Blood, sweat & tears – that’s what is has taken to get my new and improved version of the club-specific Meeting Assignments Guide for Hornsby Toastmasters off the ground – it’s called Beyond Meeting Roles. It is a substantial improvement on the last one for a number of reasons:
1. There is space provided for people to make their own notes about each role. The idea behind this application is that it will help “dig” the learning into users’ brains a bit more. By taking ownership of their own learning, users will also create the guide as a personal reference tool, making it a more powerful learning device.
2. You can hole-punch the guide because it has been set up in an “odds and evens” way – you’ll see what I mean when you open the document.
3. It looks better.
So now you’re looking at my document and thinking what a fantastic resource it is and that perhaps you should create something similar for you club…well email me (kat.tmi@hotmail.com) for the word document and any advice any time you like because I want this document to spread – it took me long enough to create!
Each club will require a different way of going about creating this guide because each club does things a little differently. I am more than happy to help you along if you want to do something similar to what I have done. It is an invaluable tool for Hornsby and has worked wonders for bringing our members to a level of conscious competence in their roles.
The 2010/2011 District 70 Governor Elect is Philip Bendeich. His theme is “A Challenge to Achieve” – so here’s my call to all – let’s take up that challenge!
