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part of the program as their favorite, especially The driving force behind the successful
when Lakeitha played some inspirational music execution of the training was Lorri Andersen,
as an attention getting device! Thank you our Program Quality Director. She was a key
Lakeitha! decision maker and a steady influence. She
The program itself received high praise from attracted some very talented volunteers, some

the attendees, many citing the quality of the newcomers with strong potential for growth, and
material presented and the skill of the presenters. she provided support and morale to the team as
Dr Gwendolyn Avington and Michael Rosenburg we met our milestones and deadlines to exceed

recruited and worked with the elective speakers our expectations. Lorri introduced “Train the
to ensure they were well prepared for their roles Trainer” and recruited Donna Stark to head it
and were kept informed of all developments. up. Donna held several meetings with the Officer
Dr Gwen was a key member of the steering Training presenters and impressed on them the
committee, providing valuable advice every week need to engage the audience, to allow plenty

on best practices, and maintained a cheerful and of time in the schedule for questions, and to
optimistic disposition in the face of adversity. encourage the more experienced Toastmasters to
Our speakers this year were uniformly share their stories of success with the newer club

outstanding. We hosted the elective and officer officers. This led to a streamlined program that
training sessions in over 30 separate zoom resulted in many positive comments. Mission
sessions, and our survey respondents singled accomplished!
out over half of them by name as their favorite As for me, I experienced the exhilaration that
moment. They were all so good I guess it was comes from planning something for six months

hard to narrow it down to a clear winner. Well, then seeing it unfold. My greatest desire is for
that is, with the exception of our Keynote speaker, others to experience the same thing. Won’t you
Region 1 Advisor, Mark Lucas. Over 20% singled volunteer for the next TLI? Please click on the

out Mark as their favorite moment. Thank you yellow link to register your interest in speaking,
Mark! Also receiving multiple accolades were training, Zooming, hosting, and planning. See
Tom Briggs, David Bones, Bill Maher, Joe Harper, you in six months!
Phyllis Harmon and Leanna Lindquist. The top
favorite training sessions were Treasurer, VP I Volunteer for

Education, and President, also with multiple Summer TLI
commendations.

Individual commitment to a group effort — that is what makes

a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization

work. – Vince Lombardi

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