The Most Glorious Moment of The Year
Our members and clubs received Appreciation and Exceptional Contribution Awards, District Awards (Toastmaster, Area Director, Division Director of the year), Club of the Year and other recognition!
Key District Achievements
- Member engagement: #1 in Europe (L1 completion)
- Membership strength: Diverse membership from over 30 countries
- New members:#1 in Europe with 1,774 members joining us this past year
- New Clubs: 6 new and a pipeline being rebuilt
- Education: 1952 awards – 0.5 per member
- Distinguished Clubs: 116 (Smedley Distinguished)
People of the Year
Area Director of the Year – Amy Jones, H32 (S)
- Arun Speakers (S)
- County Communicators (P)
- Worthing Speaker’s Club (P)
- Gatwick Communicators (P)
- Clever Communicators (Pre-Charter)
- Sussex Online Speakers (Pre-Charter)
- Leading by example throughout the year
Division Director of the Year – Diane Richardson (Division D)
- Led newest Division
- President Distinguished Division
- Supported District Marketing
- Supported District PR
Toastmaster of the Year – Harminder Dhillon
- Kings Speakers (B52), Est 2012
- Visionary
- Continues to inspire
- Since Charter, over 200 lives have been transformed
District Director Award – Janet Alkema, DTM
- Selfless District Alignment Committee Chair
- Training Support
- Webinar series
- Past Division Director
- Past Area Director
PR Manager of the Year – Ellie Henderson, Worthing Speakers
- Attracted guests from around the world and motivated current and past members with the outstanding blog
- Shared numerous #MyWhy stories on Facebook page
- Helped the club gain 19 new members
Best PR Campaign of the Year – Tim Patmore, Oxford Speakers
- Lead an exceptional PR campaign for the club’s 60th Anniversary
- Invited >400 people, incl. Oxford VIPs and politicians
- ave 2 radio interviews, incl. with BBC radio Oxford
- Improved reach in social media and YouTube channel
Lead Generation – Varun Sharma
- Club Sponsor – KBR Toastmasters
- NHS/Other corporate opportunities
- On the 2021/22 Club Growth Team
Club Coordinator of the Year – Jim Benn
- Project Plan
- Ownership of milestones
- Worked to a firm timescale
Club Sponsor of the Year – Melanie Edward
- Professionalism throughout
- Passionate about developing others (24)
- Engaged key stakeholders
- Opportunity for further clubs in the business
- Seamless charter
Club Coach of the Year – Ruth Ribeiro
- BMS Uxbridge – 16 > 11 > 24
- Engagement with the wider D91 community
- Membership Growth
- Use of DCP as KPIs
- Contribution to monthly support sessions
- Continued support of the club into the new year
Club Growth Awards
Smedley Award
Legacy Speakers Brixton
Shilling Speakers
West London Speakers
Society Speakers
The Speakers of Croydon
Moody’s London
Central London Toastmasters
Solent Speakers
London Business School Public Speaking Club
Spirited Speakers
Talk up Toastmasters
Kings Speakers
Cardiff Toastmasters
London Public Speakers
North Oxford Speakers
1st London Toastmasters
The Speakers of Croydon
London Victorians
Kent Speakers
Manor House Speakers
Clapham Communicators
Holborn Speakers
City Of London Toastmasters
Central London Toastmasters
Covent Garden Speakers
Ace of Clubs
London Business School Public Speaking Club
Beat the Clock
Connected Speakers London
BMS Uxbridge
Shilling Speakers
Kent Speakers
Bristol Central Speakers
Mole Valley
Holborn Speakers
Net Growth +10 (Zeus Award)
Shilling Speakers
104 Debaters
Kings Speakers
GSK House Toastmasters
Mole Valley Speakers
Cardiff Toastmasters
London Business School Public Speaking Club
Membership Resiliency
Berkeley Square Speakers
Holborn Speakers
Kent Speakers
Society Speakers
1st London
City of London
The Speakers of Croydon
Corporate Recognition Awards
GSK House Toastmasters
- Resilience during turbulent times
- Helped a new club within GSK to charter
- Outstanding membership growth
Reading Verizon
- Sponsoring Club for Verizon EMEA Online Toastmasters
- Growth within the company – identify opportunities
- Outstanding member contributions – wider D91 community
New Clubs
- Wye Knot Speakers
- KBR Toastmasters
- Verizon EMEA Online Toastmasters
- Liberty Speakers
- BT Enterprise Corporate Toastmasters
- Lockton Toastmasters
Special Mention – Verizon EMEA Online Toastmasters
- D91’s first official ‘online only’ club
- Example of embracing opportunity in a turbulent times
- Growth within an existing corporate partner
Program Quality Awards
Educational Awards
- 95 Paths completed in 2020/21, and seven members completed multiple paths. Among them:
- Roz Etwaria
- Allan Darter-Bragg
- Chris Lloyd-Davison
- Liza Hooks
- 190 Members achieved the Triple Crown award in 2020/21
- 59 Members that completed a path or paths and achieved the Triple Crown Award
First Class Award
- Harrovian Speakers
- Data Science Speakers
Club Commendation
- Hamwic Speakers (for the Courtroom Chaos event)
- Kings Speakers (for the Meet David Seidler event)
- Cardiff Toastmasters (Highest net growth)
7/7 Club Officers Trained
1st London
Ace of Clubs
Arun
Ascot and Bracknell
Barking
Berkeley Square
Berkhamsted
BMS Uxbridge
Broadgate
Camberley
Canary Wharf Communicators
Canterbury Communicators Club
Citi Criers Club
City of London
Connected Speakers Bromley
Connected Speakers London
County Communicators
Croydon Communicators Club
Data Science
Didcot
Excalibur
Gloucester
Harrovian
Holborn
Kent
Kings Cross
KPMG Kommunicators
London Corinthians
Maidenhead
Milton Park
MLP London Bridge
Moody’s London
Newbury
Oracle NetSuite
Oxford
PMI UK
Purley
Riverside Communicators
Shilling
Stratford London
Thame
Speakers of Croydon
TJXpressions
Toasted Sandwich
Trojan
Voice of Wales
West London
Wharf
Windsor
Woodford Green
Worthing Speakers
Special Mentions
Program Quality Team 2020/21
Liz Hobbs
Andy Hessey
Sam Warner
Neil Coleman
Guler Cortis
Alistair Barton
Chris Boden
Club Growth Team 2020/21
Jacqui Rosser
Mike Burrows DTM
Seema Menon DTM
Janet Alkema DTM
Monika Swiderska DTM
Gagan Singh
Duncan Hammett
Julian Ward
Irina Ursu
Jean Gamester DTM
PR Support
Diane Richardson
Susan Rayner
Adrian Lane
John Drinkwater