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betsy_in_va
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 Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 8:13 pm Post subject: Contest Coordinators: Help or Hindrance? |
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Do you guys use contest coordinators, and if so, do you think they are
helpful?
This year, my district put an emphasis on using them, so several of us
tried it for the first time. So far, most of my friends think it's more
effort than it's worth. It seems that you spend more time meeting with
the coordinator, and trying to get materials back and forth, than you
would have spent if you had simply done all the tasks yourself. For
example, it takes five minutes to make a flyer that you can take to
your club meetings. It takes a lot more time to arrange a meeting with
someone to pick up the fliers that he made so you can take them to your
club meetings.
Any thoughts or opinions? |
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Rod Taylor
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| Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 10:16 pm Post subject: Re: Contest Coordinators: Help or Hindrance? |
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"betsy_in_va" <b7760@keogan.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Do you guys use contest coordinators, and if so, do you think they are
helpful?
This year, my district put an emphasis on using them, so several of us
tried it for the first time. So far, most of my friends think it's
more
effort than it's worth. It seems that you spend more time meeting with
the coordinator, and trying to get materials back and forth, than you
would have spent if you had simply done all the tasks yourself. For
example, it takes five minutes to make a flyer that you can take to
your club meetings. It takes a lot more time to arrange a meeting with
someone to pick up the fliers that he made so you can take them to
your
club meetings.
Any thoughts or opinions?
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I think it's a great idea to have someone who knows the procedures and
rules and has access to the correct paperwork. Such people are
excellent resources, but their knowledge and experience ought to be
available by phone or e-mail.
Having said that, I'm inclined to agree that unnecessary meetings are a
total waste of resources and, in most cases, the job can be done more
effectively by one person if they have the right information. This
situation sounds rather familiar to our previous conversation on the CL
project 'Chair a Club PR Campaign'. It's quicker and easier to do the
job yourself than to set up a team.
Rod Taylor (rodt iafrica - don't forget the @ and the dotcom)
Transformers Toastmasters Club
District 74, Southern Africa |
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| Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 11:51 pm Post subject: Re: Contest Coordinators: Help or Hindrance? |
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I think its a good idea to have a contest chair and to have the chair
manage the contest nad get many people involved doing each task.
However one of my goals is to reduce time wasted on bureaucracy. One
of the reasons to involve others is so that they get the opportunity to
meet others. I find if you join ACM or IEEE you tend to feel you
belong to the whole organization and your local SIG or Chapter is just
one facet of membership. I think we need to get Toastmasters thinking
that way instead of only seeing their club members.
In management its nearly always quicker to do it yourself and its a
real skill to learn to delegate. Its hard at first but people like
being asked to do things and it helps with member retention to give
people responsibilities.
Having said that paperwork handling in Toastmasters needs radical
modification - as you say getting people to carry paper is a silly
waste of time - I am working on doing things electronically - e.g.
surveymonkey.com for surveys and mollyguard.com for online registration
and PayPal for paying dues.
I do think you need to try to minimize time spent on administration -
by combining meetings - for example I held a Division Council meeting
before a District Meeting so people didn't have 2 management meetings
in a week. Officer meetings can be before or after club meetings to be
time efficient.
betsy_in_va wrote:
| Quote: | Do you guys use contest coordinators, and if so, do you think they are
helpful?
This year, my district put an emphasis on using them, so several of us
tried it for the first time. So far, most of my friends think it's more
effort than it's worth. It seems that you spend more time meeting with
the coordinator, and trying to get materials back and forth, than you
would have spent if you had simply done all the tasks yourself. For
example, it takes five minutes to make a flyer that you can take to
your club meetings. It takes a lot more time to arrange a meeting with
someone to pick up the fliers that he made so you can take them to your
club meetings.
Any thoughts or opinions? |
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| Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 11:51 pm Post subject: Re: Contest Coordinators: Help or Hindrance? |
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I think its a good idea to have a contest chair and to have the chair
manage the contest nad get many people involved doing each task.
However one of my goals is to reduce time wasted on bureaucracy. One
of the reasons to involve others is so that they get the opportunity to
meet others. I find if you join ACM or IEEE you tend to feel you
belong to the whole organization and your local SIG or Chapter is just
one facet of membership. I think we need to get Toastmasters thinking
that way instead of only seeing their club members.
