Summary: In this show I take my <a title="Terry on Leadership Podcasts" href="http://www.tdktalks.com/category/podcast/" target="_blank">“roaming mic”</a> to our Jan/2010 <a title="Toastmaster Leadership Institute TLI" href="http://calgarytoastmasters.wordpress.com/club-officer-training/club-officer-training/" target="_blank">Toastmasters Leadership Institute TLI</a>. That’s where I ask attendees for their feedback on what they like and get out of the TLI. Senior members of <a title="Find a Toastmaster Club" href="http://reports.toastmasters.org/findaclub/" target="_blank">Toastmaster clubs</a> from all over our city are the trainers. So incoming executives get a good cross section of experience in their training.<br> The fastest way to come up to speed is to mentor under experienced member executives. Why reinvent the wheel and make the same mistakes, right? Eventually you may consider becoming a <a title="District Executive" href="http://calgarytoastmasters.wordpress.com/2010/04/10/district-executive-election/" target="_blank">district exective</a> in your own toastmaster location. Being an executive in your club is the first step to get you there.<br> When I first became a club executive, VP Education I believe, I realized it is the first step at honing my leadership skills. I had to encourage, excite, sometimes even coerce members to take roles in club meetings or deliver a speech. Many times, most of us have to be nudged to step out of our comfort zone. I think it is the default that we naturally seclude to our comfort zone. It’s like that adage, “Stick with what you know”. It’s our comfort zone. Since then I have also served as <a title="7 Executives in 7 Minutes - Which Club Exec Should YOU Be?" href="http://www.tdktalks.com/2010/05/10/show-007-7-executives-in-7-minutes-which-club-exec-should-you-be/" target="_blank">Treasurer, VP Education (again), VP Membership and even President</a>. I learned that by stepping outside of my comfort zone, I could look forward to rewarding growth in my leadership foray.<br> It was fun making it but I still can’t believe how private people become when they see a mic coming at them. Also, noticed how much more reserved and stiff people become in their speaking once they are being recorded.<br> I open the show with my “Tip of the Show”. I then discuss the VIEWPOINT article from the February issue of TOASTMASTER mag. I present the feature live interviews from our local TLI. I round out my show with “Of Worthy Mention”, where I feature and discuss 1 select article from the February TOASTMASTER mag.<br> –<br> You will also like this recent interview<br> <a title="Are YOU an Innerpreneur ? Find Out in This Interview with Tara Joyce of Elastic Mind" href="http://www.tdktalks.com/are-you-an-innerpreneur/#.UbpcKJzNmLU" target="_blank">Show #018 – Are YOU an Innerpreneur?</a><br> or<br> <a title="Interview with Ms Dianna Booher" href="http://www.tdktalks.com/mentor-you-can-rely-on-an-interview-with-ms-dianna-booher/#.Ubqa3pzNmLU" target="_blank">Show #016 – A Mentor YOU can Rely on – Interview with Dianna Booher</a><br> <br>
