Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Toastmasters Official Podcast - A Learning Opportunity

Recently, I discovered the podcast produced by the Toastmasters organization. The podcast provides news, information, and interviews of importance to those in Toastmasters. There is also opportunities for education and learning from the leadership in Toastmasters, on one the recent podcasts was an interview with Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM) Carol Dean Schreiner. Schreiner reviews the purpose and approach for evaluations within a toastmaster meeting. One area Schreiner covers is how a toastmaster should not be intimated when evaluating more experienced members, even a DTM, and we should always look for areas of improvement and positive criticism. If you are looking for ways to improve your evaluation approach and ensure you are building on the TM method, give the podcast a listen.

My first player was a portable 8-track player - Click and Roll!!!

Texting and Conversation

Keith Ferrazzi just posted an article The Techno-Loner Generation: Are You Raising a Socially Illiterate Child?
on the impact of texting and technology on the children of today. An interesting read and thoughts on what we as parents are doing to ensure our children understand how to keep a balance in communication styles.

Do you think all of this texting is bad for children?