Are you getting value from the emailed agenda enhancements?

I am the VP - PR this year and I am trying to get other to use the agenda from the website. I want to use the branded version whether emailed or printed. I like the role confirmation that I just turned on.

However, I may need training on this but it is not that easy to create new agenda templates or modify them. Sometimes we have special events like open house, debates and I found it difficult to add to the agenda template. Again, I am new.

Thanks for asking.

I want to give my strong endorsement for the enhanced email version. It sets a different bar of professionalism and technical excellence for club members and officers to strive for - voluntarily. Some of our officers choose to use manual emails and even phone calls while others gain valuable experience using the group email tools FTH makes available.

I believe the same voluntary participation will happen for "enhanced enhanced" emails i.e. providing speech intros etc. via email replies. All of these options add value for those who choose to use them. This is one of the major advantages to FTH in my opinion - it can be configured and used as a technically simple tool or, for those more technically comfortable, as an advanced tool.

Thanks again for making it so!

Jim Kloss - Secretary
/#3204 - Delaware County Toastmasters
Swarthmore, PA

Another enhancement that could be added is to put the buttons for the Pathways resources into the emailed agendas.

Hello Steve;

I really like that idea

My club hasn't taken advantage of this feature. I will recommend to the incoming VPE to try it out with Toastmasters of future meetings. Thanks for asking.

FYI... For those unsure of what I am talking about, the emailed agenda enhancements are enabled by ticking the Include Response Links option in the Email Agenda dialog. Perhaps we will need to change the name of this option in the future, but that is what it is now.

This option allows members to take, drop, and confirm roles and also report planned meeting attendance right from the emailed agenda via some additional links and buttons that are included. That is what I mean by "enhancements". This functionality could become "baked in" (not an option) in the future, but now it must be enabled via the option.