Starting a new club and moving from face to face meetings in Toronto’s King Street office, to meeting virtually via home office laptops. Pitch Please is a new Toastmasters Club in Area 54 that had to learn how to become a Toastmasters club at the same time as adjusting to the new normal of virtual environments. They’ve have had six meetings so far, five of which have been … [Read more...] about New Club Pitch Please’s Virtual Transition
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Toastmasters Across an Ocean
James Shi, Area 64 Director notes that "When a door closes, a window opens.” The current COVID19 lockdown has prevented clubs from meeting in person, yet many quickly adapted to online meetings with fantastic results. During James’ initial research on how to conduct online meetings, he joined an online club called Buddie Toastmasters. By chance, Roc, the president of Athena … [Read more...] about Toastmasters Across an Ocean
May 2020 Newsletter- The Gavel
May 2020 – What Do Our Members Say About Meeting Online?
like others were skeptical at first on how Toastmasters could conduct effective online meetings. However, once I have started to attend them, not only have I found them to be a safe and effective forum for us to connect with each other, they are also fun to attend as we learned to use such online features as screen share, virtual background, polling, etc to complement our … [Read more...] about May 2020 – What Do Our Members Say About Meeting Online?
May 2020 The Joy of Online Meetings
Happy smiles on friendly faces. The excitement of seeing each other again. A welcome feeling of normalcy and routine. This is what Club President Susan Domoko’s Club ‘Lunchime Talkers of Durham Region’ experienced after taking the plunge into putting our club meetings online. In Susan’s words: But what didn’t we count on? We’re becoming skillful in online technology, … [Read more...] about May 2020 The Joy of Online Meetings