The Perpetual Student

Month: March 2022

  • Toastmasters Pathways Persuasive Influence 5 Completion

    Toastmasters Pathways Persuasive Influence 5 Completion

    I am so excited to share that I have finished the Toastmasters Pathways Persuasive Influence 5 journey 😊

    My High Performance Leadership (HPL) project was to manage an Area Contest for B27. I needed to gain the appropriate stakeholders to help me succeed in running a great event.

    I am very grateful for all those who helped me in my project and also all my fellow Toastmasters who helped me go through the this Pathway. It was a fun journey.

    I’m looking forward to my next Pathway and journey at Toastmasters. I have learned so much in communication and leadership skills.

    Thank you Toastmasters!

  • Toastmasters Division B 2022 Contest Lessons Learned

    Toastmasters Division B 2022 Contest Lessons Learned

    This past month has been a busy month for our Division at Toastmasters! We just completed our Division B contests (which includes all Area Contests).

    This post mostly serves as a lessons learned on running a Toastmasters contests. The lessons I have learned on running an effective Toastmasters Contest:

    • Create a Google Sheet of all contest stakeholders so that you could easily refer to the list during the contest from one place.
    • Create a Google Doc as a centralized location for all stakeholders that are part of the contest committee (Contest Chair, Chief Judge, Tech Host, Sergeant-at-Arms). This includes items such as role responsibilities, what to say during the contest, dates, etc.
    • Contest months are from February-April. Start gathering and getting buy-in from contest committee members as early as November.
    • Created the agenda as an online format. Here is an example.