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GLEANINGS FROM THE GROVE

Stepping Out - The Journey

Begins (Part 2)

Paul Fanning, DTM

Rise and shine sleepy head! Are you, the intrepid task. This one is excellent for calming everyone
traveler, still with me? Good! I am so pleased down in a matter-of-fact teaching style. It is

that your capably survived the night and are not the teaching of how to use Base Camp as
ready to step out with confidence once again. a VP Education or club officer, but for the new
Let us continue of our “Trek of Discovery” of Toastmaster or one who is entering the waters
the Pathways program. of Pathways for the first time-or an instant

Scroll further down to the next section refresher course.
which is named WATCH AND LEARN. What Now that you have these tools on your
we have here are two treasure boxes you can belt—or valuable gold coins in your purse—the
access for further information. Glittering jewels new or prospective Toastmaster will find when

named “What is Pathways” and “Let’s log in to they scroll down to the next section of the
Base Camp” videos. Your first viewing would page a marvel to behold. Called “Sample your
be the “What Is Pathways?” which is once again first project”, it is the Ice Breaker level 1 that is
a basic introduction to Pathways. Do be aware common to all paths. Click on the button “break

that it was not updated since the addition of the the ice” to explore, play, plan and conduct your
Engaging Humor path and thus mentions only first project in the Pathways empire. What do I
the original 10 paths. The information is sound like about it? I was able to display this feature
and could be viewed as an excellent tool to use to a prospective Toastmaster who had heard

at a club meeting (even online as we are now) to all the terrible “negatives” about Pathways
whet the appetite for Pathways. being non-user friendly, etc. Once they were
The second, also one I would recommend for familiar with the sampling, it was a short hop
a club meeting basic intro education item, is the to membership application, path selection

“Let’s Log in To Base Camp” video. We are always and signing up for the first speech. Here is the
looking for ways to enhance each member’s opportunity for you to mentor and instruct
experience as well as de-mystify Pathways to someone in the art of Pathways usage. They do
make it more enjoyable, not an odious, hated not have to have already selected a path to use

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