Comments on: Against the Toastmaster Club Mission Statement http://my.spaith.com/blog/2008/07/19/against-the-toastmaster-club-mission-statement/ Listening * Thinking * Public Speaking * Self Improvement Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:07:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Jeff Bailey http://my.spaith.com/blog/2008/07/19/against-the-toastmaster-club-mission-statement/#comment-727 Jeff Bailey Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:13:02 +0000 http://my.spaith.com/blog/2008/07/19/against-the-toastmaster-club-mission-statement/#comment-727 The club I belong to doesn't read it either, thank goodness. I was at a TLI tonight when the SAA trainer recommended it. Then he read it. What strikes me is that it is vague. What does a positive and supportive environment mean anyway? I want it to say "Our club makes better speakers." I do like the fact that it mentions self-confidence and not comfort. I am not a fan of comfort as a goal. Thanks for the blog, Jeff The club I belong to doesn’t read it either, thank goodness. I was at a TLI tonight when the SAA trainer recommended it. Then he read it. What strikes me is that it is vague. What does a positive and supportive environment mean anyway? I want it to say “Our club makes better speakers.”

I do like the fact that it mentions self-confidence and not comfort. I am not a fan of comfort as a goal.

Thanks for the blog,
Jeff

]]> By: John Spaith http://my.spaith.com/blog/2008/07/19/against-the-toastmaster-club-mission-statement/#comment-722 John Spaith Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:16:12 +0000 http://my.spaith.com/blog/2008/07/19/against-the-toastmaster-club-mission-statement/#comment-722 Maybe - I've never seen it done with energy and without reading at the same time. It gets down to club culture too and my club is super-informal so it doesn't gel with us as much. I'm still partial to the Fat Albert method. Maybe - I’ve never seen it done with energy and without reading at the same time. It gets down to club culture too and my club is super-informal so it doesn’t gel with us as much. I’m still partial to the Fat Albert method.

]]> By: lizandra http://my.spaith.com/blog/2008/07/19/against-the-toastmaster-club-mission-statement/#comment-721 lizandra Sun, 20 Jul 2008 01:38:15 +0000 http://my.spaith.com/blog/2008/07/19/against-the-toastmaster-club-mission-statement/#comment-721 Every sergeant of arms for my club has had the mission statement memorized since I joined 4 years ago. We recite it together at the beginning of every meeting after the pledge. It is a popular feature, so that if the SAA forgets it, members remind him to read it. Perhaps you'd feel differently about it if you did hear it recited by someone who had memorized it. Every sergeant of arms for my club has had the mission statement memorized since I joined 4 years ago. We recite it together at the beginning of every meeting after the pledge. It is a popular feature, so that if the SAA forgets it, members remind him to read it. Perhaps you’d feel differently about it if you did hear it recited by someone who had memorized it.

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