High Performance Leadership Project Postmortem

Comedy Off Broadway

HIGH PERFORMANCE LEADERSHIP PROJECT

Analyzing and Presenting Your Results

• Highlights

• Leadership Lessons Learned

• Aspects of Interest

• Most Valuable and Significant Leadership Behaviors


• Highlights– An incredible venue for the Humorous Speech

Contest.– A well executed - successful event – Lots of participation and attendance– A fund raising and marketing experience– A opportunity for members to earn experience

required in the Competent Leadership Manual


• Leadership Lessons Learned– Start Earlier – Delegate – More face time with volunteers– More Web based interaction with committees


• Aspects of Interest– Competent Leadership Manual requirements– Club donations of $40.00 as down payment for event

• Serves as a proxy to determine participation• Ensures success for basic contest allowing to fundraise

immediately• Lessened the need for district financial support

– Filled an often vacant District Level Office• Enlisted to be Assistant Mountain Division Governor of

Education and Training


• Most Valuable and Significant Leadership Behaviors – Phone repore with all teammates– Patience– Resist the temptation to micromanage– Enlist more volunteers than you need

• Two Sound Technicians, two photographers

To imbue new life into the cliché’s of Leadership Teamwork and Stewardship. To reveal the nuances, interplay and common attributes between teamwork, leadership

and stewardship in our everyday commitments and raise to a conscious level all the examples that are around us. Raise to a conscious level the opportunities that

are in our grasp If we only were only aware.

VISION

My mission is to leverage the humorous speech contest as a marketing tool by

conducting it at Comedy-Off-Broadway. By promoting the event publicly, we will

increase participation and draw potential members. Capitalizing on the venue

through a PR campaign will raise money for the event and awareness of Toastmasters

in the community.

MISSION

Show others how Toastmasters opportunities relate

to real-world applications;

Ensure that everyone understands the Vision and the Mission;

Encourage participation and support

all who want to participate;

CORE VALUES

Be open-minded to all ideasthat are contributed to the cause;

Work through all disagreements until win/win is achieved;

Lead by example;

Ensure that volunteer efforts work towards the goals of each member.

CORE VALUES

CL Manual Opportunities

Project 6 (Organizing and Delegating)

Performing any of the 6 criteria1. Help Organize a Club (or Area) Speech Contest2. Help Organize a Club (or Area) Special Event3. Help Organize a Club (or Area) Member Campaign or

Contest4. Help Organize a Club (or Area) PR Campaign5. Help Produce a Club (or Area) Newsletter6. Assist the Club’s Webmaster


Project 8 (Motivating People)

Performing and of the 2 criteria:

1. Serve as Membership Campaign or Contest Chairman

2. Serve as Public Relations Campaign Chairman

(One of the two is required for Project 8)


Project 9 (Mentoring People)

Performing this criteria for

1. Serve as HPL Guidance Committee Members


Project 10 (Team building)

Performing any of the 5 criteria:1. Club (or Area) Membership Campaign or Contest

Chairman2. Club (or Area) Public Relations Campaign Chairman3. Club (or Area) Speech Contest Chairman4. Club (or Area) Special Event Chairman5. Club (or Area) Webmaster or Club Newsletter Editor

ACTION PLAN

• HUMOROUS SPEECH AND TABLE TOPICS CONTEST

• FUND RAISING/SPONSORSHIP AND SPECIAL EVENT CAMPAIGN

• AWARENESS CAMPAIGN

• MARKETTING/PR CAMPAIGN

ACTION PLAN• AWARENESS CAMPAIGN

– Toastmasters Table for Guests– Bring a Friend Announcement to Clubs

• MARKETTING/PR CAMPAIGN– Promotional Article for Newsletters about contest– Electronic Posts for Blogs about contest– Newspaper Announcements about contest– Youtube Video Creation of contest

• HUMOROUS SPEECH AND TABLE TOPICS CONTEST– Admissions Table at Contest– Lights and Sound for stage at Contests– Refreshments in between Contests

• FUND RAISING/SPONSORSHIP/SPECIAL EVENT CAMPAIGN– Door Prize Organizer at Contest– Recognition Award to Comedy Off Broadway at Contest– Sponsorship Drive to Raise Funds for Venue for Contest

MEDIA OUTLETS

• LEXINGTON HERALD– (EVENTS CALENDAR)

• WJMM – (21 SPOTS)

• WEKU– (PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT)

• RICMOND MAGAZINE

• FLYERS

LITERATURE

Attendance

• 44 Members – Area 42 – 9 Sign ups– Area 41 – 33 Sign ups

• 22 Guests

• 14 Volunteers

83 counted during Area 41 contest

Sponsors

• 6 Financial Sponsors

• 4 Service Sponsors

• 20 Gift Sponsors

• 5 Food Sponsors

FINANCES

$320

$250

$245

$200

$115

$210

$167

$125

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Income Expense

Misc. Expenses

Supplies

Public Relations

Food

Rent

At The Door

Sponsors

Clubs Cont.

NEXT STEPS

• THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS• SET THE STAGE FOR NEXT YEAR• WRITE:

– An article slated for publication– Publish Report

• CELEBRATE:– Thank Sponsors and Post Mortem

• “If you make hay, or may hay while the sun shines, you take advantage of an opportunity as soon as it arises and do not waste time.”

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High Performance Leadership Project Postmortem