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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS

Club Name Last Name First Name

CareOregon Speaks Denise

New Beginnings Toastmasters Thacker Amy

Pearl District Toastmasters Club Tinio Aaron Paul

Lake Oswego Toastmasters Club Van Slyke Carrie

Hopemasters Wilson Keeve
Vancouver Toastmasters Club Yung Glen

WE Toasted Toastmasters Zievys Vaidas

Mentorship Is For Everyone

Brinn Hemmingson, VC1

Most Toastmasters have at least heard about well on their own. And that isn’t true and it
mentoring, and many have had one or been isn’t the reason for having a mentor.

one. Ellen Ino, VP of Education for Portland Portland Progressive Club members (and
Progressives, had an idea. She opined that the now possibly other Clubs’ members) may
majority of mentoring is aimed at assisting pair up and learn how to receive, and give
new members with those first few speeches. mentoring. For Portland Progressives, many of
It can involve a lot more! our members are interested in being mentored

Every member can experience being a on how to be Zoom masters. Having Ellen
mentor, and every member can get some Ino in our club is a big benefit! Look at your
mentoring. It need not be limited to speeches. clubs and consider how you, too, could use

Other topics might include being mentored mentoring!
on navigating Pathways; choosing topics for In support of this effort, I recently
speeches (or competitions), evaluating, and developed a mentor form. Feel free to
even coming up with creative and interactive download it here, and test it out in your Club.
Table Topics. Learning how to be mentored Please let me know if you found it effective and

can be as important as doing the mentoring, what you would do to improve its usefulness.
because for some people having a mentor may You can contact me at brinn_h@yahoo.com
feel as if somehow, they aren’t capable of doing

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