Like Toastmasters...anyone?

Submitted by Hyder Khan
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I go to a toastmasters club and it helped me improve my public speaking skills. I am just throwing this idea out there. What do folks think of having a manager tools curriculum (like Toastmasters) at the area meetings to help members/managers gain key competencies? If M&M get on board then they could help write the curriculum as well. Of course the efforts would be covered financially through membership fees paid anually/bi-anually. It will be like a Toastmasters for Managers.
Submitted by Tom Hausmann on Wednesday September 26th, 2007 8:25 pm

[quote="learningmgr"]What do folks think of having a manager tools curriculum (like Toastmasters) at the area meetings to help members/managers gain key competencies?[/quote]

Learningmgr,

Are you thinking of formal, printed curricular materials?

What I like about MT "meet ups" is that everyone shares a [b]common[/b] [b]vocabulary[/b] thanks to the MT podcasts. In a sense, the podcast series is the curriculum.

When a discussion topic arises at a MT meet-up (we have had two in Milwaukee already) each manager present understands recommendations like "feedback", "coaching", etc. from other managers in response to situations at work.

tlhausmann

Submitted by Hyder Khan on Thursday September 27th, 2007 11:36 am

tlhausmann,
I am talking about a 'role playing' curriculum that a member can progress through..for example the first situation could be a 1:1 call with a direct. The 'direct' can play off a script and the 'manager' reacts accordingly.....followed by a feedback session. This would be the equivalent of the first speech in TM.
The second situation in the curriculum could be 'feedback'...and so on

am I making sense?

Submitted by Michael Auzenne on Thursday September 27th, 2007 2:21 pm

I love the idea. If not for the effort of pulling together the materials, I would do it immediately. ;-)

I definitely think there is value in going through scenarios ... The more rooted in real situations the better. Anyone want to practice feedback? ;-)

Mike

Submitted by Tony Shek on Friday September 28th, 2007 12:31 pm

I also plan to join the toastmaster club here in HK some time next year. I need to prepare GMAT these two months