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FIELD NOTES

You Have to Be SEEN uninitiated guests. A friendly, fun, camaraderie
Advertise on your club’s social media and filled meeting will attract new members. Where
website! Using Eventbrite will reach a public you can have participating members share the
audience, provide email communications, value of Toastmasters from their perspective.
and track interest. Share the responsibility, Capture contact information for follow up

encourage your speakers, leadership team, fellow messaging and invites to your next meeting.
Toastmasters, and club members to use their Evenbrite and other registration steps make this
social media to publicize too. An open house easy. If your meeting allows, leave some time
or event is meant to include new visitors, make beyond the event for open chatter to welcome
it visible and don’t forget the value of personal those interested in staying longer.

invitations. For more great ideas of ways to Faster than you can say ta-da, your event has
publicize your events, visit the next PR Masters excited your members, attracted new people, and
meeting (see resources below). expanded your reach to new parts of the world!
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Phase 3 - Implementation For more great ideas of ways to publicize
Welcome to Your Event (ahem!) Open House! your events, visit PR Masters - Facebook Group:

Viola’, with all your planning and preparation PR Masters (D7 Public Relations Toastmasters)
complete, your attendees arrive! Make sure you - meetings - 1st Thursday of the Month - 7:00
have a zoom greeter (that was my role) to give a - 8:30 pm
warm and friendly welcome. During the meeting To learn more about New Horizons #1360
take extra care to explain the different roles and - join our Facebook Group: The New Horizons

why they exist as these are often unfamiliar to Toastmasters Club of Oregon (District 7)

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