Secretary’s Report for July 13th, 2009
Three club officers went to the officer training in Salem – Karen Harris, Leigh Prom and myself. We had very good trainers and I’m sure I speak for the three of us when I say, “We learned a lot.”
We have a new member! A BIG WELCOME to Becky Workman. She will be giving her Ice Breaker speech next Thursday August 20th. Also we will induct her into our club. Karen Harris, if you have a camera, please bring it to take a picture for the paper.
We had two guests: Ginger Chenier and Keith Duvall. Chad did a good job with topics questions. Keith Duvall took home the ribbon by answering what happened on his worst date.
We thought we only had one speaker, but Wade did another great hip-pocket speech. Brian Duvall was our first speaker and spoke about how to raise $250,000 on the Internet. Three key steps:
- Offer value first – give them a reason to listen to you.
- Be consistent - (Social Media at one hour a day)
- Engage in a conversation -Build a relationship
Brian has raised money for non profit organizations such as the Chamber of Commerce and the Food Bank. His speech was interesting even though I didn’t understand some of it. Read my lips: I will get better at understanding the things that are available to us over the Internet.
He mentioned Twitter is one of the newest social media tools. We look forward to learning more on this subject in Brian’s future speeches. Brian took home the ribbon for Best Speech.
Wade’s speech, “What’s in Your Wallet?” was humorous and showed us just how organized he is. Everything has its special place in his wallet. Thanks for stepping in and filling a void. We all enjoyed it.
Joyce and I were evaluators. Joyce did a great job and took home the ribbon for Best Evaluator. All other jobs were done well.
BITS & PIECES:
“Your success in life will be in direct proportion to what you do after you do what you are expected to do.”
“The way in which we think of ourselves has everything to do with how our world sees us.”
