Course Updates!

The New, Updated version of your favorite easy-Speak Made Easy course will be available for you on 1st January 2018.

You will have access to the fictitious club site for King Arthur's Playground - who said you can't have fun while learning easy-Speak?

Printable copies of the online modules are now available in the Files of the ES Toastmasters Community Facebook group and at the new shared ES Shared Files Google Drive.

Workshop Series 2018

easy-speak: advantages for Pathways

Sunday 1 July 2018
06:00 UTC
Where: ​​Zoom: ​https://zoom.us/j/5886309612
When: https://timeanddate.com/s/3j91

Help Desk Webinars for New Users

Book a time with me in July/August at:

Join me in my Zoom room: https://zoom.us/j/5886309612

Contact me through the email function here in Help Desk.

Workshop Series 2017

Help Desk Webinars for VPEs

https://zoom.us/j/5886309612

Time Conversion

Agenda:

1. Working with Agendas

2. Working with Control Panel

3. Working with Charts

easy-Speak Toastmasters Community

Recording link

Live Workshops for new users of easy-Speak

Help Desk Bookings for individual help for new users are offered a few times in the month. Please visit this site to book a session in February/March and June/July 2018.
https://easy-speakhelpdesk.youcanbook.me/

Scheduled group webinars will be published in Events for the easy-Speak Toastmasters Community Facebook Group. Sessions will be scheduled in Zoom software, check the Zoom Support page for help.

Resources from the July webinar: "easy-Speak for Club Officers"

Slides available from Slideshare.

New Quicksheets!

A new feature for print based resources include Quicksheets, short instructional pages for specific tasks in easy-Speak:

These are available as Files for download in the easy-Speak Toastmasters Community Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/easy.speak.community/files/

and in this Google Drive folder:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B2lc3WCF9GwGSl9CeUVwakR3Ync

• Member Mark Attendance and Sign up for a Role
  
• Control Panel Basics for Club Officers
  
• Tracking Progress in easy-Speak
  
• Updating Portal Page

Pre-recorded online tutorials on demand:

Category 1: easy-Speak for Club Members

These short videos will help new users with easy-Speak to:

• Access easy-Speak and Login
  
• Self-select attendance at meetings
  
• Check meeting role assignments
  
• Accept or decline assignments

Contribution from Christchurch Toastmasters: https://youtu.be/zyLdZaIiw6o

• Request a speech

Contribution from Redmond Toasters: https://youtu.be/xwS7OSF1t4I

• Tracking Communication and Leadership

Category 2: easy-Speak for Club Officers

These short videos will help new club officers use easy-Speak to:

• Create a meeting and set the agenda
  

  Contribution from Redmond Toasters: https://youtu.be/E5y5gXZf_yU

• Assign speaker and amend the agenda

Contribution from Redmond Toasters: https://youtu.be/8je0GKoqT8M

• VPE Agenda Assignments

Contribution from Coach Carole: https://youtu.be/cwtXwULk-yg

• VPE Adds new members
  

  Contribution from Coach Carole: https://youtu.be/1lrHalaqwp4

• VPE Adds new meeting template
  

  Contribution from Coach Carole: https://youtu.be/9gg6Ldiact4

• VPE Prints agendas
  Contribution from Coach Carole: https://youtu.be/JJjhqdbd5Xk
  

Seeking presenters who have short videos on any of these topics and more!

If you are interested in discussions about these sessions and other easy-speak issues, please join the easy-speak Toastmasters Community.

Latest series of video webinars now available - live or on-demand from District 39.

Join or watch Jill Fay and Victor Irving Jenkins in their series of webinars at
http://easy-speak.cravethespotlight.com/

What about easy-Speak videos for club members? Yes, new ones of these coming online frequently. Access the latest videos from Docklands Toastmasters playlist

Check out these recent additions to YouTube from the Redmond Toasters Channel.

Instructional webinars are provided to help new club officers with easy-speak.

1. Thursday July 14 at 20:00 GMT +10 Agenda Basics
Slides here. Short Video Tutorial

2. Thursday July 28 at 20:00 GMT +10 Control Panel Basics

Slides here. Short Video Tutorial

3. Thursday August 11 at 12:00 GMT +10 Manage Members, Charts & User Lists

Slides here. Short Video Tutorial

4. Thursday September 8 Schedule Meetings, Speeches and Roles

Slides here. Short Video Tutorial

5. Thursday October 13 Club Startup Process

Slides here. Short Video Tutorial

6. Start of a new series of pre-recorded videos:

Introduction to the easy-Speak Help Desk

Pre-Recorded Sessions

Introduction to easy-Speak Help Desk

Short Videos on each of the Base Camp tutorials linked above.

New Recording Software is being explored for ease of Pre-recorded sessions for your convenience, and will be accessible at any time.

A print based resource: the 'easy-Speak User Manual' has been developed by another champion and is available here. Thanks to D69 Champion Simon Cornwill. This is a project under construction.

Many useful slide decks are also available from Slideshare here - feel free to download and amend to suit your needs.

A new feature for print based resources include Quicksheets, short instructional pages for specific tasks in easy-Speak:

These are available as Files for download in the easy-Speak Toastmasters Community Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/easy.speak.community/files/

and in this Google Drive folder:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B2lc3WCF9GwGSl9CeUVwakR3Ync

• Member Mark Attendance and Sign up for a Role
  
• Control Panel Basics for Club Officers
  
• Tracking Progress in easy-Speak
  
• Updating Portal Page
  

Members can elect to fill the role(s) they want on the night. We need to leave a few gaps for visitors that feel confident to take on Ah Counter or Jokester.

I love the history saving feature on when our members completed their speeches and roles. When we need to submit awards, we just need to go to Communication or Leadership Progress of the member. How can that be beaten by any other planning system?

Another wonderful feature is the 'paid to' info. My club offers members the option of paying for a year at a savings of $5. During this dues renewal, any officer can see who has paid and who we need to ask to pay. Love this feature.

I use the Club Charts to monitor the progress of speeches and completion of leadership tasks before assigning the roles and scheduling the speeches. I could not do that efficiently as a VPE without it. I work with the VPM to check that members know how to set their OWN goals in easy-Speak and empower them to take charge of their education pathways.