{"id":209,"date":"2017-07-10T07:30:54","date_gmt":"2017-07-10T11:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tm83.org\/blog\/?p=209"},"modified":"2017-07-08T16:35:43","modified_gmt":"2017-07-08T20:35:43","slug":"meet-the-district-officers-allison-lips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tm83.org\/blog\/meet-the-district-officers-allison-lips\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the District Officers: Allison Lips"},"content":{"rendered":"

Name:<\/strong> Allison Lips   \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Position:<\/strong> Public Relations Manager<\/p>\n

Club(s):<\/strong> Freehold Phrasers and Talk of Monmouth<\/p>\n

Other positions:<\/strong> President of Freehold Phrasers and former Vice President of Public Relations for Freehold Phrasers<\/p>\n

How long have you been in Toastmasters?<\/strong> 1\u00bd years<\/p>\n

What are your plans for the district\/area\/division?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I plan to continue the excellent job Su Brooks did managing the District 83 Facebook and Twitter pages. I also would like to expand District 83\u2019s online presence. Currently, we have the blog and are looking for Toastmasters who would like to help with a podcast and a vlog.<\/p>\n

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Why did you join Toastmasters?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Toastmasters found me. My first introduction was through my former employer\u2019s intranet, which featured several corporate clubs from around the country. Even though I felt I needed to improve my public speaking and leadership skills, none of the clubs were close to me. Two days later I joined Meetup. As I was scrolling through local Meetup Groups, Freehold Phrasers Toastmasters popped up. I took this as a sign and ran with it.<\/p>\n

What advice do you have for new members?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Don\u2019t be intimidated. When I walked into my first Toastmasters meeting, I immediately noticed that I was significantly younger than the majority of members. At first, I doubted Toastmasters was for me, but I went to a second meeting, then a third. Before I knew it, the age difference did not matter and my fellow Toastmasters became my biggest supporters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Name: Allison Lips    Position: Public Relations Manager Club(s): Freehold Phrasers and Talk of Monmouth Other positions: President of Freehold Phrasers and former Vice President of Public Relations for Freehold Phrasers How long have you been in Toastmasters? 1\u00bd years What are your plans for the district\/area\/division? I plan to continue the excellent job Su Brooks … Continue reading “Meet the District Officers: Allison Lips”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,18,4],"tags":[54,21,63,11,67,7],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tm83.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tm83.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tm83.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tm83.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tm83.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tm83.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":211,"href":"https:\/\/www.tm83.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209\/revisions\/211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tm83.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tm83.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tm83.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}