Transforming problems to opportunities

He has been Toastmaster for 10 (ten) years!

We were all surprised to hear "This is the first time I have been Toastmaster of a Meeting!"

Of course, this could happen, in my opinion, only in the old traditional program. He just joined two weeks ago the Pathways Program, and we still have to hear his Icebreaker.

But we were all delighted to see the way he used to tell us "I am new in this". 

He had an L (learner) also at the back.

He found roles for all.

He had all written down.

Alas, he read instead of telling.

So ? We all understood! He was learning.

In Pathways Program one has to be evaluator, Table Topic master and Toastmaster, before finishing Level 3 so I think there would be a lot faster that we get to do all the roles. And many of our new members who begun with pathways, are very eager and excited to try out and learn to do roles. Also Timekeeper, Grammarian. and so on. 

Public Relation Strategies, plan

Planning an Event, great I have an important event at the end of one of my path, two even. I arrived to "how to make a public relation campaign" about an event or a cause: I can use them not to make the even but to speak about it, invite others to come to it.

It can be fictional. But why not make it for an Event I need to create anyway? It could be for an idea or a cause but it is easier to make for one special event. Even if it is, fictional make a plan how to get others know about it. But it will be real.

In all event it is useful to read through the pages, one by one in any project, to understand them better and also what is expected from us. Then use all means we know (and perhaps learn more) to make publicity for "it" at least to learn new things. Test, see how it works. 

Use images, videos, texts, social media, one by one, and so on to make it know. 

Before I get into this, I will let time pass, think what I want to use this project, at least here, the first time. I will for sure need it at different occasions also. Pathways projects are useful.

What remains now to change?

Explain, that if in more then one club, it can be selected from the Profile (Welcome, Julie) but that if you are in more then one club, you can choose which one "use" this time.

Interesting mostly as Base Camp Manager if in more then one clubs or before you finish a Level, to know to whom you ask approval for it. Remain in that club, till the Level was approved by whom you asked for it.

As I explained this, my new coachee asked me "one can be member of more then one club?"

Indeed, there are many different information a Coach or a Mentor may explain at the beginning. Also important to note: the path is yours! not club's.

When we got to the rectangles that arrived, she did not know what to do.

I pointed to her to read what is written on this rectangle: "Access my path" is clearly there!

Why let the Educational Transcript remain too?

It does not speak to us or anyone not in "higher education" and even then...

Another problem. I explained how to close a Project, and we went first to the Self Assessment before (even it project could be closed with only the "after" assessment and SUBMIT. The points of assessment where closed with grey. What to do? click on a button that makes the grey covering the buttons disappear. Why need to hide the buttons when we arrive there? Even a ITM person was lost at first with that feature.

Then I explained the next projects, after her Icebreaker, which she did just completed.

Wonderful! She loved the Second Project. "So I may give the save speech improved again?" She was happy to be able to repeat a speech.

I should have also showed her this picture, which explains clearly how to do.

Then we went to the Your Evaluation Section, present in all Projects, and showed her how she can SAVE the project she is on. As nowhere is written SAVE! only PRINT... and of course when the Manual of the Project comes out, then the option to Save as... or to Save PDF comes also with it. Why not write "Print or Save?"

Then we got to the Fillable Evaluation FORMS discussion: why not fillable already from the Project? Why should we go to the Training and Resources to obtain FFF (fillable forms) to Evaluate?

And most important of all, how someone may guess that if a click on the Name does not work, one should click on the Grey shadow with same name to access it?

Oh, there are more, but those enough for a beginner. I must say here, working with tabs from the beginning was a wonderful experience for her and for me too.

Just had to point out to her to close a tab no longer needed, and as the Project was already open, not try to open again. We finished "read the small letters" advice I gave her. Even if it is normal for all of us not to read it. Those should be avoided.