TOASTMASTERS DISTRICT 48

By Jeannette Sweeney, Conference Chair Is this your first-time attending District 48 Spring Conference? Well, you are in luck! We are answering your questions in advance to help you get the most our of your conference experience. Here are the quick answers to the question most often asked by first timers: What to wear; what…

By: Emily L Drenberg, DTM, IPDD, Webmaster District 48 now has 2 exciting programs that reward members for reaching out to other clubs. The Club Ambassador Program started in 2015. This program rewards Toastmasters who attend other club meetings beyond the club in which they are members. In order to qualify, the Toastmaster cannot be…

By: Sean F. Forrester, DTM Chief Pathways Guide, District 48 One of Toastmasters International’s Pathways Pioneers is George Marshall, DTM, from District 57, one of the first Districts to launch the new Pathways Learning Experience. Mr. Marshall held my position within District 57 as the Chief Pathways Guide, offering presentations and detailed materials to his…

May Ghali with Balraj Arunalsalam, Toastmasters International Past President at the District 48 2019 Spring Conference. By: May Ghali, Current Area 44 Director Club Coach – Positively Speaking Immediate Past President – Sarasota Toastmasters Club In the three years since I became a Toastmaster, I achieved my Advanced Communicator Gold as well as my Advanced…

By: Sean F. Forrester, DTM Chief Pathways Guide, District 48 While scouring the internet for great resources on Pathways to include in our new Pathways Resources page, I came across worthy of being highlighted separately. Its author is Frank Storey, DTM, an active Toastmaster from District 18 and it is called Pathways Tutorial. There are…

By: Sean F. Forrester, DTM Chief Pathways Guide, District 48 For some Toastmasters, there is nothing better than to have a printed copy of the current project on which s/he is working. Whether it is to read off-line by the side of the pool, or to share and discuss with one’s Mentor, sometimes there are…

By: Sean F. Forrester, DTM Chief Pathways Guide, District 48 In April 2019, I reached out to our District leadership about a High-Performance Leadership Project idea for my Effective Coaching path, Level 5. My vision was to make the District 48 Pathways web page a go-to resource for its members. Six months later, and with…

By Gina Lovick, Renaissance Speakers Clearwater “You don’t have to be a ‘person of influence’ to be influential.” Our lives matter. This is indeed life-giving news to each of us. To some degree, we want to live lives of significance—lives that make a difference in the world around us. Living is the action of influencing…

By Sean F. Forrester, DTM Chief Pathways Guide, District 48 I’ll be the first one to say it if no one else will – I hate paperwork! These days, most of us utilize computers at work and at home for many different tasks that once were done on paper. So, it seems counter-productive to me…