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AUGUST 2015
Inaugural Issue
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Messages from District
Director, Program Quality and
Club Growth Directorspp1-2
Public Relations
Happenings...p3
Best Practices from One
Clubs Point of View...p3
Hail & Farewell Highlights..p4
District Highlights
District Director Lovely Lall, DTM
Talk of the District
This Toastmasters year every flutter with Purpose will be the Talk of the District! Celebrate the accomplish-ments of your club and fellow members on this new initiative featured on our website.
District Director Club
Award
A Message from the Desk of the District Director
In our hands..... ours to make
District 29 Family,
Individual commitment to a group effort that is what makes a team work, a
company work, a society work, a civilization work. ~Vince Lombardi
Being in Toastmasters is no different. Collectively, each commitment made and kept by each of us as
members and as officers is what will make us successful as a family and as a Team -Together Every-
one Accomplishes More.
District 29 is off to a great start in this metamorphic year. Excitement is in the Air! I can feel it with each
purposeful flutter as our club officers are being trained. Success Plans are being written at each level,
starting from the Club to the Area to the Division and the District. Goals are being defined and set for
the year.
Area Directors have been appointed and trained and our Executive Team is in place and functioning
passionately. Area Directors are contacting and visiting clubs. Clubs are setting contest dates and
scheduling Open Houses. Our website is up and receiving high marks from many, and we are prepar-
ing for a fabulous conference that will feature Daniel Rex, Chief Executive Officer of Toastmasters Inter-
national as our keynote speaker.
You will hear details about the Smedley membership campaign, incentives and more from our outstand-
ing Club Growth Director Amy Brener. You will hear about contests and the conference from our excel-
lent Program Quality Director Lynn Wylde. Our Public Relations Manager, Angela Davis is doing a won-
derful job in establishing and advancing our public relations programming for the year.
I hope you are one of the many clubs who is planning to conduct regular Executive Club meetings on a
monthly basis. Working on Club Success plans in the beginning of the Toastmasters year is a good
start, helps bring the club officers/members on the same page and is very instrumental for taking the
club to the next level of success. I also want all clubs to start thinking about timely dues payments.
Getting ahead of required processes and requirements is always a good thing.
I wish to thank last year's team, led by Immediate Past District Governor Mahesh Patil, for dedicated
service and success in preparing a path for our 2015-2016 team. I would also like to acknowledge all
servant leaders who came before this year. As I said at the beautiful Hail and Farewell ceremony, we
are here with the opportunity for a metamorphic year because we stand on the shoulders of giants.
I love this quote by Tony Robbins, Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.
If you have not yet identified and set your personal goals for this year, I encourage you to do so. Our
Success is in our hands and it is ours to make.
Let's Fly Together....in this Metamorphic year!
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District Highlights,
Continued
Program Quality Director Lynn Wylde, DTM
Toastmasters Leader-ship Institute (TLI) Summer 2015
46% of Officers Trained!
TLI Stats
Club Growth Director Amy Brener, DTM
Smedley Award
Program August 1st September 30th
Receive a "Smedley Award" Ribbon to display on your club's banner. Qualifying clubs will also receive a spe-cial discount for 10% off their next club order from the TI Store. (The discount code expires six months from the date of issue and is not valid with any other offer.) The District will reimburse clubs up to $40 for an open house (maximum two per year). Visit the Open House infor-mation page for reimburse-ment details.
Welcome Newly Chartered Club to the
District 29 Family!
Geico
From the Desk of the Program Quality Director
This Is Your Year to S T R E T CH!
The District 29 contest season has just begun and this is your year to sign-up! Speech contests are a Toastmasters tradition. Each year, more than 30,000 members compete. What are the benefits of speech contests? They are fun; you learn; you grow; and you S T R E T C H on your Toastmasters journey.
The Fall season features two contests:
1. Table Topics A 1-2 minute impromptu speech where all contestants speak to the same topic.
2. Humorous Speech A thematic speech (opening, body, and close), that highlights the humorous side of life.
Competition begins at the club level, and winners advance to the area and division levels. The contest season culminates in the crowning of the District champions at the Fall Conference on November 7th at the Capital One Conference Center, McLean, VA.
Contest Schedule: Club Level Contests: now through August Area Level Contests: September Division Level Contests: October District Conference: November 7th
General contest information and specific contest dates are available on the District 29 website at www.tmd29.org.
From the Desk of the Club Growth Director
Happy August!
