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If a Toastmasters year is a marathon, it’s time for the sprint finish.

9 June 201630 May 2016 by Susan Rayner

Dear District Leaders,

With 30 days to go to the end of the Toastmasters year, we are one of only seven districts around the world who are distinguished. Third highest number of distinguished clubs, second highest number of clubs that have 20+ members. And overall, doing better than we did this last year.

We have still a lot to do to get to President’s Distinguished District – 2 more clubs to either charter or get to good standing and 351 renewals or new members. Our analysis is that these goals are achievable – it will take a lot of focus to get there.

If a Toastmasters year is a marathon, it’s time for the sprint finish.

A Speechcraft Story

30 May 2016 by Susan Rayner

speechcraftheader A few months ago, I sent out an email at work inviting colleagues to take part in a Speechcraft course during lunch breaks over 8 weeks. Speechcraft is an 8 week introduction to public speaking from Toastmasters. I knew there would be a few people who would be interested, but I wasn’t sure what kind of response I would get because it’s not a huge organisation – it has about 300 people who are office based.

Well, I didn’t need to wonder for long. Within an hour the course was full. By the end of the day I had a waiting list big enough for 4 groups.

Toastmasters with Different Abilities

7 October 202025 April 2016 by Susan Rayner

Toastmasters with Different Abilities – Facebook Group

A new Facebook group has recently been set up for Toastmasters with different abilities. The purpose of this group is to provide a space where disabled Toastmasters can ask questions and share experiences to support them on their Toastmasters journey.

The group was set up because we realised there was a need for a space where Toastmasters who need to do things a bit differently can find out from others who are in a similar situation how they have dealt with challenges and what solutions they’ve found. This could be valuable to both new and experienced members alike – you never know who might have found the solution to the challenge you’re facing!

If you’d like to join us to get the most out of your Toastmasters experience and help members around the world do the same please come and say hello at Toastmasters with Different Abilities Facebook group!

Excellence in the Face of Adversity! Leadership challenges

7 October 202025 April 2016 by Susan Rayner

From Samir Malak, Area Director, K35

Celebration of Excellence

As we were preparing for the Area Contest, a boy approached me, his face awash with consternation. “When are you going to be finished?” I advised we would certainly be done by 10pm. “But we are having Karate at 8pm in that room.”

“Let me look into that.” I responded, with a smile.

My Robert’s Rules Learning Curve

7 October 20201 March 2016 by Susan Rayner

My Robert’s Rules Learning Curve

District 91 Director Jean Gamester, DTM

Before I became District 91 Director, I had attended and participated in lots of district council meetings. I thought I had the hang of it when I took on the District Director role, but it turned out that my predecessors had made it look easy.

I was fortunate to get a clue that I was on a steep learning curve when I ran my first District Executive Committee meeting in September with the Area and Division Directors. It was fairly light, nothing that couldn’t be handled, but I realised that Robert’s Rules were less of a list of rules and more of a whole new language, especially when it came to handling motions. And handling motions becomes more complicated when you take into account that we have a detailed set of governing documents in Toastmasters, and we need to make sure that any motion doesn’t conflict with them.