The First Meeting-
The mentor’s duties will vary, depending on whether their mentees are new members or existing members. Provide information over several meetings or several months, so that you do not overwhelm the mentee.
Once the new member has been assigned a mentor, at the first meeting the mentor should:
1. Sit with the new member. Explain the various parts of the meeting, such as the business session, Table Topics,™ prepared speeches, and evaluations as they happen, and answer questions the mentee may have.
2. Orient the new member to club customs and procedures. If your club has special awards or events or other special activities or procedures, explain those to a mentee. Help the mentee become comfortable and a part of the club in any way you can.
3. Explain how to sign up. Advise the mentee regarding what to do and whom to contact about signing up for meeting roles and whom to contact if he or she is scheduled to fill a meeting role but is unable to attend the meeting.
4. Help with the Ice Breaker. Many experienced Toastmasters still consider the first speech to be the most difficult. This is because new members are not only uncomfortable speaking before a group, but they also are speaking before relative strangers. Your assistance can help the mentee overcome fears and get off to a good start. Discuss speech ideas with the mentee and offer suggestions for organization, if necessary. Listen to the mentee practice the speech and offer feedback.
The Next Meeting The next meeting, a mentor should:
1. Make mentees aware of resources. If your club has a library, show it to the mentee. Point out the material in the Toastmaster magazine. Discuss district conferences, and explain the roles of club officers.
2. Provide positive feedback. The first few weeks of membership are critical. Mentees must feel they are already benefiting from the Toastmasters experience. Compliment them on their progress.
3. Explain responsibilities. Membership requires more than just giving speeches and receiving
evaluations. It also means a commitment to helping the club and its members.
4. Help with speeches and other assignments. As you work with mentees on their speeches, be sure to help them use their evaluation feedback to improve their next speech, and then offer your own feedback. When mentees are assigned other meeting roles, explain the roles and offer tips for fulfilling them.
Saturday, February 9, 2019
Upcoming Event
Join us on Tuesday for our Club Pathways Education day where you can learn how to choose your path, and begin your Toastmaster journey!
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Wednesday, January 23, 2019
January 22nd Review
Lauralee was the Toastmaster of the day, whose theme was Winter Toastmasters Institute Leadership. She had asked all of the people who had roles to tell her one leader they admire. Answers varied from Jimmy Carter and Geraldine Ferraro to Norman Schwarzkopf and Desmond Tutu. Lauralee quoted at the end International Past President Pat Johnson who said at Winter TLI "As leaders, who do we think we have to be?" Lauralee was evaluated by Larry, who said that he really liked that Lauralee used introductions from people, and it helped him learn about the other Toastmasters in the room. He commented about how he valued when people put the name tags on since not everyone had them, and he said it is important to new members and guests. One suggestion he had was to have the table topics and the Toastmaster's theme to be the same.
Svetlana was the first speaker of the day, with a story about Sultan and his Four Wives. His fourth wife was pretty and he adorned her with the finest delicacies. The Sultan's third wife, he feared that she would be taken from him, so he took her everywhere. Sultan's second wife was his confidante and patient, but his first wife was loyal even if he did not pay attention to her. Each wife represented a part of a person's life, with the fourth wife being their body, the third their status and the second being their family. However, the first wife, who is loyal even if the person is not, is the soul. Brian N was Svetlana's evaluator who said that he appreciated that she had tried her slides before giving her speech, and used them to convey her story.
Our second speaker was Dave who gave his speech Okay and Ah Nothing. While taking a lifeguarding class, they came to a part about emergency child birth, and Dave thought it was quite graphic, and when he got home he told his mom that the class was okay. When she asked what he learned, he said "ah nothing". Later when Dave was getting back from training, he was on a bus and the driver asked if anyone knew about childbirth and he was tired enough to say yes. Then he found out it was not a rhetorical question, and he delivered a baby girl. Brian H was his evaluator who complimented Dave on his word choice such as his comment of it not being a rhetorical question. One suggestion Brian had was to focus on using a few more purposeful gestures.
Laurie was the Table Topics Master, whose theme was celestial events. She asked Larry about the solar eclipse, and he said that he was at home watching with his wife, and heard cheers as the sun fully eclipsed. Laurie asked Lauralee about Halley's Comet when it comes around again, and she said that when it comes around, she would like to take a picture of it. Sara won the Table Topics trophy, for explaining how she felt like she thought an ancient Egyptian would have during the solar eclipse.
Christa was the Grammarian of the day with her word flapdoodle, and Cindy was the timer of the day.
