WOW OPEN HOUSES

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WOW!OPEN HOUSES

• Presented
• Jamey French, DTM
• jamey_french_at_optibility.com
• Greenville Toastmasters Club 1238
• District 40

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What an OPEN HOUSE is NOT!

• A Regular Club Meeting
• A Demonstration Meeting
• A Kick-off Meeting
• A Meeting that has food

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What an OPEN HOUSE IS!

• A party, reception or special occasion during
  which anyone who wishes may visit to share in the
  celebration, meet a special guest, and experience
  an exhibition.

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What is an OPEN HOUSE

• It is an EVENT!
• It is a SPECIAL OCCASION
• IT IS AN EXPERIENCE

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Orchestrate the EXPERIENCE

• Differentiate
• Exceed Expectations
• Have FUN!

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Differentiate

• In todays competitive world, we must do things
• differently than
• everyone else

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Exceed EXPECTATIONS

• If you do what is expected, nobody is impressed.
• Why?
• Because you ONLY did what they expected you to do!

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Have FUN!

• We Learn Best In Moments of Enjoyment.
• Dr. Ralph C. Smedley

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The HOW to WOW!

• The Vision
• The Plan
• The Event
• The Next Step

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The WOW! VISION

• The world will step aside and let pass any man
  who know where he is going. - David Starr Jordan

• Set The Goal
• See It Believe It
• Get Commitment

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The WOW! PLAN

• Date Location
• Guest Speaker
• TMOD
• Promotions
• Internal
• External
• Logistics
• Decorations
• Food

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The WOW! EVENT

• TMOD Sets the Tone
• Guest Speaker Grabs Them
• Testimonials Make it Real
• Call to Action Gets Commitment

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The NEXT STEP to WOW!

• Stick Around
• Letters / Cards
• Phone Calls
• 1st regular club meeting after event
• Be prepared for guests
• Be prepared to demonstrate

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WHY AN OPEN HOUSE?

• Top Ten Reasons
• 10 - As a community service
• 9 - Increase awareness of Toastmasters in your
  
• community
• 8 - A fun way to introduce Toastmasters to your
• non-Toastmaster friends family

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WHY AN OPEN HOUSE?

• Top Ten Reasons
• 7 - Re-energize your current members
• 6 - Team building
• 5 - Get your club distinguished

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WHY AN OPEN HOUSE?

• Top Ten Reasons
• 4 - Have Fun
• 3 - Use is for a HPL project
• 2 - Create an excitement about the TM program

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WHY AN OPEN HOUSE?

• And the Number 1 Reason to Orchestrate an Open
  House Experience . . .
• 1 - NEW MEMBERS

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WOW! OPEN HOUSES
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WOW!OPEN HOUSES

• Presented
• Jamey French, DTM
• jamey_french_at_optibility.com
• Greenville Toastmasters Club 1238
• District 40