Rebecca Fegan

What questions do you ask yourself?

The club executive committee has declared March to be your open house month. Every event you can think of will start in March. You’re having an Open House on the 1st week, A guest speaker on the 2nd, a St. Pat’s day themed party on the 3rd, and an invitation to start a Speech CraftContinue reading “What questions do you ask yourself?”

Building a club

Wisdom from Lance Miller, Accredited Speaker, WCPS winner, and successful club builder Coach’s Corner Wisdom from Lance Miller! Everyone on the team wants the club to win and aspire to be a top 10 club. How big would you like your club to be? If you have 8 members…to 9 members? What number of membersContinue reading “Building a club”

Coaching a Club

What defines a coach? When we work with a club, we make certain assumptions and address these in several different ways: The mechanic The dictator The teacher The psychologist The coach Because all the clubs we help are low-member clubs, we assume that something is “wrong” and we have to go in and “fix it.”Continue reading “Coaching a Club”

Workbook #7 Review and Reflect

When you brought out your Club Success Plan, did it seem foreign to you? 2. In what areas are you complete or near-complete? Congratulations! 3. In what areas does your club need more work? Those need to be prioritized. 4. Who is in charge of the Club Success Plan? How can this person present theContinue reading “Workbook #7 Review and Reflect”

Workbook #6: Marketing

When you market your club, what is your message? “Come to our meeting?” “Where Leaders are made?” “Come to our open house?” Your message must be compelling and address a problem that your prospective visitors need solving. So, of course you need to know what your market is. I can tell you what it isn’t.Continue reading “Workbook #6: Marketing”

How do you evaluate your progress?

I got this neat form from Richard Snyder in District 100. It’s very handy! Club Coach Report First Year ____Preliminary Report Do one month after the appointment begins ____Interim Report Do six months into the appointment ____Final Report Do at the end of the year or appointment. If club finishes the year DistinguishedContinue reading “How do you evaluate your progress?”

Workbook #5 How do you learn

When you join a club or an organization, do you only learn when you are doing your part? That’s a trick question. What, exactly, IS your part? Starting with the basics: Timer: What kind of Speaking Skills or Leadership skills do you improve as a timer? Grammarian: How can being a grammarian be used toContinue reading “Workbook #5 How do you learn”

Pushing, Pulling, and Leading

Have you ever seen (especially this time of the year) the Vs of ducks and geese wending their way toward the south? Have you noticed that the sides of the Vs are unequal? Do you know why one side is longer? There are more birds on that side. Here’s the thing: All the birds inContinue reading “Pushing, Pulling, and Leading”

This is Coaching?

I went looking for coaching resource material, and lo and behold, there was a coaching guide. What fun!!! Corrective Action: Convince members that they will gain meaningful benefits from membership in a successful Toastmasters club. ???!!! That’s not coaching. That’s telling. Make them care? Well, they’re showing up, aren’t they? You cannot make someone care.Continue reading “This is Coaching?”

Workbook #4: How to build the Morale of your club

In your first impressions, how do you assess the emotional health of the club? Who’s the first person into the meeting? Do most of them show up as the second hand hits the starting time? Do they come in early and socialize? How are they greeted? Are the roles all filled or are they scramblingContinue reading “Workbook #4: How to build the Morale of your club”