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COACH CONVERSATIONS
Club Coaches Rock!
Paul Fanning, DTM
Club Coach Coordinator
I remember the phone call from the then
District Club Coach Coordinator. “I’ve been the Club coach, the specific Club, etc. I do the
told you’d like to be a Club coach,” she said. same for the Club in need of a coach as well.
Panic set in. I began to sweat; my pulse racing, Call me the yenta or matchmaker, but I want
and the litany of self-doubts began playing in a successful experience for all. You can begin
my head. “Why, yes, I would. I need it for my your process by emailing me at coaches@
DTM,” I responded nervously. Two minutes d7toastmasters.com and I will respond.
later I had been told the location of the Club Speaking of successful coaches, I have two
and their meeting time. Now I was one—a I would like to recognize with a tip of the hat
Club coach. for their achievement thus far this year. Please
Fellow Toastmasters, the need for Club help me to recognize:
coaches is even greater today than before.
We have Clubs throughout the District who David Freedman, Club Coach - Swan
have requested coaches, and we do not have Island Toastmasters #1421367
coaches to give them. Your District may lose David has helped his Club to now be a Club
several of these Clubs at renewal time for in good standing (8 or more members) and
not having enough members to be a Club in they are on their way to Distinguished status
good standing since renewals last October. by the end of the year.
I humbly ask that you consider becoming a
Club coach and helping a Club not only gain Naomi Inman, Club Coach - Liberty
membership but become a Distinguished Talkers Toastmasters #1451910
Club as well. I promise not to send you to Naomi’s skills have guided her to help
the lions in the arena without any tools or her Club exceed their June membership
information. Normally I will ask you to fill out goal and achieve five or more DCP goals to
a questionnaire, a discussion about the role of be a Distinguished Club. If they maintain
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