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THOUGHTS FROM THE DIRECTOR’S STAND

Reflections on the Year That Was

Eldred Brown, DTM - District 7 Director

Reflections on the Year That Was

With the Toastmasters year ending soon, I of a personal reflection on my experiences in
suppose this will be my last article for my the Trio.
monthly Voices! column “From the Director’s The quality I think I developed most in the

Stand.” Like PJ before me, I may continue Trio was my confidence as an executive. I still
contributing to Voices!, but it’s time to let Lorri remember all too well how overwhelmed I felt
have her year in the sun. through my first six months. That was a rough
What was it like to be your District Director time for our District and a rough time for me

and to be in the Trio for three years? What did personally as I had lost my professional job in
I learn? I’ve already shared both at the Business September. My service as Club Growth Director
Meeting and at TLI (in a speech Lorri read on added to my stress by challenging me to develop
my behalf) my report on what we achieved as a Club building and time management skills I

District this year, so I’ll use this article for more had never developed before. With the help of
our District Director and our
Region Advisor, I got my
feet under me and felt like

I finally knew what I was
doing. Then COVID hit
and threw everything
topsy turvy.

COVID taught me
resilience. The whole
Toastmasters world
was forced to deal with

novel circumstances. I
don’t think anybody had
a ready solution. We all
had to experiment,

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