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The Silver Lining Behind the Covid-19 Cloud
Michelle Alba-Lim, DTM
impossible with in-person contests, where one District 79 outgoing District Director
would have to factor in travel and parking time. Samer Kamal completed a High Performance
Because of online attendance, many clubs Leadership (HPL) project on best practices in
that might have been suspended due to low online attendance. You can view the document
membership have recovered through the by clicking here.
infusion of remote members and guests. I could go on writing about the silver lining
As a shining example of resilience, that Covid-19 has unintentionally created, but
resourcefulness, and results, District 91 hosted won’t. Suffice to say that numerous clubs that
a first-rate, online conference featuring two are now meeting online would never have
days of powerful keynote speakers, nearly considered doing so had it not been for the
a dozen educational speakers, impressive pandemic. And District 7 might finally, three
contestants competing in four contests, and an years after I posed the challenge, have at least
annual business meeting that proceeded like 77 blended clubs after this pandemic is over. If
clockwork. The registrations exceeded 850. you’re thinking that your club could be among
At 10 pounds per person (10 pounds sterling these blended clubs, join our panel discussion
= $12.2635 as of 5/20/2020), that earned the on May 24th, 11:00-12:30pm. We ask that you
district well over 7000 pounds ($8,584 usd)! ! register by clicking here.
A plethora of webinars have been organized For questions about online attendance for
and conducted since Covid-19 restrictions. It your club, contact toastmaster.michelle@gmail.
is so much easier to organize online events, com
not having to find a venue, logistics, and so on.
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