Svetlana was the first speaker of the day, with a story about Sultan and his Four Wives. His fourth wife was pretty and he adorned her with the finest delicacies. The Sultan's third wife, he feared that she would be taken from him, so he took her everywhere. Sultan's second wife was his confidante and patient, but his first wife was loyal even if he did not pay attention to her. Each wife represented a part of a person's life, with the fourth wife being their body, the third their status and the second being their family. However, the first wife, who is loyal even if the person is not, is the soul. Brian N was Svetlana's evaluator who said that he appreciated that she had tried her slides before giving her speech, and used them to convey her story.
Our second speaker was Dave who gave his speech Okay and Ah Nothing. While taking a lifeguarding class, they came to a part about emergency child birth, and Dave thought it was quite graphic, and when he got home he told his mom that the class was okay. When she asked what he learned, he said "ah nothing". Later when Dave was getting back from training, he was on a bus and the driver asked if anyone knew about childbirth and he was tired enough to say yes. Then he found out it was not a rhetorical question, and he delivered a baby girl. Brian H was his evaluator who complimented Dave on his word choice such as his comment of it not being a rhetorical question. One suggestion Brian had was to focus on using a few more purposeful gestures.
Laurie was the Table Topics Master, whose theme was celestial events. She asked Larry about the solar eclipse, and he said that he was at home watching with his wife, and heard cheers as the sun fully eclipsed. Laurie asked Lauralee about Halley's Comet when it comes around again, and she said that when it comes around, she would like to take a picture of it. Sara won the Table Topics trophy, for explaining how she felt like she thought an ancient Egyptian would have during the solar eclipse.
Christa was the Grammarian of the day with her word flapdoodle, and Cindy was the timer of the day.
Tuesday, January 22, 2019
Pathways Questions: Cost and Differences
Q: What is the difference for DTM between the traditional program and Pathways?
A: To get to DTM in the traditional program, you need to complete the Advanced Communicator Gold and Advanced Leader Silver. This includes being in leadership positions and going through six advanced manuals. In contrast, Pathways requires you to complete two Paths, which include five manuals each. As an officer, you need to serve for twelve months in your club, as well as a district officer, just like today.
Other requirements:
Serve as a club mentor or coach.
Serve as a club sponsor or conduct a Speechcraft or Youth Leadership program.
Complete the DTM project. (Members are required to create and implement a project of their own design, in which they demonstrate the skills and expertise they have gained.)
Q: What do you get free?
A:Your first Path is free in Pathways. This means you get all five levels of that Path for free.
Q: How are the levels different than our manuals now?
A:
This is an example of what a path would look like. In Pathways, the levels are broken down into projects where there are steps to completing each, like a survey, journaling activity, speech, and the reflection. In contrast, the traditional system would have you give a speech, such as competent communicator seven where you would need to research a topic and present it.
A: To get to DTM in the traditional program, you need to complete the Advanced Communicator Gold and Advanced Leader Silver. This includes being in leadership positions and going through six advanced manuals. In contrast, Pathways requires you to complete two Paths, which include five manuals each. As an officer, you need to serve for twelve months in your club, as well as a district officer, just like today.
Other requirements:
Serve as a club mentor or coach.
Serve as a club sponsor or conduct a Speechcraft or Youth Leadership program.
Complete the DTM project. (Members are required to create and implement a project of their own design, in which they demonstrate the skills and expertise they have gained.)
Q: What do you get free?
A:Your first Path is free in Pathways. This means you get all five levels of that Path for free.
Q: How are the levels different than our manuals now?
A:
This is an example of what a path would look like. In Pathways, the levels are broken down into projects where there are steps to completing each, like a survey, journaling activity, speech, and the reflection. In contrast, the traditional system would have you give a speech, such as competent communicator seven where you would need to research a topic and present it.
Friday, December 28, 2018
Making the Clock your Friend
One important part of speaking is to be timely and organized. In Toastmasters, we practice expressing thoughts within a specific time. The timer helps hone the members of toastmasters skills on keeping within our time limits, and organizing our thoughts without preparation.
The timer asks the speaker, or speakers, of the day how long their speech is supposed be (ie 5-7 minutes). They then will sit at the end of the table with the lights and stopwatch to record everyone's time. When the meeting starts, the Toastmaster of the day will ask them to explain their role.
They time the speech turning on the green light at 5 minutes (if the speech is from 5-7 minutes). The yellow light will go on at six minutes, and red at 7 minutes. If the speaker goes over 7 minutes, the red light will remain on until they conclude their speech. Timer records the time of the speech, or speeches so they can report it when called upon by the Toastmasters.
The other job of the timer is to record the times of table topics, so the group knows who qualified in table topics. To qualify a person needs to speak on the question given for one to two minutes, and then the group votes on who had the best speech, and is given the table topic award.
