First thing First: Division C Toastmasters Leadership Institute
Great job Lucas, Anitha, Jaymes, Barbara, Karl, Cindy and Kim!The way that you pulled the event together was very well executed. Very good job reaching out plenty in advance. The result felt like a comfortable, stress-free training event. The team was comfortable knowing that they had communicated well. Thank you for the variety of members from within various clubs that led officer training and sharing their experience as leaders.
Thank you to my Money Talks friends. Each of you that offered potato toppings made the day so much easier. Those of you that were able to help out during the day -- YOU ARE THE CREAM TO MY COFFEE!
Conference Talk:
I experienced two large task projects colliding havoc on my schedule.Whew - this year I am learning a BIG lesson about over-commitment.
This week I had the idea to generate marketing materials so that I could make the documents available on the conference website.
The logic that came to mind - was that each and every member of District 32 can now be a member of the conference team, as they can now download the information and then present to local business owners and encourage the owner to support the Toastmasters conference.
As the idea continued to simmer, I soon came to see that I would need to produce a PowerPoint that will convey the 'What Is In It For Me (WIIFM).
I love that I came to see that I am able to access the largest number of TM members by utilizing this blog. I am hopeful that many folks will join in with some conversations. Giving feedback, words of encouragement and digital support.
I pieced together a simple marketing piece, nothing exciting, nothing fancy. Last night, after having washed and wrapped 50 lbs of baking potatoes, I quickly put the document together. Initially the squares had color - then I remembered that printing in color cost is 39 cents per page. I sent the document to the printers and drove over to pick the stack up.
I shared a little from my heart with the process and plan of creating our District 32 conference. I look forward to seeing each of you at the 2020 conference.
I missed the newsletter deadline for submitting something about conference for Tuesdays release.
I ask myself if I intentionally missed the date?
I don't believe that it was intentional. I have a tendency to put things like this off, as I really don't feel inspired about what to write.
So, I wait for inspiration. The inspiration just didn't come amid my marketing focused processing.
I find it odd, because I love writing - letters and words of appreciation.
This is a week that helps me to realize that I wont always be able to do ALL the ideas and action items that come to mind.
Life is amazing. The gifts: ideas and creativity are abundant. I LOVE knowing that I will enjoy the Conference most, because I have worked diligently to take steps to reach the daily goals.
Thank you for visiting the blog. The visitor rate will ideally go up as a result of my TLI visits. I certainly am looking forward to seeing what we will end up doing together. Reach out. Let me know that you are reading along.
If you would like to volunteer, please let me know. Below is a list of things that need to be completed this week. The goal is to have these things done by Friday, which is the next TLI
ACTION ITEMS NEEDING TO BE COMPLETED:
- TICKET PRICES - KNOW THE ASKING PRICE
- SPONSORSHIP PACKAGES AND PRICES - KNOW THESE
- CHECK THE STATUS OF REGISTRATION
- EVENTBRITE - CHECK IT OUT
- REGISTRATION EMAIL - CHECK AND FORWARD DAILY
- DETERMINE THE PRIORITIES FOR THE UPCOMING WEEK.
- TALK WITH JOHN HANSMAN - OLYTECHGUYS - ABOUT COVERING CONFERENCE AUDIO FOR Division C CONTEST.
- DRAFT SPONSORSHIP AGREEMENT LETTER
- COMPLETE SPONSORSHIP POWER-POINT
- CAPTURE INFORMATION
- GENERATE THANK YOU LETTER #1
- GENERATE THANK YOU LETTER #2 - PAYMENT RECEIVED
- ADD NEW DOCUMENTS TO THE WEBSITE SO THAT MEMBERS CAN DOWNLOAD THEM.
- UPDATE BLOG WITH HYPERLINKS TO CONTENT RESOURCES
- REACH OUT TO UPCOMING AREA/DIVISION DIRECTOR TEAMS THAT ARE PLANNING AND COORDINATING THE TLI'S - ASK FOR OPPORTUNITY TO PROMOTE CONFERENCE.
- CAPTURE BRANDING MATERIALS SUCH AS LOGO FOR PROGRAM.
- SET UP PROCESS FOR REQUESTING BRANDING MATERIALS.