In management its nearly always quicker to do it yourself and its a
real skill to learn to delegate. Its hard at first but people like
being asked to do things and it helps with member retention to give
people responsibilities.
Having said that paperwork handling in Toastmasters needs radical
modification - as you say getting people to carry paper is a silly
waste of time - I am working on doing things electronically - e.g.
surveymonkey.com for surveys and mollyguard.com for online registration
and PayPal for paying dues.
I do think you need to try to minimize time spent on administration -
by combining meetings - for example I held a Division Council meeting
before a District Meeting so people didn't have 2 management meetings
in a week. Officer meetings can be before or after club meetings to be
time efficient.
betsy_in_va wrote:
| Quote: | Do you guys use contest coordinators, and if so, do you think they are
helpful?
This year, my district put an emphasis on using them, so several of us
tried it for the first time. So far, most of my friends think it's more
effort than it's worth. It seems that you spend more time meeting with
the coordinator, and trying to get materials back and forth, than you
would have spent if you had simply done all the tasks yourself. For
example, it takes five minutes to make a flyer that you can take to
your club meetings. It takes a lot more time to arrange a meeting with
someone to pick up the fliers that he made so you can take them to your
club meetings.
Any thoughts or opinions? |
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p c
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| Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 7:59 am Post subject: Re: Contest Coordinators: Help or Hindrance? |
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betsy_in_va wrote:
| Quote: | Do you guys use contest coordinators, and if so, do you think they are
helpful?
This year, my district put an emphasis on using them, so several of us
tried it for the first time. So far, most of my friends think it's more
effort than it's worth. It seems that you spend more time meeting with
the coordinator, and trying to get materials back and forth, than you
would have spent if you had simply done all the tasks yourself. For
example, it takes five minutes to make a flyer that you can take to
your club meetings. It takes a lot more time to arrange a meeting with
someone to pick up the fliers that he made so you can take them to your
club meetings.
Any thoughts or opinions?
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My guess, the emphasis by the district on using "contest coordinators is
because serving as a contest coordinators (I think) is one of the
project for the new CL manual.
My opinion on getting things done is to keep it simple. For any project
that involves multiple persons, I will use as few people as possible
with enough backups. My preference is to use people who are qualified
for the task as first priority, then use people who can figure out how
to do the job on their own, then use peeple who I have to "teach" how to
do the job. It takes time to teach, but soemetimes that may be the only
option, or a good option.
Looking at this long term, the perosn you teach as a contest coordanator
may become the future VPE, Area gov, or Div gov. If they ;earn the
"conetst job", they will be more willing to serve in those roles and do
a good job for the club, area, or div contests.
I am serving as area gov for the first time. Organizing the area contest
is more work than I expected. Obvioulsy, it will be easier next time
but I don't plan to serve as Area gov for more than one year. I am
having joint contest with a fellow area gov. The agreement is I take the
lead in the fall and he will take the lead in the spring.
...PC |
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Rod Taylor
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| Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 2:15 pm Post subject: Re: Contest Coordinators: Help or Hindrance? |
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| Quote: | betsy_in_va wrote:
Do you guys use contest coordinators, and if so, do you think they
are
helpful?
This year, my district put an emphasis on using them, so several of
us
tried it for the first time. So far, most of my friends think it's
more
effort than it's worth. It seems that you spend more time meeting
with
the coordinator, and trying to get materials back and forth, than
you
would have spent if you had simply done all the tasks yourself. For
example, it takes five minutes to make a flyer that you can take to
your club meetings. It takes a lot more time to arrange a meeting
with
someone to pick up the fliers that he made so you can take them to
your
club meetings.
Any thoughts or opinions?
My guess, the emphasis by the district on using "contest coordinators
is
because serving as a contest coordinators (I think) is one of the
project for the new CL manual.
My opinion on getting things done is to keep it simple. For any
project
that involves multiple persons, I will use as few people as possible
with enough backups. My preference is to use people who are qualified
for the task as first priority, then use people who can figure out how
to do the job on their own, then use peeple who I have to "teach" how
to
do the job. It takes time to teach, but soemetimes that may be the
only
option, or a good option.
