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Recognition and Other “Stuff”
“Beyond the Club” (https://d7toastmasters.org/
beyond-the-club/) gives you the opportunity
to sign up and volunteer. Let us know what
you are most interested in helping with, and
we can get you started.
A Bit About Surveys
For the past few months we have been asking
clubs to provide a Guest Survey link to guests club meeting on
who visit their clubs, and I have sent New toastmasters.org. One-third said they
Member Surveys to new members (see https:// found the meeting on that club’s website.
d7toastmasters.org/incentives/ for details). I (So make absolutely certain that your club
want to thank the following clubs who have website and toastmasters.org are up to date
helped provide participants in these surveys: with your club’s meeting information.)
AAA Towsters, Bootstrappers, Clark County, • Several guest respondents stated that they
Communicators Plus, Downtown Public would have liked to have had a clear outline
Speakers, Electric Toasters, High Noon, Hood of the meeting, or an agenda to view, at the
River, Lebanon, Milwaukie Talkies, New start of the meeting.
Horizons, Oregon State, Portland, Roseburg, • Several of the new member respondents
Sage Beaverton, Salem, Siuslaw Talespinners, stated that they would like to have a mentor
Vancouver, Washington Street, West Beaverton, to help them understand and navigate getting
Yammertime and Yaquina. started.
In reviewing responses that have come in so • Finally, when new members were asked to
far, a few results stand out as significant: rank the factors that played in deciding to
• Guests and new members often are aware of join that club, the overwhelmingly “most
Toastmasters long before they visit (45% say important” factor was “The friendliness of
10+ years). the club members”.
• Most say they learned about Toastmasters We have opportunities to build and grow
from a work colleague or a friend. our clubs, so let’s not let that get away from us.
• Just over half say they located the Thank you!
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