By Tammy Kasterke, DTM, Training Chair Would you believe I’d never heard of Toastmasters until I was in my 40s? The PepsiCo e-newsletter advertised a club meeting and gave a description of the PepsiCo Presenters Toastmasters Club. I clearly said to myself, I need this. I went to the meeting and became a member. Now...
By Marcheta Gardner, DTM, Club Retention Chair Ever wonder if what you said is what others heard? Or, “did I really just say that”? Or “what did I really mean?” I used to be in my head so much, I tried hard not to say anything… and was very successful at it! I grew up...
Joyce Trimble, DTM “There is no I in Teamwork.” “No Man is an Island.” “A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.” “Many hands make light work.” We are familiar with the common Clichés about working together. It is not until THAT MOMENT when your options become null and void – tough choices...
By Tim Fields, ACG, ALB, Club Quality Chair I was born in Vernon, Texas. I like to think of myself as a true Tex-Mex as I grew up between East Texas and Albuquerque, NM. In 2005 while working as a Workforce Management Coordinator for then business process operations company Client Logic located in Albuquerque...
By Robi Ley,DTM,District Director Club coach. New club mentor. Club officer. Repeat. December’s Outstanding Member does all this and more. Celeste Castro quietly and consistently helps not only her home club, but other clubs that need help and energy. Celeste joined Toastmasters in 2009. She is a member of both AAFCU Flying Toasters and Flagship...
By Ninfa Flewitt, 2019 District Conference Chair Ninfa Flewitt has done a little bit of everything and enjoys learning new things. Ninfa joined Toastmasters when her home club, Something to Talk About (Mineral Wells) was chartered in September 2016. Ninfa served as the first President of Something to Talk About and jumped into district leadership...
By Joyce Trimble, DTM You may have been one of fortunate Toastmasters to hear classic guitar music playing during the last year’s area and division speech contests. You maybe one of the fortunate to hear the strumming of a well-trained guitarist during the next season as well. But who is that smiling face that also...
By Robi Ley, DTM, District Director From centerpieces to backdrops to starships, if you’ve attended a conference, awards banquet, or summit in the past few years, you’ve seen her creativity. Wendy Alston has offered her talent, time, and imagination to so many of the events in District 25, that we felt it was time to...
By Diana Patton, DTM, District Webmaster I was born in Springfield, Missouri and began my first ‘real’ job with the Frisco Railway in 1969 which merged with the Burlington Northern Railroad in 1980 and then the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (now BNSF Railway) in 1996. I moved to Overland Park, Kansas in 1983 then...
By Marylee Mims, Past District Governor Toastmaster magazines have accompanied me on many journeys over the past few years. Family and friends have taken pictures of me posing with a Toastmaster magazine in hopes of obtaining a quality picture that warranted submission for the Traveling Toastmaster section. On a trip to Italy in March 2018,...