The speech evaluator also is timed for two to three minutes.
At the end of the meeting, the timer will gives each person's time to the secretary so they can include the times in their report.
The timer asks the speaker, or speakers, of the day how long their speech is supposed be (ie 5-7 minutes). They then will sit at the end of the table with the lights and stopwatch to record everyone's time. When the meeting starts, the Toastmaster of the day will ask them to explain their role.
They time the speech turning on the green light at 5 minutes (if the speech is from 5-7 minutes). The yellow light will go on at six minutes, and red at 7 minutes. If the speaker goes over 7 minutes, the red light will remain on until they conclude their speech. Timer records the time of the speech, or speeches so they can report it when called upon by the Toastmasters.
The other job of the timer is to record the times of table topics, so the group knows who qualified in table topics. To qualify a person needs to speak on the question given for one to two minutes, and then the group votes on who had the best speech, and is given the table topic award.
The speech evaluator also is timed for two to three minutes.
At the end of the meeting, the timer will gives each person's time to the secretary so they can include the times in their report.
Friday, December 14, 2018
A General Evaluator?
Every Toastmasters meeting is evaluated by one of the members. This is not a leadership role, but a floating roll between the members. The general evaluator states to help any guests or new members, the purpose and benefits of having an evaluation done.
During the meeting, the general evaluator needs to have full view of the room, so that they can see everything that happens. When the general evaluator comes in, they first need to see if all of the trophies, materials, banners and property is out, and where it is supposed to be. This also ensures that the team has the tools they need to perform, such as the timing lights, stopwatch, and manuals. Another part of the general evaluator's job is to make sure their team knows who they are evaluating, and have the manuals for those people.
The easiest way to complete the meeting evaluation is to have a checklist of what is supposed to go on during the meeting. On of the most important part is if the meeting, and meeting sections, start and end on time. They also should focus on how the Toastmaster of the day transitioned between sections, and if they helped to create a positive atmosphere.
For evaluating different participants, the general evaluator points out both good and bad in the following areas of the person's: preparation, organization, delivery, enthusiasm, observation and performance of duties. When their evaluation part of the meeting begins, the general evaluator will introduce the speech evaluator. From there each evaluator: grammarian, times, and general evaluation of the meeting. For the evaluation, commenting on the quality of the evaluation team's performance. Include in their evaluations if they were positive, helpful, and suggesting improvement. Make sure to tell how the meeting flowed, and if the segments started on time.
During the meeting, the general evaluator needs to have full view of the room, so that they can see everything that happens. When the general evaluator comes in, they first need to see if all of the trophies, materials, banners and property is out, and where it is supposed to be. This also ensures that the team has the tools they need to perform, such as the timing lights, stopwatch, and manuals. Another part of the general evaluator's job is to make sure their team knows who they are evaluating, and have the manuals for those people.
The easiest way to complete the meeting evaluation is to have a checklist of what is supposed to go on during the meeting. On of the most important part is if the meeting, and meeting sections, start and end on time. They also should focus on how the Toastmaster of the day transitioned between sections, and if they helped to create a positive atmosphere.
For evaluating different participants, the general evaluator points out both good and bad in the following areas of the person's: preparation, organization, delivery, enthusiasm, observation and performance of duties. When their evaluation part of the meeting begins, the general evaluator will introduce the speech evaluator. From there each evaluator: grammarian, times, and general evaluation of the meeting. For the evaluation, commenting on the quality of the evaluation team's performance. Include in their evaluations if they were positive, helpful, and suggesting improvement. Make sure to tell how the meeting flowed, and if the segments started on time.
Saturday, December 1, 2018
A Toastmaster or Master of Toast?
Toastmasters may seem like a funny word. The word can make weddings and toasts come to mind, while it does help with those types of toasts, that is not what Toastmasters focuses on.
The toastmaster of the day is the person who leads the meeting. After the president calls the meeting to order, they hand control over to the toastmaster of the day.
Here is what the toastmaster does:
They will invite the general evaluator to introduce their evaluation team.
They will invite the general evaluator to introduce their evaluation team.
Welcomes the speaker, and tells what their speech is about, the title, and if it is a manual speech.
The toastmaster of the day also welcomes the topicsmaster, and makes sure there are good transitions between the speech(es), and table topics.
They also need to get the times of the speeches, both prepared and impromptu.
Toastmaster welcomes the general evaluator, and asks for the table topics award to be given. After this, they give the meeting back over to the president.
If this seems overwhelming, don't worry!! After joining the club, you will not be assigned to be toastmaster until you are comfortable with the meeting, and know what the rolls are. At Yaquina Toastmasters, new members are usually assigned timer for their first roll, which is easy.
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