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the Newport Loyalty Days & Sea Fair Festival online clubs. Members of her club have completed
princesses with their speeches. They are vying levels 1-5.
for scholarships based on the speeches they She likes the relevancy of Pathways. Innovative
give. Yaquina Toastmasters Club is renewing Planning is her Path. She is in level 3. Lauralee is
23 members. By the way, the club has earned looking forward to other new paths, especially
10 goals. Storytelling, which is one she has heard will be
coming in the future.
Benefits of Toastmasters
When Yaquina Toastmasters held a meeting DTM
for Rotary, Lauralee served as Topicsmaster. Lauralee will finish her Advanced
One of the attendees, a business owner, was Communicator Gold before she goes further in
impressed wth how she handled her portion Pathways. Her High Performance Leadership
of the meeting. After seeing all that Lauralee Project is a club open house to be held this
does as the VP Public Relations, she called month. She will easily wrap up the three required
her in for an interview. Financial Freedom speeches. Her last requirement to earn her DTM,
Wealth Management Group hired her to in the traditional program, is to start a new club.
manage their public relations and social media. She is already working on it. I don’t know for
Bateman Funeral Home, Affordable Burial and sure, but my guess is Lauralee is the youngest
Cremation hired her to manage their website Toastmaster in District 7. I am sure she will be
and social media. She credits Toastmasters our youngest Distinguished Toastmaster.
as the reason for learning how. Toastmasters Lauralee wisely tapped into what Toastmasters
also helped with her role as STEM (Science, has to offer. I predict when she graduates and
Technology, Engineering and Math) Club applies for a job she will be head and shoulders
president. And, it helped her complete her above all her competitors. She is confident and
communication classes. “I am confident talking articulate. She will go far.
to others.” she says. “I feel comfortable leading
other people.” Lauralee believes in
the education program and likes the
variety of speeches she can give.
Pathways
Lauralee loves teaching. To help
orient new members in her club, she
created a 5-7 minute speech on how to
fill out a Competent Leader Manual.
Her love for teaching inspired her
to become a Pathways Guide. She
completed her Pathways training for
clubs in District 7. She will be training
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