
He then spent four years in Chicago working as a marketing research analyst then returned to Portland for

graduate school at Portland State earning a Masters in Business Administration in 1989. He and his wife
Debbie live in Lincoln City, Oregon. He is a member of Beachtown Toastmasters.

What brought you to Toastmasters? led to additional work where public speaking/

Like many people, I was never a confident presentation skills were a job requirement. I
public speaker. One of the key components of couldn’t have done it without Toastmasters.

the grading system in the MBA program was
oral participation. Up to 50% of the class grade What makes your club unique?

was based on the ability to explain and defend I live in a small town on the Oregon coast
concepts. As a relatively introverted person with a population of 8,300. We have a core

I found this challenging so I asked a couple group of highly committed members. The three
classmates how they made it look so easy and main employers are the Casino, the City and
both said “Toastmasters.” That’s all I needed to the local hospital/medical center. These are not
hear. Upon graduation, I joined a Toastmasters the traditional industries that often make up a

club in Beaverton, Oregon, starting a 25+ year Toastmasters club. Our club has to find ways to
commitment to the organization. appeal to these non-traditional organizations.
We formed a partnership with the local
How do you apply your Toastmaster Cultural Center which is a center of activity in
skills outside your club? the town. Toastmasters is now listed as a “Class”

Wow. How much time do I have? In a nutshell, on their website. What makes us unique is our
I credit Toastmasters with getting my sales career need to find new members in non-traditional
started. When I joined my first club in Beaverton industries and appeal to their self interest.

and became more and more confident, one of
the club members suggested I consider selling What is it like to go from a 20+ big city
radio advertising. He was the sales manager club to an 8-member club in a small town?

at 620 KGW and had an opening. That job I tell people that in a small town, it’s “all hands

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