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PARETO PRINCIPLE AND LEADERSHIP
Appyling the 80/20 rule to Toastmasters
Dave Bones, DTM - Club Growth Director
• Club Business: • Dues and Club Officer List Reports
• Parliamentary Procedure basics • Work toward building new clubs:
• General advising for your club members • “How to Build a Toastmasters Club”, Item
and officers 121 from TI website
• Club Leadership Handbook as a reference • Attend monthly District Executive
Committee Meetings:
Area Director
• Main liaison of support for your clubs Two integrated priorities:
• Submit two rounds of Area Director club • We respect knowledge hierarchy through
visit reports identifying and supporting 20 percent of
• Regular check ins with your main club fundamental role tasks, and leaving out the
contacts, usually the Presidents. It can also other 80 percent
include all members of the Area Council • We draw out the context of the TM leader in
(Club Presidents, VPE, VPM – see District the learning process for personal meaning,
Leadership Handbook) to align with the corresponding leadership
• Support your clubs in paying both the role tasks
October and April dues cycles In this article, we broke down some ideas for
• Use TI District Mission Statement as a guide how to build and support Toastmasters leaders,
• Conduct Area Contests as well as the importance of personalizing and
• Parliamentary Procedure basics helpful, prioritizing for each role.
especially if learned previously as a Club Here is a summary statement I created to help
President keep in mind all the principles offered.
• Attend District Leader training twice per “We build TM leaders through providing a fun,
Toastmaster year and supportive environment for growth, identifying
personal meaning while engaging with interpersonal
TI website basics communication and collaborative contribution.”
• District Central
• Dashboards
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