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IIELD NOTES

TV Toastmasters: A Televised

Voice for District 7 Clubs

Mitchell Priestley, ACB, CL

The TV Toastmasters program is televised to membership in the TV Toastmasters club is to

every cable-subscribing home in the tri-county serve as a bridge for District 7 clubs and members
Greater Portland Metropolitan area, reaching to be showcased on television. Guests appear on
over 400,000 homes and untold viewers, with the show without being required to join the TV
each episode being broadcast a minimum of five Toastmasters club in order to be featured. In

times. For Toastmasters in District 7, this provides this way, TV Toastmasters pursues the vision of
an opportunity to up their game, increase providing a televised voice to District 7, its clubs,
their skill, and adapt their communication to and their members. To learn more about this
television. For viewers, it provides an opportunity mission and the evolution of TV Toastmasters

for interest and intrigue about Toastmasters as in seven minutes, go to youtube.com and enter
an organization, hopefully motivating (at least into the search box TVTMS03 evolution.
a few of them each broadcast) to check out the TV Toastmasters doesn’t just need in-front-
toastmasters.org website to find a club near of-the-camera talent. Without crew, nothing

them to visit. And for the clubs, the broadcast could happen. For every segment featuring two
provides a means to showcase its talent and to Toastmasters engaged in an interview, at least
invite viewers to visit their particular club. four Toastmasters are working as television
Beyond the initial five broadcasts, episodes crew to manage the studio, supervise sound,

are published to YouTube, where they can be operate cameras, establish camera angles and
found on the TV Toastmasters Oregon channel. shots, and direct and produce the program. Even
Each episode is 30 minutes and features two after taping stops, many hours of editing and
interviews. In each segment, a Toastmaster post-production time and talent are required

conducts an interview of an interesting guest, to publish an episode of the TV Toastmasters
often a fellow Toastmaster from their own show. Every one of our studios needs more
home club. Our goal for each segment is to be Toastmasters who are interested in learning and
interesting, informative, and inviting. mastering the art of making programs.

What differentiates the TV Toastmasters club Beaverton is our flagship studio, located at
is that it is a club that serves District 7 clubs, rather MACC/TVCTV, Tualatin Valley Community
than serving its own members. Our members Television, 15201 NW Greenbrier Parkway. We
already are members of a home club. Their dual tape there on the fourth Tuesday evening of each

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