by Jesse Ford DTM District Director When you’re a club member, you get training in Pathways and from fellow members. If you are a club officer, you are expected to attend TLI for your role. If you are an Area or Division Director, you get to go to District Executive Council meetings. All these events…
by Jesse Ford DTM District Director Do you ever feel like you just have so much going on that no matter what you do you just can’t get ahead? Maybe you get to what you think is the top of the mountain only to find that you’re only at the first one. We have all…
by Jesse Ford DTM District Director What do the numbers 308, 1838, 40 and 2 mean to you? They may sound like nothing, but they are, in fact, very exciting. In District 25, we are always pushing ourselves and everyone around us to be the best that we can be. What do these numbers have…
by Jesse Ford DTM District Director “If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. How perfect are these words. I don’t know about you, but I love to look at…
by Jesse Ford DTM District Director John Maxwell said, “There is almost no limit to the potential of an organization that recruits good people, raises them up as leaders and continually develops them.” I read that and I thought, “This is Toastmasters … This is people like Jamie Pickering, who after doing the full Trio…
by Jesse Ford DTM District Director Do you remember the time that you walked into your first toastmasters meeting? Do you remember the first time you held a role? Do you remember when you stepped outside your club and into your first Conference or District event? Three years ago, as the newly elected Club Growth…
by Jesse Ford, DTM, District Director Growth: Noun The process of evolving into who you are becoming. Rising from failure and adapting to the unknown. Striving to learn without fear. Reaching for the best to come. I want to take a moment and share this definition with everyone as I think it will be pivotal…
by Emily Murray DTM District Director Families are like quilts…lives pieced together, stitched with smiles & tears, colored by memories, and bound by Love. District 25 is my family. I have said it so many times this year. I will say it again: You are my family. The quilts I make are a literal way…
by Emily Murray DTM District Director “The only difference between a rut and a grave is the depth and how long you plan to stay in it” was written by Pulitzer Prize winning author Ellen Glasgow in her 1942 book The Sheltered Life. OOOO…this saying makes me angry! Because it’s right. And because ruts are…
