By Emily Murray DTM In our September business meeting, the District Council voted to participate in the Toastmasters International LinkedIn campaign, which started on January 8, 2024, and ran for 90 days. For District 25, we had 1,226 unique people click on the advertisements, representing 0.56% of all viewers in our coverage area. Although this…
by Lydeisha Gossett If you were born between 1901 and 2025, you belong to one of the seven generations alive today. In my family, the oldest living members are Boomers. I belong to Generation X. My oldest child is a Millennial, followed by three in Generation Z. The youngest generation is Generation Alpha, which includes…
March 7, 2023 Dear Club Officer, We hope you and your members are enjoying the new process for submitting international dues payments with the new Self-Pay feature! You may have also noticed that the method for officers to submit payment has been revamped to streamline your experience! The new Membership Management page combines the functionality…
By Marcheta Gardner, DTM, District Director The following information has been received regarding voting at the club level A member can vote on any matter of club business while they attend the club meeting with the use of an online meeting platform. The member is considered present and part of the quorum as long…
by Emily Murray DTM Program Quality Director Unfortunately, it is so. With the www.toastmasters.org website revamp, part of the update was to make Toastmasters sales and store purchases compliant with new IRS laws which mean sales tax. For Texas residents, the sales tax is on all digital purchases. For the most part, this is pretty…
Hilda Guffey, VP Education, San Angelo Toastmasters Seeing your club through the eyes of a guest is crucial especially for those who have been in Toastmasters for a few years. The recent Club Success Workshop presented by Elicia Cook was an excellent review of what to do and not do to provide visitors a great…
The following was sent to Club Officers August 19, 2021 August 19, 2021 Dear Club Officer, We are a couple of months into the new program year, and many of you have completed your Club Success Plan and are beginning membership building efforts. For those clubs that need additional support in accomplishing goals and restoring club…
by Marcheta Gardner, DTM, Club Growth Director In this unprecedented year (well 2020 portion), we are pulling out all the stops to retain our clubs! We have coaches and Helping Hands available to immediately assist in strengthening clubs through meetings, conversations, and participation in club meetings. Our goal is to place coaches in 5 clubs…
By Nicole Gray Do you want to help other clubs be successful? Do you have ideas and knowledge about Toastmasters you want to share with other members? Do you want to be more involved with the district, but don’t know where to start? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, then Helping Hands…
