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GLEANINGS FROM THE GROVE

Not only can you read all the material online, time, talent, and treasure towards Toastmasters
but you can download it in PDF format-all 24 as a whole and Pathways as the sole education
pages-and use it again for your new member program. Treasure with our membership fee

packet, as a hand out or send it on to someone as and club dues. We are therefore investing for
yet another method of new member orientation our future, and we all want to receive in return
to our exciting Pathways journey! value for our money thus given. Talent is perhaps
Dear reader, I believe that with each passing the greatest gift we can give and receive while

day that which has been unfamiliar-Pathways- involved in Pathways-the talent of being the best
will soon become the familiar. I entreat you to speaker, evaluator or leader that we can be, and
remember that we have seen many changes to be challenged to stretch even further on behalf of
the Pathways program since its inception in not only ourselves, but our fellow Toastmasters.

2018. Without a doubt, there will be (happily) The last element, time often can be seen as the
more as it becomes our one and only education hardest to give. I do not know about you, but I
program. I would tend to say that Toastmasters only have 24 hours in a day, seven days a week.
International will continue to be responsive to I have to be willing to take the time to delve into

feedback received, and where changes are needed, Pathways to get something out of it. Yes, it may
they will be forthcoming. District 7 is taking a require you to do your personal investigation and
giant leap towards better Pathways promotion, studying of what is available in Pathways before
understanding, and educating us all this program you leap into a path. You only get something out

year. Pass your comments and feedback to your of something if you invest something in it. Take
divisional Pathways proponent. They are here the time, give the time, and spend the time to
to help me and you by a positive membership grow and develop personally and professionally.
experience through Pathways. They want us to Sadly, nothing ventured, nothing gained. They

be successful and will be encouraging us all-the still haven’t developed a program that will just
new member, the seasoned Toastmaster, and hand you everything on a silver platter without
everybody in between-in the next few months being engaged in it.
towards 100% adoption rate as well as hands-on Fellow Toastmaster. Intrepid explorer, voyager

assistance to clubs. of the unknown, discoverer of the secrets, each
Perhaps the last that I can share with you is of our journeys begins with but a single step. For
my personal opinion of Pathways. I have heard me, it was press ON-and then stepping out. What
the negatives, the positives and the “ugly” of do you need to start your journey of a lifetime?

the change of education programs we are now Your path awaits!
in. On the other hand, I know that we only gain
success and purpose in a program that we invest
in. You have now been asked to invest your

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