by Ninfa Flewitt, DTM Program Quality Director Did you know that District 25 has many leadership opportunities available to grow your leadership skills? There are many appointed positions and committees on which you can serve. Many of these positions will help you complete projects in your Pathways and could serve as service toward your DTM...
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Leadership Open House
by Jamie Pickering, DTM, Past District Director Calling all Toastmasters! Have I got an offer for you! Did you know that except for about 100 people in Denver at the TI Home Office, the entire organization runs on volunteers!?!?! That’s right – everyone is a volunteer, our Area Directors, our webmaster, our Quality Chair, everyone...
Area Council – My Perspective
by Kelsey Dean VPE First Command I am just beginning to venture outside my first Toastmasters club, so I wasn’t sure what to expect for an Area Council meeting, especially since it was happening virtually. We were given an agenda and immediately sent to our area breakout rooms. I was surprised to see that there...
You mean you want me on a “Leadership Panel?”
by Jesse Ford DL3 Public Relations Manager This last weekend I was asked by our IPDD Jamie Pickering to be part of a discussion session at the Summit where I would be 1 of 4 on a “Leadership Panel.” She first asked me a few weeks ago and frankly, it caught me off guard. I...
Plot Twist
by Marian R. Hicks Area 22 Director I love movies. I love the moment an unexpected change occurs that causes your jaw to drop open. This moment, known as a plot twist, changes the trajectory of the movie. As I reflected on Toastmasters this year, we encountered a plot twist none of us could have foreseen....
Treasurer Plus Mentor Times Two Equals A Triple Threat
by Helena Studmire, SR3 – Treasurer, NCTCOG Toastmasters The 2019-2020 Toastmaster year has been quite interesting, to say the least. I was elected as Treasurer for my club, NCTCOG Toastmasters, in June 2019. On a Friday in late summer 2019, I began the process of mentoring a new Toastmaster member, Evan. The next day, on...
The Future of Pathways (aka My Leadership Journey)
by Steven Timmons, DTM, Panther City Toastmasters When I attended college, I don’t know that I had ever actually seen a personal computer. My mother worked as a programmer for Vought and my father brought home a dumb terminal once to connect by phone (long distance) to Dallas where we played football (Dot Matrix style)...
What It Means to Me to Get My CL & ALB
by LaDonna Thompson, CC, ALB – FAA Toastmasters Club It feels like an Oxymoron to get an award from Toastmasters because being a member of the FAA Toastmasters Club is an award all by itself. When I was asked what getting my last two Toastmasters awards means to me, I immediately thought of the people...
How I found myself at my first District Council Meeting
By Lorne DuFour, President, Freddie Mac Voices It was a rainy Saturday morning. How did I find myself at my first District Election meeting; one of a quorum? I began my Toastmasters Journey in November of 2018. At the time, I didn’t even know what Toastmasters was. One of my colleagues approached me and...
Perseverance & Persistence – My Toastmasters Leadership Journey!
Perseverance & Persistence – My Toastmasters Leadership Journey! By Chuck Mencke, DTM, Division D Director – 2019-2020 Thinking back a decade or so, I fondly remember my first Toastmasters meeting at Plus Two Toastmasters October 2009. My wife, Terry, and I walked into the meeting not knowing what to expect. Why Toastmasters? What was going...