Brandi Wesley
Kelsey Dean
Training Co-Chairs
Leadership Training report updated 08/30/23. Please check carefully and let the TLI chairs know if there is a question about officer training fulfillment.
If there are any questions or concerns, please email the TLI Coordinator directly at TLI@d25toastmasters.org
Speaker to Training training 6/3/23 Video
TLI training dates and details can be found on calendar below. Registration is required. If virtual meeting – Zoom link will be provided. Dates/Times and Details with Eventbrite registration links are on calendar events below.
Below calendar are details of supplemental sessions.
Supplemental Session Details
| Date/Time | Supplemental Session | Facilitator(s) | Session Descriptions |
| Saturday 6/24/23 9a-2p CT |
Membership Retention | Maribeth Desuyo, DTM Lola Stone, DTM |
During the session, Maribeth and Lola will delve into effective strategies and best practices to cultivate member loyalty and increase retention rates. This interactive session will provide you with invaluable knowledge and practical tools to help your club build a thriving and engaged membership base. |
| The Road to DTM | Ninfa Flewitt, DTM Bob Beideck, DTM |
Learn from accomplished Distinguished Toastmasters (DTM) holders who have mastered the art of effective communication, leadership, and personal growth. Discover their invaluable insights, practical tips, and proven techniques to help you embark on your own successful journey towards becoming a DTM! | |
| Saturday 7/1/23 9a-2p CT |
Membership Retention | Maribeth Desuyo, DTM Lola Stone, DTM |
During the session, Maribeth and Lola will delve into effective strategies and best practices to cultivate member loyalty and increase retention rates. This interactive session will provide you with invaluable knowledge and practical tools to help your club build a thriving and engaged membership base. |
| Success Partners | Patty Wyatt & Jon Lukacher | Participants will learn how to find a success partner, establish the framework of the relationship, manage expectations and implement success measures. Patty and Jon’s system encourages self-reflection, confidence building, goalsetting and sharing the journey with a partner so you can achieve greatness together. | |
| Youth Leadership Program | Tammy Kasterke, DTM | Want to lead a Youth Leadership Program? This training is for YOU! In this 50 minute session, you will get an OVERVIEW of the YLP program, answer WHY lead a YLP, and provide TIPS on how to start, conduct and close a YLP. This session encourages open discussion to generate ideas for YOU to lead a successful Youth Leadership Program. | |
| Friday 7/7/23 5p-10p CT |
1 Weird Trick to Get 30 Members in your Corporate Club | Dave Papenmeier | You will learn how corporate clubs are different, how to co-opt your company, receive resources to take back to your company, and what actions to take. |
| The Road to DTM | Bob Beideck, DTM | Learn from an accomplished Distinguished Toastmasters (DTM) holder who has mastered the art of effective communication, leadership, and personal growth. Discover his invaluable insights, practical tips, and proven techniques to help you embark on your own successful journey towards becoming a DTM! | |
| Navigating the D25 Website | Diana Patton, DTM | The D25 web team wants every member but especially officers know more about what the D25 website has to offer. Learn how to navigate the website as well as see the benefits of our D25 calendar. The web team wants the website to be your go-to source for District events and resources to help in your Toastmasters journey. | |
| Sunday 7/9/23 1p-6p CT |
Club Mentor Training | Emily Murray, DTM DJ Reed, DTM |
Mentoring a new club takes a particular set of knowledge. Come learn how to effectively set new clubs up for success. |
| Award Winning Websites | Samantha Watt Sebastian Suarez |
Learn how to make an engaging, easy to read, and fun website from the VPPRs of Golden Triangle Toastmasters, the winner of the D25 Website Contest. | |
| Making Pathways Work for YOU! | Jim Jameson | This is a broad overview intended for newer members or anyone who would like a refresher on Pathways to bolster their Toastmasters journey. Even if you are somewhat familiar with Pathways this may be useful as you help your fellow club members learn and grow. (Especially important for officers!) | |
