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LET'S TALK

Let’s Become Distinguished, Ask Me How!

Lorri Andersen, DTM - District 7 Director

Club Success Plan. It takes some create such a District. Let’s start by working
time, but it is well worth it. This is on our Moments of Truth and Club Success
how you can help another member Plan. Both modules will help us, and our

have a supportive and positive Club members grow. Toastmasters is both a
Hello, District learning experience. communication and leadership program. For
7 Fe l l ow If you have not completed a Moments of all of us in District 7 to achieve our goals, all
Toastmasters! It’s Truth or Club Success Plan before, ask your areas need an Area Director. Being an Area

a brand-new Area Director for assistance. For all the Club Director is a fun District job. You get to meet
year, and I’m Officers that were installed this year, I am people in their Clubs and together work with
excited to get excited for your new year. Your President is them to create an even more supportive
started. I’ve given charge to accept the “gavel as a symbol and positive learning experience for

been asked, Looking closely at self-confidence and of power and authority, given to them by the their members. It’s like giving a positive
what are my vision personal growth, how does it all happen? membership of your Club. They are to use it evaluation to the Club. This is how we
and goals for this Let me share with you my first experiences. wisely and with restraint. They are a member become a Distinguished District. We
year? I can better answer The Club I joined in Toastmasters was great. as well as a leader. A team is more than a present the opportunity for every member

with another question; what vision The Members in my Club were happy and collection of people. It is an emotional force to have a supportive and positive learning
and goal can we achieve together? Together, were having fun. I joined in and those initial rooted in the feeling, thoughts, and actions experience and we help them learn and grow.
as a team, we can accomplish great things. experiences made me want to return and with the common goal of achievement, I am looking forward to you and I working
Our Club mission says: “We provide continue working on my public speaking sharing, and mutual support. They are to together toward a common theme and goal.

a supportive and positive learning skills. The evaluations were helpful. They work with your team members to create I am glad we are on this journey together.
experience in which members (we) are focused on what I did well and how I could a healthy, dynamic Club, a Club of which
empowered to develop communication and improve. I was gently told to work on my everyone can be proud.” . When the [1 Toastmasters Intl, Item 495]
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leadership skills, resulting in (our) greater ahs, ums, and use of grammar. That is what I President and the Club Officer Team work

self- confidence and personal growth.” believe was a supportive and positive learning together to create a supportive and positive
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I love that mission statement even though experience. Through those experiences, I learning experience, members can achieve
it is a lot of words. I think it’s better when I began to grow in self-confidence. Start this their goals and Clubs achieve theirs, too.
break it down. week on your Club’s Moments of Truth and Come join me and we’ll work together to

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