August 1st marked the start of the Smedley Membership Campaign. Add 5 new members between the dates of August 1st and September 30th and receive recognition from Toastmasters International as well as the District. Why do we need to add new members? The practical reason is that clubs lose members due to attrition. People retire and move from the area, they change jobs and so no longer can attend their original corporate club meetings, they achieve their Toastmasters goals, etc. If we dont add new members, we dont make up for these losses. Members who sponsor other members earn individ-ual recognition from Toastmasters International; if you bring in a new member, make sure the new mem-ber indicates that at the top of the second page of the Membership Application.
What about your personal Toastmasters journey? On the Communication side, are you ready to stretch yourself by joining an Advanced Club? A list of those clubs can be found at http://tmd29.org/Advanced_and_Speciality_Clubs.html. What about your Leadership goals? Are you ready to step out-side your club? There are many opportunities for you to help other Toastmasters and Toastmasters clubs. Read on for details!
Part of my role as Club Growth Director is to start new clubs and help existing clubs become stronger. We are always looking for new leads locations or companies our current members think might bene-fit from a Toastmasters club. If you have such a lead, please contact me at [email protected]. If you want to help form a new club, you can be a Club Sponsor. If you can commit to helping a new club out for its first six months to a year, you can become a Club Mentor. And if you want to help out an existing club that needs assistance, you can become a Club Coach.
Sometimes clubs with more than 12 members could use a helping hand. This year I am introducing a program whereby clubs can partner with other clubs to provide that assistance. This program, which I am calling Triple C (Club-Club Collaboration), requires a commitment on the part of the helper club to have members attend each meeting of the helpee club. If your club is interested in either helping or being assisted, please let me know.
This past week, Lovely, Lynn and I were at the International Convention, where we interviewed candi-dates for Toastmasters International Directors positions as well as attended three days of intensive training so that we are better able to serve the District in our new roles. It is our job to serve you, the member. Please do not hesitate to let me know what I can do to better serve you.
By working together, we can fulfill the District Mission: We build new clubs and support all clubs in achieving excellence. I look forward to flying with you all.
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Public Relations
Happenings
Visit our Social Media sites
Become fully engaged during your
Toastmasters journey. Visit one of
District 29s social media sites and
find resources and networking oppor-
tunities to help you learn and grow.
Visit our website at www.tmd29.org to
connect to our social media sites!
The PRM Award
This award, developed by your Public
Relations Manager, will be given to
following recipients:
Best Club Website
Best Club Newsletter
Best Public Service Announce-ment (PSA) - Video & Audio
Successful Toastmasters Inter-national Video Brand Contest Entry (JulyDecember 2015)
Successful Toastmasters Inter-national Magazine Submission
Complete details will be featured in
the next issue of Metamorphosis.
Awards will be given during the
Spring 2016 Conference.
Did You Know?
When you visit our website, there is a
beautiful graphic symbol representing
our District Directors 2015-2016
theme it is a butterfly that circles
many flowers that are marked by
events that occur on a Toastmasters
journey. Did you know each flower
can take you to a page on the website
that speaks to each of those events?
Take a few minutes to journey
through the graphic and learn more
about everything from contests to
TLIs to Conferences. Enjoy your trav-
els on your metamorphic journey this
year in Toastmasters!
Angela Davis, ACS, CL
Public Relations Manager
Best Practices: One Clubs Point of View
At the July 18 Toastmasters Leadership Insti-
tute in Fairfax, VA, one of the elective sessions
featured members of the PMIWDC#01 Toast-
masters Club. Area 34 Director and
PMIWDC#01 member Paula Green served as
the Panel Master. Six of the seven club offic-
ers represented members of PMIWDC#01 in
the panel. Also in the audience was one of
PMIWDC#01s newest club member who
joined Toastmasters 2 months ago.
This Toastmaster year is a significant year for
the club. Chartered 9 years ago, this club
achieved Presidents Distinguished with 10 for
10 Distinguished Club Program (DCP) goals
for the each of the 9 years. Out of 15,000
clubs in all of Toastmasters International, only
45 clubs are Presidents Distinguished with 10
DCP goals for 10 or more consecutive years.
District 29 currently has 2 of those clubs
among this elite list of 45 clubs: Lake Ridge
Toastmasters Club and Bennie Bough Toast-
masters Club. PMIWDC#01 plans to be a
member of that very exclusive group.
Asked what the club believes are best practic-
es, the club members created this list in no
particular order of importance. Hopefully you
will find these ideas useful for your club.
1. All 7 officers (not just the minimum of
4) are committed and expected to
attend TLI twice a year.
