Transcript WP4Toastmasters Comparison with Alternativesx

WordPress for Toastmasters
• Capitalizes on free open source Internet software used by major
publishers (The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly) and marketing
organizations (Disney).
• Provides greater flexibility for online marketing of clubs, based on
always-improving web publishing tools.
• Conforms to Toastmasters International brand guidelines.
• Adds Toastmasters-specific functionality for organizing meetings,
tracking member progress.
• Toastmasters software is also free, open source.
Powerful Web Publishing / Marketing
Productivity for Toastmasters
WP4Toastmasters Publishing Comparison
Free Toast Host
• Follows Toastmasters brand
guidelines
• Custom web content publishing
platform
• Difficult to customize, update,
add unique content
• Default for Toastmasters clubs
• Free as a hosted service
WordPress for Toastmasters
• Follows Toastmasters brand
guidelines
• Standard open source web
publishing platform
• Relatively easy to customize,
update, add unique content
• Popular choice for online mktg
• Free as a hosted service
• Free plugins / theme you can run
on your own server
Meeting Management Comparison
Free Toast Host
• Customizable agendas
• Online signup for roles
• Minimal reporting on member
progress
• Many clubs do not use these
features or use a tool like Easy
Speak or Google Sheets instead
(fragmented experience)
WordPress for Toastmasters
• Customizable agendas
• Online signup for roles
• Reporting on member progress
toward educational awards
(continuing to improve)
• Emphasis on saving club officers
time with automation of routine
tasks
Easy-Speak Comparison
Easy-Speak
• Customizable agendas
• Online signup for roles
• Well-developed reports, club
management functions,
developed over several years
• Minimal features for club
marketing
• Looks like an accounting app
WordPress for Toastmasters
• Customizable agendas
• Online signup for roles
• Reporting features are relatively
new, created with input from
Toastmasters officers
• Simpler design, emphasis on
data collected through agenda
• One, unified web experience
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