By Jamie Pickering, DTM, District Director Pop Quiz: What does the D25 Trio, a Sextant, and Dallas all have in common? Answer: Toastmasters International Mid-Year Training! The Club Growth, Program Quality, and District Director attend training from TI twice a year. Once preceding the International Convention and then again in January. This January we were...
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 Chris Raneri, DTM, Club Growth Director I remember the first time I got the opportunity to train our club officers. I thought I was well prepared and I knew exactly what it took to make sure I provided stellar training. In reality, I just read through the material provided by TI and made sure...
By Diana Patton, DTM Webmaster Club officers should have received the following email from Toastmasters International May 14, 2019 regarding going digital on various documents. Link to these documents and web pages can be found on D25 club resource and contest resource pages. Dear Club Officers, In the March Leader Letter, we shared that...
By Robi Ley, DTM, District Director Standing atop the Tower of the Americas, looking across the nightscape of San Antonio, gives you a chance to see things from a different perspective. Your trio attends training twice a year, just as club officers do, and that was our view our last night of mid-year training. What...
By Tammy Kasterke, DTM, Training Chair 2018-2019 Winter TLI Season is near…. Give me a “T”! Give me an “L”! Give me an “I”! Give me a “V–O–L–U–N–T–E–E–R”! What does that spell? Opportunity, Opportunity, Opportunity! I want Y-O-U to be on my TLI Team! In case you’ve not met me yet, I’m Tammy...
By Chuck Mencke, DTM One of things that I’ve grown to love about Toastmasters is our commitment to training. I have participated in many volunteer organizations, but none of them focus on training like Toastmasters does. They want their leaders to be successful and are committed to helping them in every way possible. This year,...
It is the time for officers, new or experienced, to come and be recharged, energized, and motivated. Come be a part of the fun filled learning experience. You’ll receive tools and tips to share with your club and earn club DCP credit. Club officer classes and elective sessions are available for officers and/or any member...
If you checked out the Club Success Workshop page, you probably noticed that stranger on the bottom of the page. Who is he? Is he in our District? Should I know him? The answers to the second two questions; no, and probably not. The answer to the first: that is Rob Christeson. He is our...
The 2017-2018 District Leadership retreat was held at Glen Rose from June 24 – 25 for Area and Division Directors. It was a weekend packed with educational sessions conducted by the Trio and Division Directors. The weekend included the team scavenger hunt as a team building activity. Each team had to create a photo presentation...
