Reflecting on TLI

If you read this directly from the blog (which I do not advise) you will probably notice a little change in look and layout. I am making things a bit nicer here.

Things are going really well with Toastmasters at the moment and I am enjoying myself again. I think a sudden change in district leadership helped push me back in the game. I wish everyone could experience this. First, my TLI workshops went well. I think my explanation of the distinguished club plan was better than my session for the VPs (membership and PR). We had a nice sized group and I finally got to meet Bash Turray, the current DG for the district (this is part of our sudden leadership change). I had been hearing such great things about him and I was not disappointed. I think he gets the problems, at least the problems this district has been having. I think we are back on the right track, but there is still some work to be done.
If you saw the previous entry, you saw my outline for the DCP speech. I got enough praise about it to know this is where we need to be going. The members know it, new and experienced alike. The newer leaders said it helped them make sense of it. The experiences leaders said it was nice to hear a focus on the mission and purpose of our club rather than getting the points. There has been more push for me to get involved to continue this dicussion.

I feel like I got more out of this smaller TLI than I ever have out of the big ones. I realized that this is typically what happens when I attend the smaller TLIs. I feel like the big one may not be worth it if you want leaders to walk away feeling positive and cared about. Has anyone else felt like this?

I haven't seen any TLI feedback just yet, but when I do I will be sure to share.