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Creative Club Lab

Great meetings
don't happen.
They're designed.

Lead the room like a keynote speaker. Creative Club Lab helps leaders design gatherings people remember, one small experiment at a time, with Dai Manuel, DTM.

Make your next meeting 2% better.
2% better
One small experiment
75 min
Convention workshop
Aug 2026
Toastmasters Intl. Convention
Toastmasters club team photo in front of the club banner

Why this exists

Every meeting is a chance to leave someone better than you found them.

I almost didn't come back after my first Toastmasters meeting.

One person changed that.

They welcomed me. Used my name. Introduced me around. Helped me feel like I belonged before I had earned anything.

Creative Club Lab exists because every leader deserves simple tools to create meetings people can't wait to return to.

Dai Manuel, DTM

Coach Moose

Today's experiment

Move every chair before members arrive.

Rearrange the room into a horseshoe, a circle, or two small pods. Notice how the first two minutes of conversation change.

2 minutesEasy

Someone is going to remember this.

Three ways to start

Start with one small experiment.

Pick the one that fits the next twenty minutes of your day.

Large Toastmasters gathering celebrating together

Featured club

Empowering Entrepreneurs Toastmasters, District 21

Problem

Guests weren't returning.

Experiment

Assigned a Welcome Guide to every first-time guest.

Result

Guests met five members before the meeting even started.

Lesson

People return when they feel expected.

Great meetings echo after they end.

The Toolbox

Take the lab home.

Printable canvases, worksheets, and playbooks. Free. Ready for Tuesday.

On stage

Who is leading the room.

One voice, one system, one session you can run yourself the week after.

The lab

A living community of experiments.

Idea of the week

Question Before Agenda™

Warm the room and prime creativity before business begins.

Club of the month

Empowering Entrepreneurs Toastmasters, District 21

Their Meeting Menu Card turned every Tuesday into a small ritual worth showing up for.

Monthly challenge

Recognize one member every week.

A single sentence. Said out loud. Watch what happens by week four.

Tiny change. Big ripple.