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Pathways: Good way to Start the New Year
Ellen Ino, DTM and Jim Robison, DTM
Rose Robison joined Toastmasters shortly before the material on-screen.
retiring 27 years ago. She liked the Toastmasters Rose chose the Motivational Strategies path
manuals. She worked through many of them and to learn some new material. “I don’t think this
served as an Area Governor. Just like with one [information] was in any of the manuals.”
of her favorite books, she could read a manual Perhaps her advancement in Pathways can
and quickly reference it when needed. But with help motivate other Toastmasters who liked
failing eyesight and being a stroke survivor, using the old manuals. She does not have a lot of
font size became an issue. At 91, Rose is pushing computer skills to navigate the online world, but
into the Toastmasters Pathways program, now with love, understanding, and problem solving
working on Level 3 projects. provided by Jim and Ellen, Rose is moving
“ONE good thing about Pathways being forward.
online and accessed by computer is that Jim To Toastmasters who have not yet enrolled
can display it on the big screen tv for me,” Rose in Pathways and started their next journey in
shared. She does not need to use a magnifying Toastmasters, Rose says “If I can do it, You can
glass to read the project. Instead, she can enlarge Do It! You’re not a kid. Stop making excuses.”
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