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Top Five Honored at Year End Celebration
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In Memoriam – Deborah Peterson, EH5, IP5
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What Legacy Will You Leave?
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Embrace the Opportunities
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Important Pathways updates
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A New Dawn – Letting the Sunshine In
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And the Winners Are!
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Announcing the 2023 Summit
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Make Your Mark Conference Reflections
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A Toast to Growing Pains
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Save the Date – 2023 Celebrating our Legacy
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IN MEMORIAM – Gary Miller
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April 2023 OPEN HOUSE WINNER – NST TOASTMASTERS
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… and Rain will Make the Flowers Grow
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Outstanding Member – April 2023
by Marcheta Gardner DTM District Director He’s the One, the Only…. NUMBERS Guy,…
“Show Us What You’ve Got!”
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by Marcheta Gardner DTM District Director Ever wonder “how” quiet people get things…
Remembrance of Bonne Stroman
by Kelsey Dean Division D Director I recently attended the funeral of Bonne…
It’s YOUR Turn to Make Your Mark!
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March Against Loneliness!
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2023 CLUB WEBSITE CONTEST Coming Soon!
by Michelle Debenport Public Relations Manager Attention all D25 Toastmasters! Are you ready…
February 2023 Open House Winner – Strategic Communicators
by Jesse Ford DL5/SR5 Club Growth Director This month’s Open House Winner, Strategic…
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Pathways: Have It YOUR Way!
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Remember to Love Yourself, So You Can Love Others
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Winter Officer Training Now Fully Active and Live!
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by: Jesse Ford DL5 SR4 When your Area Director says that your Open…
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by Marcheta Gardner DTM District Director This month we’re recognizing an “unsung hero!” …
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by Jesse Ford DL5, SR4 Club Growth Director Congratulations to Tip Top Toastmasters…
Flag Ceremony at Toastmasters International – How Regal!
by Marcheta Gardner DTM District Director The Toastmasters International Annual Convention is THE…
Livin’ on a Prayer
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Outstanding Member – September 2022
by Marcheta Gardner DTM District Director Ever get excited about finding a treasure!…
Fall District Business Meeting – 2022
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My First Time, But Not My Last
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This is Us – The Seasonal Changes of a Toastmaster
by Brandi Wesley LD5 Division B Director Each year the world experiences seasonal…
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D25 Speakers Bureau 2022 Saturday School Fall Series
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Top Five – Will YOU be here next year? It is possible!
by Ninfa Flewitt DTM District Director 2021-2022 Who were the Top Five Winners…
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August 17, 2022 Dear Leaders, As you consider how to implement plans for…
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Three Important Things in Life
bu Ankur Bora The meaning of life is not something you stumble across,…
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by Dave Papenmeier Summit Manager When we announced this year’s Summit vision a…
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by Phylliss Christian-Daniels Division A Director I will be the first to admit…
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by Marcheta Gardner DTM District Director “Whistle while you work…” I’m reminded of…
July 2022 Club Reporter – A Visit to Burleson Toastmasters
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by Kelsey Dean Division D Director Incoming Area 24 Director, Laurie McKee, shared…
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by Marcheta Gardner DTM District Director D25, we are celebrating not one, not…
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by Alberto Pineda One beautiful morning, I dropped my shirts off at the…
Sales Tax for Toastmasters?! Say It Ain’t So!
by Emily Murray DTM Program Quality Director Unfortunately, it is so. With the…
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by Jesse Ford DL5/SR3 Club Growth Director As your D25 Club Growth Director,…
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June 2022 Open House Winner – AAFCU Flying Toasters!
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CELEBRATION TIME! Come On!
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by the 2022-2023 TLI TEAM Note: Details on supplemental sessions updated July…
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It’s a Wrap – 2022 District Speech Contests
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by Ankur Bora PM5 It’s easy to have a good attitude when things…
A New D25 Website – A Labor of Love
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April 2022 Open House Winner – Heart of Texas Bridge Gappers Toastmasters Club!
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by Ninfa Flewitt DTM District Director 1, 2, 3… ok again, 1, 2,…
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Build a House Without a Blueprint?
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March 2022 Open House Winner – Clearly Speaking Toastmasters
by Emily Murray DTM Club Growth Director. Clearly Speaking had an exciting Open…
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Kindness … There’s a Thought!
by Dana Morgan Barnes DTM PDG – District 26 Kindness … There’s a…
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March Club Reporter-Laughing with Family!, Top Notch Toastmasters
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Change Is In The Wind!
by Lola Stone IP5, LD4 – D25 Contest Coordinator Fellow Toastmasters: March…
Communicating Through Dance
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February Club Reporter – Panther City Toastmasters: You Can If You Think You Can,
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February – Inspired by You
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January 2022 Open House Winner – Burleson Toastmasters
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Club Renewals Now Open!
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