Club officer training - what I'd like next time

What did I enjoy?

New information - from Coralie.
Display of Toastmasters Promise.
Display of banners with ribbons.
Slide presentation.
Coconuts as prizes.
Food and drink on arrival.

What could be improved or changed?
Get to the other participants, their names, position in their club, their contact details.

Photo of those at the event to put on Facebook/website and encourage others to attend the next event.

Show manual cover and say on which page to find information. (I was faffing around in wrong manual and interrupted speaker Coralie before I found it.

Something for everyone so those not getting the coconut prize got a pen or a chocolate.

Give out pen and paper at start or check everybody has got them or ask everybody to get out paper and pen from their bags or email asking them to bring paper and pen.

Email venue organiser/club president, ask who is booking venue eg Sergeant at Arms AA, email them (SAA or whoever) and ask for written confirmation that venue is booked.

People should not sit behind others with the same name. Those with same name should have first letter of surname on badge. We had two Angela's at this meeting. Only two days earlier two people called Mike, one behind another, stood up when TME called on Mike to speak.

What extras would I like next time?
A Speed-dating style start where you exchange your details with other participants to encourage networking.

Name badges with club and current or previous or potential posts held. Ask me about/I'd like to know about tick box on badge.

Trouble-shooting guide on each committee post. eg Challenges of a President and falling numbers; quick panel one sentence anser on how to deal with it. How to replace a committee member who resigns a week later.

A write up of the event to remind us what we learned and pass it on to those who did not attend and keep a record for future years.

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Angela Lansbury, speaker, author of: Quick Quotations; Wedding Speeches & Toasts.
Member of Harrovians and HOD Toastmasters clubs.
Posts held previously:
Secretary, HOD.
President, Harrovians.