This month I got elected to be secretary of my Toastmasters club. I got to go to the Toastmasters Leadership Institute (TLI) and learn about what I would be doing for the secretary position. Just for giggles and grins I attended the building club spirit and what to do for Sergent At Arms positions. They did mention that the trainers would be on the same page for this years TLI and it showed.
For the secretary position and Sergent At Arms position they covered some of the what you will be doing and some details about the Leadership Opportunities. Some of the leadership opportunities included setting realistic and attainable goals, planning, delegation, monitoring progress, and coaching team members as necessary. Their was also more depth in covering how to motivate, delegate, barriers of delegation, and how to coach.
Building club spirit wise was interesting because it covered aspects of how to make things interesting for people. It covered elements of how to keep people motivated to accomplish their goals. Some elements of building or keeping team spirit include: first impressions, teamwork, traditions, celebrations/socialization, or progress. All of these elements hopefully will keep the group motivated to continue accomplishing their goals that brought them to Toastmasters.
Isaac
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
It's been a busy June... Part 1
I've been taking summer classes this summer. One of the classes met three days a week for three hours for 5 weeks. It was a public relations visual communications class. Interesting, dense, and moved quick. Think I learned a lot about analyzing visual communications and got some insight of the historical perspective of it all. It's done now.
Still have five weeks of learning about Oracle Database management. Meets up one day a week for four and a half hours. Not bad but it can be a long day.
As for the weekends it started with the Wine, Dine, and Jazz on June 10, 11, and 12. Did a lot for them. Started on the 10th with setting up canopies for some of the food vendors. There was a lot of sand bag moving but it paid off. Got to explore one of the basements one of the old buildings that are in Belleville, IL, it was a dark musty basement. Part of the reason I like volunteering is the chance to explore things you wouldn't normally see on a day to day basis. Also help sort sponsor ads to prepare the folks the next day to set up.
The second day (11th), I got water into coolers. I also got to be the parking assistant for the bands. The bands had to park and unload their equipment somewhere and I was the guy that help them out getting their stuff out near the stage. Got to hang out backstage and pass water up to the bands.
When that portion was done I got to help sell some wine tokens. Got to feed the people handling people but I also got to sell a few tokens to the crowds. Also rearranged some of the wine glasses that were being sold. After the festivities I helped move stuff inside for the night like the wine glasses and papers.
After all of that was done some of us got to hang out and get a few beers while we waited for the storms to roll in. The winds were pretty bad. Some of the canopies were thrown pretty far. Helped out with some of the storm cleanup in preparation for the workers that were going to hang out that morning and reset all the canopies and umbrellas that were knocked over.
On the 12th, the city and Mayor Eckert had some of his city teams out resetting all of the tables and canopies. I helped pull the wine glasses, event papers, more sponsor ads, and more water. Reset some of the sponsor ads. Went back to parking and band assistant. Got to sample some of the awesome bbq and wines. After the event shut down we tore down all of the canopies and moved buckets and sand back to the trailers. Moved picnic tables. Helped tear down the stage and move some of the band equipment.
The following morning me and a few others put the last of the umbrellas, buckets, stands, tables, ads, and poles back into the trailers. We moved water to its final resting place for the next event. We loaded all of the leftover glasses into vehicles for storage elsewhere. I moved event art into the Art On The Square Building. Basically cleaned up after the event.
Overall it was a pretty neat event. The Wine, Dine, and Jazz event and Art On The Square Events were both very neat events.
Still have five weeks of learning about Oracle Database management. Meets up one day a week for four and a half hours. Not bad but it can be a long day.
As for the weekends it started with the Wine, Dine, and Jazz on June 10, 11, and 12. Did a lot for them. Started on the 10th with setting up canopies for some of the food vendors. There was a lot of sand bag moving but it paid off. Got to explore one of the basements one of the old buildings that are in Belleville, IL, it was a dark musty basement. Part of the reason I like volunteering is the chance to explore things you wouldn't normally see on a day to day basis. Also help sort sponsor ads to prepare the folks the next day to set up.
The second day (11th), I got water into coolers. I also got to be the parking assistant for the bands. The bands had to park and unload their equipment somewhere and I was the guy that help them out getting their stuff out near the stage. Got to hang out backstage and pass water up to the bands.
When that portion was done I got to help sell some wine tokens. Got to feed the people handling people but I also got to sell a few tokens to the crowds. Also rearranged some of the wine glasses that were being sold. After the festivities I helped move stuff inside for the night like the wine glasses and papers.
After all of that was done some of us got to hang out and get a few beers while we waited for the storms to roll in. The winds were pretty bad. Some of the canopies were thrown pretty far. Helped out with some of the storm cleanup in preparation for the workers that were going to hang out that morning and reset all the canopies and umbrellas that were knocked over.
On the 12th, the city and Mayor Eckert had some of his city teams out resetting all of the tables and canopies. I helped pull the wine glasses, event papers, more sponsor ads, and more water. Reset some of the sponsor ads. Went back to parking and band assistant. Got to sample some of the awesome bbq and wines. After the event shut down we tore down all of the canopies and moved buckets and sand back to the trailers. Moved picnic tables. Helped tear down the stage and move some of the band equipment.
The following morning me and a few others put the last of the umbrellas, buckets, stands, tables, ads, and poles back into the trailers. We moved water to its final resting place for the next event. We loaded all of the leftover glasses into vehicles for storage elsewhere. I moved event art into the Art On The Square Building. Basically cleaned up after the event.
Overall it was a pretty neat event. The Wine, Dine, and Jazz event and Art On The Square Events were both very neat events.
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