Keary Dennison, President, Nissan Toastmasters This weekend I had the pleasure of attending Toastmasters Leadership Institute (TLI) President’s Breakfast at Texas Wesleyan Campus in Fort Worth, Texas. If you don’t read anything else, just know that if you are a Club President, and see an opportunity to register for an officer training session that says President’s...
By Joyce Trimble, DTM Do you look ahead at the weekends and wish for something new to do? Something even child friendly? I wasn’t looking for something new to do several weeks ago but I had been invited to attend a local gavel club as the General Evaluator. Friends, we are missing an opportunity...
Golden Triangle Toastmasters Club’s Holiday Celebration was great fun! Adding to the excitement was our guest, Caylea Young ACG/ALB, a member of Green Heart Toastmasters in Luxembourg. Caylea found our club via the Toastmasters International “find a club” function. Once she contacted us, plans were made for Area 62 Director, Daniel Baumgartner (a member of...
Authors, Once Upon A Time invites you to present a summary of your book as their book of the month in April. The summary of 150 words or less and without reference to the book title will be submitted to the entire membership for voting as is the normal process of book selection. If your...
LAS COLINAS COMMUNICATORS is sponsoring a Toastmasters Youth Leadership Program in Keller, TX. On May 3, 2017, our Club President Todd Talamo, CC, presented the coordinator Rahila Vayani, CC, ALB, with the Youth Leadership Kits for the 8 sessions program which begins on May 20th. Living the Toastmasters credo . . . the program...
Lewisville Western Days is an annual community festival held on the last weekend of September. Over 25,000 people visit the festival which features live music, kids’ activities, and booths from community organizations and local businesses. District 25 participated this year with a booth. Thanks to all the work of nine different clubs with 17 volunteers...
Question: What’s the most valuable thing that occurs in a Toastmasters club meeting? Answer: The speech evaluation(s). Speech evaluations provide a critical part of every club meeting. When delivered properly, an evaluation gives the speaker encouragement and suggestions for improvement, thereby fulfilling a key promise of the Toastmasters program. Evaluations give the audience insights, and...
London is a wonderful city and especially picturesque in December when decorated for the Christmas holidays. What better way to add to the holiday cheer than visiting a Toastmasters meeting? I planned ahead and corresponded with the District 91 leadership about my desire to visit a club near my hotel. Their response was immediate and...
A couple of months ago, I got an opportunity to be the Youth Leadership Coordinator for Extraordinary Toastmasters At East Fort Worth Montessori Academy. I took the opportunity because this is one of the goals I needed towards my DTM. I was apprehensive and excited at the same time. After carefully planning out the schedule...
On May 13, 2014, four students were selected to speak before the Fort Worth Independent School District Board Members and a packed house of two hundred or more attendees. These students are fourth and fifth graders at Bill J. Elliott Elementary School located in Fort Worth and they had just successfully completed the eight week...
