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was devastated not knowing how I was going  What are your personal plans and goals
      to recreate them or even if I could. Finally over  for Division G for next year?

      several months, I did recreate some of them                We are in the process of building a full
      and by April of that year put enough together to  operating Division Council which will identify,
      receive a Triple Crown but I had lost some that  plan, and implement member program training,

      I could not recreate. I decided what was lost was  leader training, as well as individual marketing
      lost and decided to move on. The important thing  training. Toastmasters has always focused
      was that I had made my goal of four consecutive  on word of mouth marketing which requires
      years as a Triple Crown recipient.                     training members on concepts and techniques

                                                             of attracting guests to clubs.
      As Division G Director, what is your

      vision for the Division this year?                     What would you share with those who
          Increasing the training of members and  are interested in taking on a leadership
      officers has been a focus for this year. We  role?

      produced two substantial training events which             Training for leadership progression is
      were designed to increase member awareness of  essential to a learning organization. Take every
      the educational program as well as leadership  opportunity to participate in a quality training

                development.                                 program. Develop your personal training
                                                             program. There are thousands of books on
                Please tell us how the clubs  leadership, search them out and read. Develop
                in Division G are weathering  conversations with other leaders and discuss

                the imposed social distancing  ideas and concepts and above all “Take Action.”
                protocols?

                     Ten of the nineteen clubs in
                Division G are currently meeting                      I have come to believe

                online. The others are slowly moving              every person has leadership
                toward changing the decision to
                suspend meetings. I see this time as              capability no matter who they
                an opportunity to gain exposure to

                new ways of coming together. A time               are, where they come from,
                to learn new protocols and develop
                new skills. All in all the sphere of              or what they believe about
                communication is expanding which

                moves Toastmasters into expanding                 themselves.
                the educational program into new
                platforms that have potential to increase

 2012 Advanced Communicator Silver Award  membership in new disciplines.



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