Tiebreaker Counts!

For Toastmasters contests, the tiebreaker ballot is more important than you may know!

It is also important to correctly score all contestants.

In the example above, you have a tie for first place. You would open the tiebreaker ballot, and use it to break the tie for first place between Speaker #3 and Speaker #5 (14 points each).

Do not apply the tiebreaker ballot to uncontested placements. You would NOT use the tiebreaker counts to Speaker #1 and Speaker #2 - their placement as 3rd and 4th are already calculated, and adding tiebreaker counts would only confuse the scoring, and not be correct.

However, you are not done yet! There is still a tie for 6th and 7th place (zero points each)!

Yes, to correctly report the standing for ALL contestants, you also need to break the tie between Speaker #4 and Speaker #6. They may not have gotten a placing from any of the regular judges, however, that does not disqualify them from placing in the contest!
All contestants that were not disqualified for other reasons should and must be reported to the next level!

For example, let's say that Speakers #1, #2, #3, #5 and #7 were all in a lottery pool together: they won, and all decided to go to Hawaii instead of going to the next level contest.
Who is the valid person to be allowed to compete in their stead: Speaker #4 or #6?

That is why you need the tiebreaker ballot to be counted for ALL contestants.

This information is entered on form 1182 - Notification of Contest Winner - as completed by the Chief Judge.

Advanced Club Initial Business Meeting

The Colorado Springs new forming advance club will be having the initial business meeting this Thursday.
Thur 5/8, 7pm at the Golden Corral, at Woodmen near Powers. It would be nice if you planned to eat, but it is not required at this time.

If you have completed your CC or CL, and are interested in working more on what Toastmasters can give you, check out our plans for the new club in town!

The name of the club is to be  "S-Peak Leaders". The club is going to have a leadership focus. However, that doesn't mean you have to be a people leader or want to be a manager. You just have to be interested in the topics that makes us leaders in all facets - from parents, to deciding key tasks on projects you do, to leading in Toastmasters Clubs and beyond - to people leading and perhaps leading companies.

There are many techniques that are the focus of leadership programs, such as Emotional Intelligence, Time Organization, Professional Communication, and Coaching to name a few. All of these can be useful in our everyday lives both in and out of work.

We can also work on skills and presentations related to achieving DTM, and focus on activities that lead us to speaking beyond Toastmasters.

While the club will have a leadership theme, expect this to be a club where you can do longer presentations, and get a deeper evaluation.

We will be filling out charter membership forms, determining officer roles and discussing details for the meetings and membership. If we can get 20 members to sign up right away, I'll arrange a discount for charter members of the club. I expect we will be properly chartered by June 1st.