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Topics), we clap anyway. The positivity has
spread into our company. It warms my heart to
hear someone say that work has been tough, but
they know Toastmasters is there every Tuesday
for support.

There are employees who don’t and perhaps
won’t ever participate. That’s OK. They are
always welcome regardless. We try to get non-
members to participate as much as possible.
We love drop-ins. Personally, I can’t think of a
single reason why one would not see value in
what we do.

We try to hold as many special events as we
can. They are sometimes elaborate, like putting
on a cooking show. Sometimes they merely
follow themes. We tend to keep the basic
meeting structure and let the content dictate
the specialness of the event. Because we do this
fairly frequently, we are surprisingly good at it
— that leadership thing again. We can conceive,
promote and produce a very entertaining event
with minimal effort.

I have seen people afraid to talk in public
months later speak at a club contest. I have seen
people who thought they knew everything about
public speaking become even better speakers
simply by getting feedback that they would
have never received otherwise. Toastmasters
has carved a place into our company culture.
That was my mission when I became president,
and we are at the point where we are seeing this
effort pay real dividends.

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