by Steven Timmons, DTM One Day, you are logging into Toastmasters.org and you are presented with 4 choices about your privacy. Did you study for the test? Did you pass? Who knows, it was probably pretty abrupt. These four settings can and do have unattended consequences. For example, if you’ve opted out of ‘Your Name...
by Frank Ball In January, I had speaking engagements with two churches and an assisted living center in Ontario, Canada. While there, I made several visits to three Toastmasters groups in the Windsor area, just across the river from Detroit. If you’re like me, you’re familiar with all the stores near your home, but you...
We want to hear what is happening with you and your club. 1. Join the d25 Toastmasters Bulletin Board on Facebook and post your exciting news to share with the rest of District 25. 2. Send pictures of your event, along with the date and a brief description, to pics@d25toastmasters.org. Then the images will be posted in...
This is a season of open houses and special meetings. Below are some suggestions to help visitors contact your club more easily. Please look at your club website, company website, Meetup page, Facebook page, etc. through the eyes of a visitor who has never visited your club. Is the club meeting information current throughout the...
District 25 has a new way for members to communicate… the D25 Toastmasters Bulletin Board on Facebook. It is a place where members can share information on topics of interest that are not necessarily District-related. If you wish to be a member of this group, please send a request to join from the Group page...
At the end of each calendar year, Toastmasters World Headquarters conducts inventory. During this time, orders cannot be placed online or via fax, mail or email. Please plan ahead and request the following before 11:59 p.m. (Pacific Time) on December 20: This includes orders for: Supply orders New member applications and kits Charter kits Education...
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...
Do you remember “rebranding”? Back in 2011, Toastmasters International changed its brand for the first time in 70 years, updating the logo, colors, fonts, imagery and messaging to make the Toastmasters identity clearer, and to increase awareness of its impact around the world and its focus on leadership. Here in District 25 our aim is...
Have you made it perfectly clear how visitors can find your club? Let’s check out an important way for them to do so — the Club Information page on the Toastmasters International website. Here’s the page for Afterburners Club #6191: http://reports.toastmasters.org/findaclub/zoomclub.cfm?ClubNumber=6191 Look at your own club’s page by changing the club number in the URL. (Or...
October 2013 was a month of exposure for District 25 members in the Toastmasters magazine. Jamie Pickering scuba dives in the Columbia Deep Reef in Cozumel, Mexico. Flashing a copy of the March Toastmaster magazine, she tries to get the turtle to attend a meeting. You might remember this photo of District 25 Division Governor...
