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COACH CONVERSATIONS

Federico Navarrete
Club Coaching:

My Wild Adventure

Michelle Alba Lim, DTM

was awarded as the second-best one in the entire
District. Also, I organized a conference for half-
Poland in collaboration with my dream team
that we even brought international speakers

from Sweden and Portugal.
However, not all stories have been successful.
As a foreigner living abroad, I have felt several
times as a kind of a second-class member, even

when I attended some international conferences
with my Club/District.
Furthermore, I had little support to complete
my DTM because I started a plan to relocate to a

new country. However, that decision motivated
me to contact Julie Kertesz, who redirected me
to Michelle Alba-Lim, who helped me start a
Federico Navarrete new adventure with Roseburg Speakers and

Storytellers. A decision that I would never regret
Federico, tell us about your Toastmasters since it allowed me to see a new light in the

experience. Toastmasters world.
I joined Toastmasters 5 years ago in Poland.
Toastmasters became like my second home Why do you like being a club coach?

since it was the only place where I felt accepted Being a coach was quite a wild adventure! I
by a community as a foreigner. enjoyed the experience of experimenting one
I have been a very active member and more time and innovating in a new team on the

relatively known across District 108 because other side of the globe.
of my crazy speeches because I wore tails or The opportunity allowed me to design new
brought bananas inside my suits. In District marketing plans and create a new identity for
108, I served as an Area Director, and my area our globe all over the globe. However, nothing

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