Saturday, March 23, 2024

How I Crafted An Article In 15 Minutes about How to Check if Your Toastmasters Club Is Owed Money

I wanted to post a quick, positive note on how a Toastmasters Club (or anyone else) can check for "missing money".

  • Idea Generation: I had an idea that I wanted to share without doing much work.
  • Yoodli Assistance: I described the idea into Yoodli, which provided me with a few tips and a transcript.
  • Copilot Refinement: I pasted the transcript into Copilot and requested Copilot to clean it up for publication, removing time signatures. Copilot promptly refined the text, transforming it into a polished version.
  • Review and Publishing: I carefully reviewed the refined text (as the responsible author, I want it to have quality!)
  • When satisfied, I posted it in the relevant Facebook group, receiving immediate positive feedback. Efficiency and Freedom:
  • The entire process was swift, allowing you to allocate more time for other tasks or simply relax!
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How to Check if Your Toastmasters Club Is Owed Money

  • Background: This note primarily pertains to Toastmasters clubs in the United States. However, if you’re elsewhere, your country may have similar programs, so it’s worth investigating.
  • Unclaimed Funds: Sometimes clubs, individuals, and other organizations are unaware of money owed to them. Examples: 
    • If you change banks, your old bank might owe you money for unpaid interest.
    • Hosting an event, such as a Toastmasters training with food service, could mean that one of the event vendors owes you a refund.
  • Lack of Communication: Not all companies are diligent about contacting their creditors.
  • The Process: 
    • Such debtors hold onto the money for a period of years, and eventually, they transfer it to the state.
    • The state keeps the funds, waiting for you to claim them.
  • Checking for Unclaimed Funds: 
    • Visit the database maintained by the 50 states: missingmoney.com . (Despite the ".com" TLD, this is the site maintained in common by most of the states.)
    • In the search field, type the name of your club or simply “Toastmasters.”
    • Choose your state or search the entire United States.
    • You will get a result similar to the image below.
  • Claiming the Funds: 
    • If you find a match, click the “claim” button Follow the provided directions.
    • Remember, the procedure is straightforward, and you can easily check if your club is owed any unclaimed funds.
    • Note: there are private organizations that offer to do this for you, either for free or if you sign up for their services. However, the official site https://missingmoney.com/  is free and easy - you choose!) 


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