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VIRTUAL MEETINGS = VIRTUAL DUES PAYMENTS!

April 22, 2020

By: District Director Robyn Featherston, Esq., DTM As Toastmasters, we know how to pay our dues. We give the club treasurer cash, check, or in some cases, a credit card, they deposit the money and pay Toastmasters International its $45.00. However, in these times of social distancing, handing our club treasurer anything, much less cash…

Video Conferencing Creates Perfect Opportunity for Valuable Feedback

April 17, 2020

By: Bob Turel, DTM It seemed like a natural offshoot of my requests for Toastmasters to video their club speeches and allow me to do a remote evaluation on them by email. I can gratefully say I think the idea is catching on! The more you think about, video conferencing apps like Zoom make it easy to record…

Unique Pathways Projects

April 6, 2020

By: Sean F. Forrester, DTM, Chief Educational Ambassador, District 48 Did you know there are currently 60 projects in the Base Camp system, not counting the Pathways Mentoring program or the final Distinguished Toastmaster projects? Did you also realize that 24 of these projects, or 40%, only show up in a single Path, with the…

Tracking Your (Club) Pathways Progress

March 6, 2020

By: Sean F. Forrester, DTM, Chief Educational Ambassador, District 48 One of the questions I was asked several times at the recent Toastmasters Leadership Institute (TLI) events this season is “How do I track my club members’ progress in Pathways?”. While the Base Camp Managers have been shown how to monitor their club members progress…

Accounting For Pathways

March 4, 2020

By: Sean F. Forrester, DTM, Chief Educational Ambassador, District 48 One of the things I have been monitoring this year on a monthly basis is the number of Educational Awards earned in both the Traditional program and the new Pathways program by the District membership. Ideally, I would like to see an orderly transition from…

It’s All Greek to Me

February 25, 2020

Making new friends across the globe as told by Virginia Papadopoulos I have been a Toastmaster since 2016. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Toastmasters clubs around the world quickly took their club meetings virtual. I began visiting clubs around the world. The first club I attended was Toastmasters of Kifissia, a suburb of Athens, Greece.…

A Letter to District 48

February 12, 2020

From Terry Baab, 2018-2019 District Toastmaster of the Year Thank you ever so much for awarding me the 2018-19 District Toastmaster of the Year Award. I’m stunned beyond belief because I could walk into any District meeting and easily point out 20 other Toastmasters that could qualify for the honor. The quality and caliber of leaders throughout District…

Tips for Speaking in Front of a Camera

February 10, 2020

By Bob Turel, DTM Because the International Speech contest rules have changed and require that the district submit a video of the winner’s speech, your preparation needs to be more encompassing. Competing for a spot at the district level does not require any video recording at all, but now one is required for the Regional…

Call for District Leadership Nominations

January 24, 2020

The Value of Leadership Experience By Matt Siewert, DTM, PDG I would like to invite and encourage you to run for District office—elected or nominated—and offer to you a personal testimonial from my experience with elected office on the highest levels of District executive leadership. My testimonial begins with my call-to-action as your involvement running…

TOASTMASTERS LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE (TLI): What’s in it for me?

January 17, 2020

By Robin Riddell, DTM Are you planning to attend an upcoming TLI? Not sure because you’ve never been before? We surveyed some of our members who have been to Toastmasters Leadership Institute and here’s what they had to say: From Monica, “To get new ideas. To get re-energized, find out what’s new and reconnect with…

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