My assignment was to build a social media presence. Therefore I’m supposed to talk about the best use of online communication. I need to maintain a social profile to promote myself or an organization. This project is a cat walk for me. I’m a computer expert. I’ve been using social media. I’ve maintained a website for 25 years for myself and my business. I use my position as Amazon top 500 reviewers and Youtube channel to promote my world view.
I am profoundly disturbed by what I see in the Pathway program. I gave the speech yesterday off the cuff.
Why am I profoundly disturbed by the Pathway program ?
Toastmasters International for all their promotion of Pathways failed to generate enthusiasm. Nobody including their ambassador tasked with building the enthusiasm, understood what it was. Toastmasters International did not trust enough the membership to tell what the program amounted to. We were skeptical. I’m telling you today our skepticism was fully justified.
Raising my voice ensures that Toastmasters International will regard me as heretic or persona non grata.
Pathways tells you WHAT to say NOT HOW to say it.
The 2 elective speeches in level 3 felt like a breath of fresh air.
Level 4 it was back in prison. They lead on communication change as if everybody has to change things. Toastmasters International felt to change a program that worked for almost 100 years. BTW they were so self confident, that they did it in a secretive manner so that nobody could figure out what was coming. Or could even figure out once it was on top of them.
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