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FIELD NOTES

Finding the Time to Lead with Technology

Jennifer Schmidt, EH1

I had no idea that our club would still be meeting Scheduling Tools Help

online today when I was elected New Horizons’ We are all juggling schedules, yes, even in a
VP of Public Relations last June. When we stopped pandemic. The adoption of Doodle or When-
in-person gatherings, I thought we would be Is-Good polls for aligning leadership meetings

together again by the end of 2020. Now we might with availability helps team members maintain
be the first leadership team in our club’s history their schedules while participating on the team.
that never meets in person during our entire Our Secretary, Jordan Burnett-Rainey, manages
term. But this transition has given us the chance this process .Her work provides the opportunity

to lead in a world that is embracing technology. It for the majority to attend and stay on the same
has also shown me how New Horizons leaders are page with our leadership goals.
thriving during this challenging time when they
are juggling multiple responsibilities. Balancing Priorities is Possible

Who isn’t balancing priorities
Having More Flexibility and struggling to find the time
Joe Harper who is Sergeant at to get it all done? Technology
Arms for the Club and Area 41 makes the coordination

Director is a perfect example of projects easier
of someone who uses when we adopt
technology to visit multiple the tools that
clubs on a regular basis. improve our

Joe is the Area Director for collaboration and
clubs located near Salem. communication.
He doesn’t worry about Toastmasters like our
commuting, parking, President Maren Zieba and

or being late since myself are currently balancing
he utilizes video multiple projects for our club
conferencing. and the newly forming PR Masters
Visiting Club. In addition to email and texting,

multiple Slack has proven to be a helpful tool that
clubs in this way saves time. reduces the tracking required for email
This allows Joe to provide more streams and the ultimate end of project
insight to the clubs he visits. movement. . . landing in junk mail!

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