Page 13 - February 2020

It Just Takes a Nudge

Emilie Taylor, DTM - District Director

must view every person with a heartbeat as to get us out of our shyness and meet and greet
a potential client or a referral to someone he not at just Toastmaster functions, but out where
does not even know will be a client. Thus, he people really live is what makes clubs grow.

reminds me to exercise being friendly, promote Steven further said when you have given out
Toastmasters…“walk the walk and talk the talk.” all of your business cards is when you can say
How can you demonstrate how Toastmasters you did some exercising of what Toastmasters
has changed your life and made you less shy? is all about. It is not a big marketing budget that

Talk to strangers! Who knew? You are not makes our clubs grow. It is your heartbeat, the
3 or 4 years old anymore. It is OK to talk to heart of Toastmasters. That beat sustains us, our
strangers. Then they are no longer strangers. clubs and the Toastmasters community.
When in line at the grocery check, do you say I welcome your ideas of little exercises that

hi to the checker? I know now it is becoming you can do or do now that make you, your club
more self-check out, but you can still find a and the Toastmasters community grow stronger.
human checker. They may need that up lift from And remember… Even if that 30 pound planter
a smile and then hand them a card or post it or seems heavy, working together takes much less

whatever to let them know about Toastmasters. effort for success. Love to all of you this post
Perhaps you just got pulled over for that Valentine’s Day!!!
California stop 2 blocks ago… Yes, you may be Back to you Fellow Toastmasters.
written up, but again, here is a person just doing

their job and you doing your job. You just tell
them you were on your way to give a speech
and kind of did not fully stop. Who knows,
maybe you will get a warning and at that time

you can hand them your card and invite them
to a Toastmasters meeting… You just don’t
know how things can come together. You can
tell them at that time that Toastmasters is also

helping those in prisons. That is no lie! You are
and Toastmasters are doing community service
that they might not ever know!
What I am saying, is that just a little nudge

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