Tips and tricks for Toastmasters club coaches

Editor’s Note In this issue of Club Coach Weekly, we hear from Bill Brown, who applies his consulting skills to the Reddy Talkers club.  The club had chartered recently, but many of the charter members had already left, leaving only a small number of members attending.  Those still participating didn’t have a full understanding of…

Editor’s Note In this week’s coaching story, Sandy Kardis tells us about how she worked with a 16-year-old club, County Communicators, in Clayton, Missouri.  The club had been intermittently distinguished over the last few years, and membership had fallen to just 12 (enthusiastic) members. Sandy worked with the club president to devote a meeting to…

What’s 61 years old, but doesn’t look a day over 15, is always enthusiastic, fun to interact with, and offers those who want to learn a plethora of opportunities to do so? NO, it’s not your mother, or your fixer up house. I’m describing the Quannapowitt Toastmasters club. The Quannapowitt Club turned 61 in May,…

Building the Relationship When I was Lieutenant Governor of Education, I heard of a nearby Toastmasters club that was in need of help. The Moundbuilders Club was chartered as an open club in June of 1947. Over the years the club experienced many rough peak and valleys as every club does. I began visiting the…

Editor’s Note The Toastmaster’s program is like a formula that when properly followed, equals happy members and healthy clubs. Members of healthy Toastmaster clubs learn the Toastmaster’s formula without trying. These clubs start and end end on time, have fun during Table Topics, practice public speaking fundamentals during the prepared speaking section of the meeting…

Introduction There are a few simple steps that can help set a club coach firmly on the path to success. All too often we struggle to find people willing to serve as club coaches in support of low member or struggling clubs because the task appears overwhelming and time-consuming for the coach, especially when the…

Editor’s Note New Zealanders have a passion for Toastmasters. They chartered their first club in 1962. The Dunedin Toastmasters Club #2890 still meets every Thursday and consistently wins the President’s Distinguished Club Award. The birthplace Toastmasters (U.S.A.) has one Toastmasters club for every 41,000 people, while the New Zealanders enjoy one club for every 18,000…

Editor’s Note The tree is a universal symbol of strength and growth. From a tiny seed, the tree will grow, adapt to changing conditions, and benefit those who use it wisely. A series of events, beyond anyone’s control, cut down the tree that was the Achievers of District 74 (Southern Africa). Michael Fawcett, club coach,…

Editor’s Note A Toastmasters club is like a one-room schoolhouse. It is a place where people of all ages and abilities gather to learn and improve. Laura Ingalls Wilder described a one- room schoolhouse in her popular Little House on the Prairie series. Lucy Maud Montgomery describes a slightly different schoolhouse in Anne of Green…

Editor’s Note Journeys are exciting adventures with three distinct stages. The beginning is fresh and new while the novelty fades and challenges emerge in the middle ground. When the end appears, the excitement and focus return. This edition of Club Coach Weekly contains the successful coaching story of Shirley McKey and the Carleton Toastmasters. Shirley…