{"id":322,"date":"2017-09-04T08:33:36","date_gmt":"2017-09-04T12:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tm83.org\/blog\/?p=322"},"modified":"2017-09-04T15:23:11","modified_gmt":"2017-09-04T19:23:11","slug":"meet-the-area-directors-kevin-lombardi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tm83.org\/blog\/meet-the-area-directors-kevin-lombardi\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Area Directors: Kevin Lombardi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tm83.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-323 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tm83.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" height=\"268\" width=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tm83.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1-3.jpg 534w, https:\/\/www.tm83.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1-3-300x241.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 334px) 85vw, 334px\" \/><\/a><strong>Name:<\/strong> Kevin Lombardi<\/p>\n<p><strong>Position:<\/strong> Area 44 Director<\/p>\n<p><strong>Club(s):<\/strong> Speakers of the House<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other positions:<\/strong> Immediate Past President of Speakers of the House<\/p>\n<p><strong>How long have you been in Toastmasters?<\/strong> Since July 2015<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>What are your plans for Area 44?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Assist my clubs reach the next level of distinguished status, or maintain President\u2019s Distinguished status<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why did you join Toastmasters?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I joined toastmasters for their leadership development program, as well as help me calm my fears in presenting a business meeting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What advice do you have for new members?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Just try it out. You would be surprised at what you can learn and accomplish if you just step out. Then volunteer for leadership roles. It will stretch and help you grow professionally and personally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Name: Kevin Lombardi Position: Area 44 Director Club(s): Speakers of the House Other positions: Immediate Past President of Speakers of the House How long have you been in Toastmasters? Since July 2015<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,126,50],"tags":[86,128,7],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tm83.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322"}],"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\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tm83.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=322"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.tm83.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":472,"href":"https:\/\/www.tm83.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322\/revisions\/472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tm83.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tm83.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tm83.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}