[MetroMembers] Theme for the next meeting: Experience teaches nothing, but evaluated experience teaches everything

[David Chranofsky]

Yes, very interesting, but who is doing the experiencing and who is
doing the evaluatiing...You need experience to do both...Good topic of
discussion...from a former member...eavesdropping on the conversation...

Jazz C wrote:

>      "Experience teaches nothing, but evaluated experience teaches
>                             everything".
>
>
>
>   As we are going to have a lot of own evaluating on own progress in
>                the club, let share them in the meeting
>
> Dear fellow Toastmasters,
>
> I strongly believe in the statement introduced by Kevin. Let it be our
> next meeting's theme and share with each other in the meeting.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Jessica
>
> July 24 Chairlady.
>
> P.S. Evaluating experience (For Member:Being a member in Metrospeakers
> Toastmaster)/ (Guest:Work/Relationship/School/Life)
>
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>
> Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:42:39 -0700
> From: reachkevinwang at gmail.com
> To: members at metrospeakers.org
> Subject: [MetroMembers] Could you please fill-out an evaluation
> form...for yourself
>
>
> Dear fellow members,
>
>
> As the fiscal year of 2007 - 2008 has already concluded, I encourage
> you to take sometime to reflect on your progress in the past year.
> John C. Maxwell once said the following: "Experience teaches nothing,
> but evaluated experience teaches everything".  I believe in this
> statement wholeheartedly, and you would benefit a lot from applying
> this statement to your toastmaster career.
>
> The idea of a performance review has long been instilled in the
> corporate world.  If you work at a company, you would most likely have
> been through a performance evaluation process, and the goal is to to
> understand your areas of strength and development, so you can learn
> from the past and set new goals for yourself to ensure continuous
> growth in the near future.  The same idea applies in Toastmasters.  It
> is important to understand how you did as a toastmaster in the past
> year, in order to effectively plan for the current year.
>
> Here are a few questions you can ask yourself:
>
> - Did I set concrete goals for myself?
> - Have I achieved those goals? If not, what were the reasons?
> - What are my goals for the current year? Are they realistic based on
> my commitments?
> - If there were one thing that I need to work on, what would it be?
> - How can I help someone else in this club?
>
> In addition to answering these questions yourself, I also encourage
> you to work with your mentor to get his/her perspective on your
> progress in the past year.
>
> I hope that you found the past year with Metrospeakers to be an
> enjoyable and a fruitful one, and I hope that you find the next one to
> be even more fulfilling.
>
>
> Take care,
>
> Kevin Wang
> Immediate Past President
> Metrospeakers Toastmasters Club - 4371
>
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