| Friday 7/21/23 5p-10p CT |
TI Rules! | Donna Young, DTM | Are you a free spirit? Tired of being hemmed in by rules & regs because they are too hard to understand? Then try this session & discover that you know more than you think you know about TI Policies and Protocols AND they are there to solve problems AND make your life easier. |
| Navigating the D25 Website | Diana Patton, DTM | The D25 web team wants every member but especially officers know more about what the D25 website has to offer. Learn how to navigate the website as well as see the benefits of our D25 calendar. The web team wants the website to be your go-to source for District events and resources to help in your Toastmasters journey. | |
| Open | Open | ||
| Sunday 7/30/23 1p-6p CT |
How to Host a Speechcraft | Kelley Rene Daniels | What’s a Speechcraft? It is a fantastic opportunity to utilize your public speaking skills and draw non-Toastmasters to your club. Come learn how to host a Speechcraft and bolster your club’s membership. |
| Canva 101: Not Just for VPPRs | Charlie Bowles | If you are a new or returning VPPR. then this workshop is for You! Canva is becoming the app of choice for anyone needing to create content for social media, emails, websites, presentations, and every kind of hard-copy medium you can imagine. Including animations and videos of all of those creations. BUT, it’s not just for VPPRs. Whether you are another officer in your Toastmaster club, or any other organization, or you just want to know how to interact in a social/online world, Canva can become a valuable tool in your tool kit. Along the way, we’ll touch on using QR Codes and interacting with AI in the creation of all of these projects. | |
| Youth Leadership Program | Tammy Kasterke, DTM | Want to lead a Youth Leadership Program? This training is for YOU! In this 50 minute session, you will get an OVERVIEW of the YLP program, answer WHY lead a YLP, and provide TIPS on how to start, conduct and close a YLP. This session encourages open discussion to generate ideas for YOU to lead a successful Youth Leadership Program. | |
| Wednesday 8/2/23 5p-10p CT (Div B) |
The Road to DTM | Bob Beideck | Learn from accomplished Distinguished Toastmasters (DTM) holders who have mastered the art of effective communication, leadership, and personal growth. Discover their invaluable insights, practical tips, and proven techniques to help you embark on your own successful journey towards becoming a DTM! |
| Making Pathways WORK for you | David Winkowski | ||
| Friday 8/4/23 5p-10p CT (Div D) |
Drive New Guests to Your Open House with Canva | Anna Kielpinski | |
| Base Camp Manager | David Winkowski | ||
| Saturday 8/5/23 9a-2p CT (Div E) |
Youth Leadership Program | Tammy Kasterke | Want to lead a Youth Leadership Program? This training is for YOU! In this 50 minute session, you will get an OVERVIEW of the YLP program, answer WHY lead a YLP, and provide TIPS on how to start, conduct and close a YLP. This session encourages open discussion to generate ideas for YOU to lead a successful Youth Leadership Program. |
| Drive New Guests to Your Open House with Canva | Anna Kielpinski | ||
| Making Pathways Work For YOU! | Jim Jameson | This is a broad overview intended for newer members or anyone who would like a refresher on Pathways to bolster their Toastmasters journey. Even if you are somewhat familiar with Pathways this may be useful as you help your fellow club members learn and grow. (Especially important for officers!) | |
| Saturday 8/5/23 2a-7p CT (Div C) |
Parliamentary Procedures | Charlie Bowles | |
| Monday 8/7/23 5p-10p CT (Div A) |
Base Camp Manager | David Winkowski | Are you curious how they manage all those expeditions going through the Basecamp on the way up Mt Everest? If so, this session could be for you. We will answer your questions! |
| Navigating D25 Website | Diana Patton | The D25 web team wants every member but especially officers know more about what the D25 website has to offer. Learn how to navigate the website as well as see the benefits of our D25 calendar. The web team wants the website to be your go-to source for District events and resources to help in your Toastmasters journey. | |
| Friday 8/11/23 5p-10p CT (Div F) |
When you grow, we grow. Our number matters! | Maribeth Desuyo | |