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D91 Nominations of the Year

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District Nominations of the Year

After a busy 2015/2016 Toastmaster’s year, it’s time to reflect, recognise and acknowledge good deeds carried out during the year by handing out awards.  First of all, we need to receive your nominations.  Please complete the Nominations Form and email back to me by 30 June.

Now is your opportunity to nominate someone or a club for one of the following awards: –

  • Toastmaster of the Year
  • Area Director of the Year
  • Division Director of the Year
  • Club of the Year

I look forward to receiving your nominations.

 

Helena Brewer
D91 Administration Manager 2015-16

D91 International Speech & Evaluation Contests Winners

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Following a very successful District 91 Londinium Spring Conference this weekend, congratulations to the inaugural winners of the District 91 International Speech and Evaluation Contests 2016.

International Speech Winners:Winner Speech Contest 3

1st:  Thien Trang Nguyen Phan

2nd:  Andrew Osayemi

3rd:  Donald Mavunduse

Thein, with her speech ‘Cut It Out’, will go on to represent District 91 at the International Speech semi-finals at Washington DC in August.  We wish her every success.

The mystery speaker was Graham Frost with a speech entitled ‘The Jacket That Changed My Life’.

Evaluation Contest Winners:IMG_1723

1st:  Ga Lok Chung

2nd:  Chris Boden

3rd:  Meenakshi Nayar

District 91 Toastmaster of the Year 2014 – 2015

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From Andrew P Bennett DTM
Andrew P Bennett DTMFellow Toastmasters it was with great excitement and pride that I received the news of my District 91 Toastmaster of the Year award. I would like to thank our Immediate Past District Governor Hilary Briggs and the Toastmasters who nominated me for this very special honour which I will treasure.

Division B Director Neil Coleman and President Charles Nahal, Berkeley Square Speakers kindly came from Swindon Conference to bring the award to me in Kent.

I am thrilled that this award reflects highly on my clubs Excalibur Advanced Speakers, Berkeley Square Speakers and also City Limits of which I am mentor.

Youth Leadership Program

Special mention was made of our Toastmasters Youth Leadership Program and I can only express my deepest gratitude and affection for the Toastmasters who have been willing to step in to the classroom and share their speaking skills with an ever growing number of young people. As District Youth Adviser I could only launch this initiative and support our members to the best of my ability, but it was my toastmasters from many clubs in the Districts who delivered the program.

Some of you may be aware that my current health situation means that I am not autonomous of movement and probably will not be able to attend club meetings in person for a while to come. During this time District 91 Club Growth Director Dorothea Stuart and Toastmaster Tony Winyard are kindly offering to actively assist any Toastmasters who are thinking of setting up a youth leadership program and carry on with the established custom of visits to the programs if possible. Our District YLP initiative continues and if you are running a YLP please keep us posted with news that we can share with our Toastmasters.

Celebrating the award!

Andrew P Bennett DTM receives award Nov 2015

An award means a celebration and Toastmasters Simon Frusher, David Salomons , Daniel Broadhead and Richard Gibson took me for a delightful lunch at The White Hart in Eltham. I have been very touched over the last few months by the many visits, cards and messages from our very special Toastmasters community.

Thank you to you all.

Until we meet again I take this occasion to wish you all a very happy holiday season
With Warmest Wishes, Andrew P Bennett

Spread your wings! We’re a global family

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Lyn Roseaman,  recently visited First Hanseatic Toastmasters club in Hamburg. As she says “this feels like a good moment for us all to remember that we are part of a global family.”

global family - Toastmasters

It was First Hanseatic’s Christmas party and they made me feel very welcome. We had plenty to eat (Asian) and drink (German), washed down with a hugely warm and friendly welcome and a healthy dose of table topics. The TT started with Christmas in various countries around the world … Sorry everyone, I did my “bah humbug!” impersonation. This was followed by a good old carols sing song and then a secret santa … with a difference. We ended up debating why we should keep our presents or swap them with someone else. Needless to say, I was busy hiding the chocolate gifts!!!

A big thank you to First Hanseatic und frohe Weihnachten one and all.

Next time you find yourself away from home, try and make time to drop into a local Toasrmasters club … you never know what delights might be waiting for you.

You can see more pictures on the clubs Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/First-Hanseatic-Toastmasters/111561948917396

Jeremy Robinson competes in Semifinals World Championship of Public Speaking

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Jeremy Robinson at World Championship Public Speaking
Jeremy Robinson
Toastmasters International Speech Contest Semifinals, Las Vegas

Best of luck to Jeremy Robinson who is representing District 91 at the Toastmasters International Speech Contest Semifinals. These take place at the Toastmasters International Convention in Las Vegas.

Contest Process

Jeremy Robinson is one of 96 contestants who have risen from a pool of 30,000 participants. These participants come from clubs in 126 countries. During a six-month process of elimination through club, area, division and district speech competitions he has earned his spot in one of the ten World Championship of Public Speaking semifinals.

One winner from each semifinal speech contest will then participate in the Toastmasters World Championship of Public Speaking. One of these ten will become the 2015 World Champion of Public Speaking.

We wish Jeremy lots of luck in his semifinal. Whatever the outcome we know that he will learn a huge amount and have a great experience.