This content has been archived. It may no longer be relevantSaturday, January 8, 2022, 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET To receive credit for your attendance, select the following to register: Eventbrite AGENDA Plenary Session – ALL Officers and Toastmasters are invited to attend 8:45 AM Bettie St. Clair, DTM Zoom Core Officer Sessions: Go to the training by selecting the Officer Role which will take you to the zoom Start Time Officer Roles Instructor 9:30 AM President Bettie St. Clair, DTM Zoom 9:30 AM Vice President Education Rick Taylor, DTM Zoom 9:30 AM Sergeant at Arms Ankit Agarwal, PI5 Zoom 10:30 AM Vice President Membership Cheryl Baker, DTM Zoom 10:30 AM Secretary Bettie St. Clair, DTM Zoom 10:30 AM Vice President Public Relations Ivonne Vaughn, SR5 Zoom 11:30 AM Treasurer Shelly Roman, DTM Zoom Elective Sessions: Attend an Elective by selecting the Elective Session which will take you to the zoom. Start Time Elective Sessions Instructor 9:30 AM How To Conduct a New Member Orientation Narayanan Doraswamy, DTM Zoom 10:30 AM How To Create a Toastmasters Speech in 12 minutes Edmond Joe, DTM Zoom 11:30 AM Membership Retention Al Rivera, VC5 Zoom 11:30 AM Best Practices for Corporate Clubs Paula Green, DTM Zoom 11:30 AM How To Get The Most Out of FreeToastHost Chery Baker, DTM and Narayanan Doraswamy, DTM Zoom   ❖ HOW TO CREATE A SPEECH IN 12 MINUTES Presented by Edmond Joe, DTM This interactive session teaches you how to easily create a Toastmasters speech – all in 12 minutes. Eliminate Toastmasters meetings where there are no prepared speeches. ❖ HOW TO CONDUCT A NEW MEMBER ORIENTATION Presented by Narayanan Doraswamy, DTM New members generally get left to their own devices once they have been signed up. There are myriad websites to navigate including toastmasters.org, FreeToastHost district websites etc. each offering different things to the new members. Plus, they need to be oriented to the club culture and way of doing things. This is an activity where the ball gets dropped in Toastmasters. Attend this hands-on workshop to learn how to set up your new members to be successful Toastmasters. ❖ MEMBERSHIP RETENTION Presented by Al Rivera, VC5 Why do people join Toastmasters? Why do they stay or leave? How do we keep member interest? How do we maximize member retention in our Clubs? Attend this session to learn and participate. ❖  BEST PRACTICES FOR CORPORATE CLUBS Presented by Paula Green, DTM This session is for corporate club members and will share pain points and offer help in the form of recommendations and best practices. lf you experience challenges with a meeting, challenges as a club member, or corporate constraints and limitations on your club, this session will provide a forum to have an open dialogue to brainstorm and develop potential solutions to our collective challenges. ❖ HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT OF FREETOASTHOST Presented by Cheryl Baker, DTM, and Narayanan Doraswamy, DTM It is more important than ever that your club web site both attract guests and is a functional resource for members. You don’t need to be an HTML geek to make your web site more successful. ln this session we will look at tips, tricks and resources to make your club web site a better experience for guests and members. Additionally, we will take a look at using social media as a means to attract new members and keep current members engaged. NOTE: QUESTIONS RELATED TO ZOOM LINKS: Contact Margaret Huan [email protected] or 703-472-6352