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ONLINE CONNECTIONS

Joint Meetings, the Blended

(Onsite-Online) Way

Michelle Alba-Lim, DTM

Recently, two Toastmasters clubs held a JOINT Roads Zoom link was redirected to Oregon
meeting to celebrate their 8th anniversary. By Communicators!
sheer serendipity, both clubs turned eight years The first prepared speaker (Mary Chisholm)

old within a week apart. The officers of Oregon spoke from Central Oregon. The second prepared
Communicators (located in La Pine, Oregon) and speaker (Derrick Johnson) spoke from British
Royal Roads Toastmasters (located in Victoria, Columbia. Table Topics Master Brian alternated
British Columbia) agreed to have real cakes for respondents from either physical location as well

those who attended in person at their physical as online attendees. You can watch the entire
venues. Online attendees had virtual cake, with meeting here.
lots of colorful frosting yet zero calories!
To my knowledge,

this was the first joint
anniversary celebration
of two blended clubs
connecting through

Zoom. Once again,
District 7 and District 21
are making history!
Online logistics

were ably managed by
Brian Dodd, a Royal
Roads Toastmasters
member and Oregon

Communicators club
coach. He even posted a
virtual notice so anyone
clicking into the Royal

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