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| Case I –
At one of the Manager’s Meetings weeks ago (mid December 2010), the Manager encouraged members to move around within the company to learn more about our business, and/or to apply for Lead or Manager positions at other teams if available … to fulfill individual’s career goals. He then used him as the example: ”I came to the company as a senior programmer, moved up to be the Lead of a different team, and to here as the manager.” “Once there is no challenge for me,” he continued, “I will definitely consider to move to another team or department for more challenges.” There was silence for a while … maybe due to some mixed perceptions or interpretations of Manager’s message on this topic. To break the silence, I replied right away, “Don’t worry, XX (manger’s name), we can definitely help you by creating more challenges for you.” Everyone in the room was laughing, including the Manager. Case II - The day before yesterday (Saturday, 1/8/2011), I attended the trainings by TLI (Toastmasters Leadership Institute) at the GEICO building. The first 2 hours were the required training for Club Officers. As the President of the GEICO Toastmasters Club, I attended the one for President, led by Barry Piatt. From 11 to 1, there were a variety of topics on communications, leaderships, etc., which were open to anyone. I rushed to the one with a title of [Can’t I Say “Ain’t”? Exploiting Levels of Styles to Inform, Amuse, and Inspire] taught by Stanley Dambroski, Ph.D., ATMB/CL. The name looks familiar with me. Mmmm, yes, on 8/28/2010, I attended Stanley’s class entitled “Add Magic to your Words: Make Speeches Magical, Memorable, Quotable.” (TLI’s training as well) I loved it. Stanley is very knowledgeable in English writing, both article and speechwriting, even though his teaching was not perfect…mumble sometimes (but, no teacher is perfect.) I was looking forward to his class when I was at my officer’s training. As I rushed to the room, Stanley was asking attendees “any specific topics/interests you want to learn from this training.” As I stepped into the room, found a seat, sit down, and it was my turn right away. His question kind of caught me off the cuff. I replied, “Well, I come here to learn more about … You!” *********************************** 大俠的機智(及台風、口才、幽默)，有不少是受惠於「國際演講協會」(Toastmasters International)的訓練學習、潛移默化，在每週「做中學習」的開會中，有即席演講(Table Topic) ，大俠反覆上台、臨題受命、think on the fly、speak off the cuff、隨勢而起、隨機應變，機智於焉漸露、日久而成。 1924年在加州成立的「國際演講協會」，致力於推廣有效的口頭溝通至全球各地。近86年的發展，其分會遍及全球113個國家、超過12,500個分會 (例如，台灣有152個分會，中國有123個分會)、至少26萬名會員，在21世紀，其溝通教育的影響力仍在繼續茁壯成長。藉由協會的培訓方案/手冊，通 過分會的定期開會(每週一次、每兩週一次、或每月一次)，會員們在「做中學習」的環境中，彼此互相幫助，學習溝通技巧、加強聽力訓練、發揮口語藝術、增進 演講信心、培養領導潛能、促進自我實現。本地的演講分會發展蓬勃，馬里蘭州就有207個分會、維吉尼亞州更有310個分會，欲尋找適合的演講分會、或了解 更多有關「國際演講協會」的信息，請至網址www.toastmasters.org |
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