District 42 Spring Convention 2011
How to Rebuild Your Club Using Speechcraft

Norman will show you how to plan, market and execute a Toastmasters Speechcraft program.  Speechcraft is an excellent program for any Toastmasters club to deliver, but it is especially valuable to struggling clubs with declining membership.  A properly designed and marketed Speechcraft program will almost instantly increase the profile of your club in your community.  Speechcraft will also dramatically increase the attendance at your club meetings if you hold your Speechcraft meetings concurrently with your regular club meetings.

Norman Bacon, ACS CL

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Norman Bacon has been a Toastmaster for six years, during which he has held almost all executive positions in his Club.  He served as an Area Governor in 2009-10.  Norman observed successful Speechcrafts held by other Toastmasters Clubs and brought Speechcraft to his home club in 2010.  The results were spectacular -- raising awareness of the club in the club's target market of Federal Civil Servants, and adding eight new members to the club almost instantly. 

Previously, Norman led a team that created the Stage Set speech-drafting template to assist new and struggling speech drafters to quickly outline a speech.  Norman spoke about Stage Set at various club meetings, District Conventions, and even the Region IV Convention in Rapid City, South Dakota in June 2008.