Looking at this long term, the perosn you teach as a contest
coordanator
may become the future VPE, Area gov, or Div gov. If they ;earn the
"conetst job", they will be more willing to serve in those roles and
do
a good job for the club, area, or div contests.
I am serving as area gov for the first time. Organizing the area
contest
is more work than I expected. Obvioulsy, it will be easier next time
but I don't plan to serve as Area gov for more than one year. I am
having joint contest with a fellow area gov. The agreement is I take
the
lead in the fall and he will take the lead in the spring.
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Perhaps I misunderstood the term 'contest co-ordinator'. I was assuming
that such people were experts who would set up or guide teams to run
speech contests under the leadership of the contest chairperson. Perhaps
the term 'contest co-ordinator' is just another name for contest
chairperson, or maybe Betsy and PC are using the term differently.
As for the new CL manual, there are two projects relating to speech
contests, and you don't HAVE to do either.
One is to chair a Club speech contest (Area, Division, or District
contests don't count!) This falls under 'teambuilding'. The other is to
'help to organise a Club speech contest' (Again, Area, Division, or
District contests don't count) . This falls under 'Organising and
Delegating'. In both cases, completing this requirement satisfies the
whole of the CL project.
Rod Taylor (rodt iafrica - don't forget the @ and the dotcom)
Transformers Toastmasters Club
District 74, Southern Africa |
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betsy_in_va
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| Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 9:17 pm Post subject: Re: Contest Coordinators: Help or Hindrance? |
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| Quote: | Perhaps I misunderstood the term 'contest co-ordinator'. I was assuming
that such people were experts who would set up or guide teams to run
speech contests under the leadership of the contest chairperson. Perhaps
the term 'contest co-ordinator' is just another name for contest
chairperson, or maybe Betsy and PC are using the term differently.
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In my neck of the woods, the coordinator is supposed to do all the
tasks involved in holding the contest. This includes: making fliers,
getting copies of all the forms (and seeing to it that contestants fill
out the forms ahead of time), making the agenda, sending notices to the
local paper, posting fliers around the community, asking people to
bring food or going out and buying food and other party supplies,
buying gifts and trophies, asking local companies to donate raffle
items, wrapping gifts and raffle items, creating certificates for all
participants, and especially, asking people to be judges, timers, etc.
(often the most difficult and time consuming task if you have clubs
that don't like to participate).
The AG is supposed to meet with the coordinator to discuss how the
event should go, and to keep track of the progress of the details. The
AG then has more time to service his clubs, and while visiting the
clubs, takes the time to promote the contest. The AG also asks someone
to be the contest master and the chief judge.
On contest day, the coordinator is supposed to set up the party and
make sure everything is running smoothly, so the AG is free to be the
host of the event and talk with the various "dignitaries" who have
agree to be judges, etc.
This is how it works IN THEORY!
In reality, my contest coordinator apparently thought his big
contribution was to hold lots of meetings with me. We talked on the
phone once a week, for over an hour each time, and the meetings didn't
seem to go anywhere, just seemed to cover the same old ground. Mostly
he wanted to discuss his glory days as an AG. I guess he thought he was
giving me advice, (however I've thrown contests before and know how to
do it).
After awhile, our weekly phone calls started sounding exactly the same:
Contest Coordinator (aka CC): We're in really good shape, you're
contest is soooo much easier than when I had to be an area governor.
Did I ever tell you about how the District Governor was so impressed
with the contests I ran? There's only a few things that still need to
be done (reads long list).
ME: That's great, I thought you told me you were going to do those
things last week...
CC: Oh, everything's being handled, trust me. I can handle a little
contest like this, your contest isn't nearly as big of an event as the
ones I put on. But I didn't think we had discussed it enough... Did I
tell you that I know many very important people who will make great
judges? (recites long list of names.)
ME: Have you actually contacted any of these people?
CC: Well, my e-mail is down and my land line phone doesn't work and I
don't have any more minutes available on my cell phone, I need all my
minutes for these meetings. But don't worry these people are my very
close friends and even if I asked them the day before the contest,
they'd still be delighted to do anything for me, because in my day I
did a lot of favors for these people...
