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We will be adding more articles to this page. To start: here are articles on speaking and articles giving personal views on the on the power of Toastmasters and an exciting joint meeting between London and Namibia.

Meet a Leader – Florian Bay

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Florian Bay, our D91 Club Growth Director (CGD), is a true Franco-Brit – whilst he is French to the core he has fully immersed himself in his adopted homeland of “Dear Old Blighty”, including our culture, food and customs. Florian is the person most passionate about Toastmasters that I know, and he dedicates much of his time and effort to growing our organisation and motivating its members.

 

Where do you live and which club(s) are you a member of?

I came to the UK from France in 2005 and I currently live in Beckenham. I first joined Cheltenham Speakers and after moving to London, London Olympians and have been a member of four clubs at one time. Currently, I am the Treasurer at London Victorians (the club I set up in 2014), the VPE at St Pauls Speakers and President at Beckenham Communicators (presently a pre-charter club).

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District 91 Webinar Series

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We are extremely excited to announce that our District 91 Webinar Series is about to begin. This series was put together by Wole Ososami with the help of the District 91 Club Growth Team, in order to promote best practices for membership growth, membership retention and club marketing all over our District.

You can already register for the first two webinars.

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DLT Dispatches – September 2017

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Pedro Casillas (District Director)

September has been a month of Meetings and Deadlines across D91. As all members will know, during July and August, Area Directors host a series of Club Officer Training (COT) sessions for all club committee members designed to help clubs run their clubs to the best of their abilities to deliver excellent service of all are members. We have found that the clubs with most club officers trained tend to work better as a team and consequently are able to best support their members. Over the past two years we have been offering Club Officer Pins to those clubs who send 7 x 7 club officers to COT. I am delighted to list the clubs who have achieved this: Berkeley Square Speakers, Canary Wharf Communicators Club, Croydon Communicators Club, db Toastmasters – Canary Wharf, Deutsche Bank Toastmasters London, Excalibur Speakers, Experience French, Paddington Toastmasters, Stand & Deliver and The Toast Rack.

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Meet a Leader – Andy Hammond

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Each month we focus on one of our district leaders or accomplished toastmasters. This month our PR Manager, Nigel Oseland (NO), catches up with Andy Hammond (AH), this year’s District 91 Program Quality Director (PQD).

I’ve met Andy at a few meetings and workshops now. As well as being clearly focussed and determined, he has a mischievous sense of humour.

NO. Where do you live and which club(s) are you a member of?
AH. I live in sunny LA, actually Littlehampton – called Little ‘Ampton by some locals! I have been a member of Arun Speakers in Chichester since 2001, and founded County Communicators at West Sussex County Council in 2009.

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