By Kelley Rene Daniels Saturday’s Area Council meeting was a first of many Toastmaster firsts for me this year. But it didn’t take long to realize this wasn’t just another hybrid meeting. “Fly Like An Eagle” by The Steve Miller Band blasted through the speakers while in-person attendees buzzed about the conference room. It...
By Bridgette Beal I must confess, I’ve never been a goal setter. I have friends who set amazing, extravagant goals and achieve them. Not me. I’m more of a work-hard-each-day-and-see-what-happens kind of person. I’ve had successes. I built two businesses but stopped short of anything really big. I was busy with my day job, my...
By Joyce Trimble, DTM, District 25 News Editor Hot Topics? What’s that? Who told you that? Where’d you read that? Fellow Toastmasters, these are examples of questions heard throughout the district. Hot Topics is one source of the district’s events and is delivered straight to your Inbox. No longer is it necessary to search...
By Chris Raneri, District Director 2020-2021 & Ninfa Flewitt, District Director Elect 2021-2022 The finish line to your year-long marathon is in sight and is attainable. In the beginning of the year, you were asked to define your long-term goals and then to break each one down into smaller, shorter goals – the ole “eat the...
by Marcheta Gardner, DTM Club Growth Director What do you do when you have the opportunity to host a dignitary? Sweat bullets! As Club Growth Director, I welcomed the auspicious honor of hosting our International Director, TK O’Geary! To say I had great expectations is an understatement! She was so kind to send me a pic...
by Ninfa Flewitt, DTM Program Quality Director Do you have a special set of skills that you would like to share with District 25? How about a set of skills that you would like to sharpen? Are you an organizer? Do you have amazing people skills and love to help others? Do you have a...
by Greg Pick, DTM Pathways Coordinator Are you ready for your dose of leadership? The eleven paths have a defined mixture of communication and leadership, along with electives, that allow you to customize your learning experience to achieve your goals. Beginning with Level 3, the curriculum builds leadership into the Pathways Learning Experience depending on...
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...
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...
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...