ME: Well, I'm the sort of person who is more comfortable when things
are done well in advance. I really think we need to get going on this.
Next week, instead of calling me, why don't you use the same amount
of time to call some judges?
CC: It's vital to have these weekly meetings. You can never discuss
all the little details enough... why don't you meet me for coffee and
I'll show you what the agenda looked like when I was holding the
contest. I don't want to just make one without thoroughly discussing
it... first we should discuss typefaces....
Shortly before the contest, he left a message on my answering machine
that something had come up and I would have to get someone else to help
me. The only thing he had actually done was make fliers and ask a few
people to be judges. So, I had to take a day off work and do the rest
of the tasks myself. The whole thing, including buying gifts and
calling people at the last minute to be a judge, took 4 hours to do on
my own (compared with more than 10 hours of meetings).
Lesson learned:
1. If a DTM approaches you and asks to be your contest coordinator, be
wary. He may just be looking for a new friend to listen to his stories.
It is better to teach a person who is just learning about
contests--then you feel as though you're teaching a future leader, and
that person is likely to do some work.
2. In the end, it doesn't really matter. Contests happen, for better or
for worse, and they aren't worth getting stressed out over. |
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rich.hopkins@gmail.com
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| Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 12:00 am Post subject: Re: Contest Coordinators: Help or Hindrance? |
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Wow - gifts, raffles, trophies - I want to go to YOUR contests. On a
good day, our contests have store bought cookies, pop, and I believe my
Division trophy for International in the Spring was a plastic water
bottle the DivG got from work.
By the way, would your post be considered a "war story war story"? As
Pogo used to say - We have met the enemy, and he is us!
Keep up your spirits - and hey, tell that DTM thanks for getting you
out of the office for a day to go shopping ;)
Rich.
betsy_in_va wrote:
| Quote: | Perhaps I misunderstood the term 'contest co-ordinator'. I was assuming
that such people were experts who would set up or guide teams to run
speech contests under the leadership of the contest chairperson. Perhaps
the term 'contest co-ordinator' is just another name for contest
chairperson, or maybe Betsy and PC are using the term differently.
In my neck of the woods, the coordinator is supposed to do all the
tasks involved in holding the contest. This includes: making fliers,
getting copies of all the forms (and seeing to it that contestants fill
out the forms ahead of time), making the agenda, sending notices to the
local paper, posting fliers around the community, asking people to
bring food or going out and buying food and other party supplies,
buying gifts and trophies, asking local companies to donate raffle
items, wrapping gifts and raffle items, creating certificates for all
participants, and especially, asking people to be judges, timers, etc.
(often the most difficult and time consuming task if you have clubs
that don't like to participate).
The AG is supposed to meet with the coordinator to discuss how the
event should go, and to keep track of the progress of the details. The
AG then has more time to service his clubs, and while visiting the
clubs, takes the time to promote the contest. The AG also asks someone
to be the contest master and the chief judge.
On contest day, the coordinator is supposed to set up the party and
make sure everything is running smoothly, so the AG is free to be the
host of the event and talk with the various "dignitaries" who have
agree to be judges, etc.
This is how it works IN THEORY!
In reality, my contest coordinator apparently thought his big
contribution was to hold lots of meetings with me. We talked on the
phone once a week, for over an hour each time, and the meetings didn't
seem to go anywhere, just seemed to cover the same old ground. Mostly
he wanted to discuss his glory days as an AG. I guess he thought he was
giving me advice, (however I've thrown contests before and know how to
do it).
After awhile, our weekly phone calls started sounding exactly the same:
Contest Coordinator (aka CC): We're in really good shape, you're
contest is soooo much easier than when I had to be an area governor.
Did I ever tell you about how the District Governor was so impressed
with the contests I ran? There's only a few things that still need to
be done (reads long list).
ME: That's great, I thought you told me you were going to do those
things last week...
CC: Oh, everything's being handled, trust me. I can handle a little
contest like this, your contest isn't nearly as big of an event as the
ones I put on. But I didn't think we had discussed it enough... Did I
tell you that I know many very important people who will make great
judges? (recites long list of names.)
ME: Have you actually contacted any of these people?
