30 Minute Evaluation

Very interesting video on Darren LaCroix’s site about Jackpot Toastmasters:

“The home of the 30 minute evaluation.”  I would love to know more about how that is structured.  Is that one person evaluating for 30 minutes, or a round-robin format?  I am sure Jackpot Toastmasters has some great experience they could share.

There’s an interesting comment by Michael Erwine on the post:

Yes! Talk about doing something different!!!

I love the idea of talking an idea and pushing it out to the edge. 30 minute evaluations are a great idea. Who says you have to be exactly like every other Toastmasters club in the world. Establish your own focus.

I gave a talk at a District Conference about pushing clubs to the edge. One thought experiment was: “What if your club dues were $100 a month?”

The 1st blush answer is that you wouldn’t get many members but…

On 2nd blush you wonder, “Who would join?” Answer, folks who were very serious about improving their speaking. Then…”what could the club offer them at that price level?” Hmm…$100 x 12 (months) x 20 (members) = a yearly budget of $24,000 dollars.

Heck, you could even get Darren LaCroix to help you out at that level.

The major point is not (necessarily) to up your club’s dues to $100 a month but to expand your thinking about what can be offered…and not lock your club in to thinking cheap.

Rock on Darren and (as you always do)…

Do Something Different!

Think differently