CC: Well, my e-mail is down and my land line phone doesn't work and I
don't have any more minutes available on my cell phone, I need all my
minutes for these meetings. But don't worry these people are my very
close friends and even if I asked them the day before the contest,
they'd still be delighted to do anything for me, because in my day I
did a lot of favors for these people...
ME: Well, I'm the sort of person who is more comfortable when things
are done well in advance. I really think we need to get going on this.
Next week, instead of calling me, why don't you use the same amount
of time to call some judges?
CC: It's vital to have these weekly meetings. You can never discuss
all the little details enough... why don't you meet me for coffee and
I'll show you what the agenda looked like when I was holding the
contest. I don't want to just make one without thoroughly discussing
it... first we should discuss typefaces....
Shortly before the contest, he left a message on my answering machine
that something had come up and I would have to get someone else to help
me. The only thing he had actually done was make fliers and ask a few
people to be judges. So, I had to take a day off work and do the rest
of the tasks myself. The whole thing, including buying gifts and
calling people at the last minute to be a judge, took 4 hours to do on
my own (compared with more than 10 hours of meetings).
Lesson learned:
1. If a DTM approaches you and asks to be your contest coordinator, be
wary. He may just be looking for a new friend to listen to his stories.
It is better to teach a person who is just learning about
contests--then you feel as though you're teaching a future leader, and
that person is likely to do some work.
2. In the end, it doesn't really matter. Contests happen, for better or
for worse, and they aren't worth getting stressed out over. |
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betsy_in_va
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| Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 12:19 am Post subject: Re: Contest Coordinators: Help or Hindrance? |
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| Quote: | By the way, would your post be considered a "war story war story"? As
Pogo used to say - We have met the enemy, and he is us!
Keep up your spirits - and hey, tell that DTM thanks for getting you
out of the office for a day to go shopping ;)
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LOL--actually, writing that whole saga did make me laugh. 'Twas a
disaster that was partly of my own making, and no real harm was done.
It's annoying today because it just happened, but if that's the worst
thing that happens to me this year, it will have been a good year...
The only real shame is that (once the annoyance wears off) it would
make a great humorous speech... too bad I can't use this story in a
contest... |
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Joy
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| Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 1:18 am Post subject: Re: Contest Coordinators: Help or Hindrance? |
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"betsy_in_va" <b7760@keogan.com> wrote in message
news:1158848251.723214.14390@k70g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
| Quote: | Perhaps I misunderstood the term 'contest co-ordinator'. I was assuming
that such people were experts who would set up or guide teams to run
speech contests under the leadership of the contest chairperson. Perhaps
the term 'contest co-ordinator' is just another name for contest
chairperson, or maybe Betsy and PC are using the term differently.
In my neck of the woods, the coordinator is supposed to do all the
tasks involved in holding the contest. This includes: making fliers,
getting copies of all the forms (and seeing to it that contestants fill
out the forms ahead of time), making the agenda, sending notices to the
local paper, posting fliers around the community, asking people to
bring food or going out and buying food and other party supplies,
buying gifts and trophies, asking local companies to donate raffle
items, wrapping gifts and raffle items, creating certificates for all
participants, and especially, asking people to be judges, timers, etc.
(often the most difficult and time consuming task if you have clubs
that don't like to participate).
The AG is supposed to meet with the coordinator to discuss how the
event should go, and to keep track of the progress of the details. The
AG then has more time to service his clubs, and while visiting the
clubs, takes the time to promote the contest. The AG also asks someone
to be the contest master and the chief judge.
On contest day, the coordinator is supposed to set up the party and
make sure everything is running smoothly, so the AG is free to be the
host of the event and talk with the various "dignitaries" who have
agree to be judges, etc.
This is how it works IN THEORY!
In reality, my contest coordinator apparently thought his big
contribution was to hold lots of meetings with me. We talked on the
phone once a week, for over an hour each time, and the meetings didn't
seem to go anywhere, just seemed to cover the same old ground. Mostly
he wanted to discuss his glory days as an AG. I guess he thought he was
giving me advice, (however I've thrown contests before and know how to
do it).
After awhile, our weekly phone calls started sounding exactly the same:
Contest Coordinator (aka CC): We're in really good shape, you're
contest is soooo much easier than when I had to be an area governor.
Did I ever tell you about how the District Governor was so impressed
with the contests I ran? There's only a few things that still need to
be done (reads long list).
ME: That's great, I thought you told me you were going to do those
things last week...
CC: Oh, everything's being handled, trust me. I can handle a little
contest like this, your contest isn't nearly as big of an event as the
ones I put on. But I didn't think we had discussed it enough... Did I
tell you that I know many very important people who will make great
judges? (recites long list of names.)
ME: Have you actually contacted any of these people?
CC: Well, my e-mail is down and my land line phone doesn't work and I
don't have any more minutes available on my cell phone, I need all my
minutes for these meetings. But don't worry these people are my very
close friends and even if I asked them the day before the contest,
they'd still be delighted to do anything for me, because in my day I
did a lot of favors for these people...
ME: Well, I'm the sort of person who is more comfortable when things
are done well in advance. I really think we need to get going on this.
Next week, instead of calling me, why don't you use the same amount
of time to call some judges?
CC: It's vital to have these weekly meetings. You can never discuss
all the little details enough... why don't you meet me for coffee and
I'll show you what the agenda looked like when I was holding the
contest. I don't want to just make one without thoroughly discussing
it... first we should discuss typefaces....
Shortly before the contest, he left a message on my answering machine
that something had come up and I would have to get someone else to help
me. The only thing he had actually done was make fliers and ask a few
people to be judges. So, I had to take a day off work and do the rest
of the tasks myself. The whole thing, including buying gifts and
calling people at the last minute to be a judge, took 4 hours to do on
my own (compared with more than 10 hours of meetings).
Lesson learned:
1. If a DTM approaches you and asks to be your contest coordinator, be
wary. He may just be looking for a new friend to listen to his stories.
It is better to teach a person who is just learning about
contests--then you feel as though you're teaching a future leader, and
that person is likely to do some work.
2. In the end, it doesn't really matter. Contests happen, for better or
for worse, and they aren't worth getting stressed out over.
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You are obviously dealing with some problem people. In my Districts, the AG
usually asks someone to be Contest Chair and someone else to be Chief Judge.
The Chief Judge takes care of recruiting judges, ballot counters, etc. and
making sure all the forms are obtained and paperwork is properly handled.
The Contest Chair handles everything else, touching base with the AG
periodically, either by email or by phone. The AG is usually aware of who
knows what they're doing, and it makes their job much easier.
I have noticed a lot of differences between how things are run in the two
Districts, however. In one District, the Contest Toastmaster briefs the
contestants, while the Chief Judge briefs the judges and other
functionaries. In the other District, the Chief Judge does all the
briefing.
Joy |
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Joy
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| Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 1:25 am Post subject: Re: Contest Coordinators: Help or Hindrance? |
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<rich.hopkins@gmail.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Wow - gifts, raffles, trophies - I want to go to YOUR contests. On a
good day, our contests have store bought cookies, pop, and I believe my
Division trophy for International in the Spring was a plastic water
bottle the DivG got from work.
By the way, would your post be considered a "war story war story"? As
Pogo used to say - We have met the enemy, and he is us!
Keep up your spirits - and hey, tell that DTM thanks for getting you
out of the office for a day to go shopping ;)
Rich.
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We give trophies at all levels from Area up in both my Districts. One of my
clubs even gives trophies. Actually, I think that's a mistake, but the idea
is so ingrained now that they wouldn't dream of giving it up. We usually,
but not always, have raffles, too. There are a few people who are really
good about going out and getting donations for the raffles. Also, each club
contributes a prize, usually about $20 worth, although it is up to the club.
The idea of gifts, presumably for participants, varies widely. That seems
to depend on the Governor involved. I was once given a $10 gift certificate
to McDonald's for my participation as a functionary at an Area Contest.
Another time it was a gift certificate to Sees Candy. Just a few weeks ago,
I was given a $5 Starbucks gift card for being a ballot counter at a club
contest. Some Governors give wrapped packages or small gift bags, but I
think gift certificates or cards are the most popular. They are certainly
the easiest to shop for. ;-)
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