2. Have a pre-printed agenda with a
consistent format even if roles are
TBD.
3. State the purpose of each roles at
each meeting. This reinforces the
purpose of these roles to the club
members and informs the guests.
4. Communicate and coordinate days
before each meeting to ensure the
meeting runs smoothly.
5. Encourage club members to be
known outside of the club.
6. Sustain an active mentoring program
of both new and experienced mem-
bers.
7. Create Table Topics questions that
follow the theme of the club meeting.
8. Guests Actively greet and welcome
guests; encourage Table Topics par-
ticipation; follow up via email after the
meeting.
9. Evaluations State the purpose of
the speech before it begins, keep
evaluator format consistent and con-
structive, and have the person receiv-
ing the evaluation stand up during the
evaluation of the speech.
10. Hold special events throughout the
year including:
a. An end-of-calendar year party;
club officers election.
b. Special club officer elections
when needed following standard
elections proceedings.
c. Club level Hail and Farewell
event.
d. Club guest speaker program.
Quarterly new member orienta-
tion of Toastmasters program.
Edmond Joe, DTM
President
PMIWDC#01 Toastmasters Club
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Meet Our District 29 Division Directors!
2015-2016
Hail and Farewell 2014/2105: Highlights and Awards
The annual Hail and Farewell Celebration is a long standing Toastmasters tradition at the District level where the accomplish-ments of the outgoing District executive team is celebrated, and the incoming team is provided a proper induction and hearty welcome to district leadership for the new Toastmasters year. During this celebration many awards were given to deserving Toastmasters in the pursuit of the Districts mission We build new clubs and support all clubs in achieving excellence. The full list of awardees and photos from the event can be found by clicking here.
Division B Director Karen Jacobs, ACB, ALS
Division A Director Marie Barnes, DTM
Division C Director Dwight Yamada, DTM
Division D Director Dana Richards, DTM
Division E Director Harminder Lall, DTM
Division F Director Elke Tucker, ACB, ALB
Distinguished Toastmaster Glenn Stafford, a long standing member of District 29 Toastmaster Clubs was surprised, humbled and feels blessed to receive this well-deserved acknowl-edgment of his remarkable achieve-ment of earning 19 educational awards during the 2014-2015 Toast-masters year! Thirteen of those edu-cational awards were given to District 29, with three given to both Districts 36 and 58. He deservingly earned Triple Crown designations in all three districts! Distinguished Toastmaster Stafford states jokingly that you can call him a Triple-Triple Crown winner!
As Division Governor of Division A during the 2014/2015 Toastmasters year, Distinguished Toastmaster Ransom led her Division with the theme of empowerment to others. Her division, led in TLI attendance, TLI Golden Toaster Clubs, Education Awards, Distinguished clubs and still chartered two new clubs with no loss of clubs during the year. The most special part of this journey for Distin-guished Toastmaster Ransom is a testament of her leadership style to watch others growth, and knowing that I had a direct impact. She recommends to fellow Toastmasters Dive in! Do something before you have a chance to develop a fear of trying, or of failing! After observing Distinguished Toastmaster Ransoms success, we are all encouraged to take that leap into success!
Area Governor of the Year Ae-Kyong Morrell, ACB, ALB
Educational Star Award Glenn Stafford, DTM
Division Governor of the Year Award Katherine Ransom, DTM
During her tenure as Area Governor of Area 11, she accomplished all of her requirements but also provided support to clubs by advising them on strong points and areas of improvement. She went further to reach out to each mem-ber individually, listen to their goals and offer insights from her own experience in how to become successful in their Toastmasters journey. She turned feedback into the action by soliciting support from leadership for clubs. It is no wonder that she led a Presidents Distinguished Area!
Toastmaster Calvin considers the Toastmaster of the Year award a tribute to her mentors who have pro-vided encouragement, support and recognition. I owe all of them a big thank you for their support along the way. This award was special be-cause of the support and encourage-ment of Toastmasters that she both admires and by whom she feels nur-tured. She humorously relates when Distinguished Toastmaster Immediate Past District Governor Mahesh Patil began to list the accomplishments she herself had earnedshe all of a sudden realized he was describing her! As Toastmaster Calvin begins her current Toastmasters year as the Area Director of Area 64 in Division F she will surely continue to support, encourage and positively influence other Toastmasters along her journey.
Toastmaster of the Year Award Catherine Calvin, ACB, ALB
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Toastmasters Leadership Institute (TLI): The Benefits of Attending TLI
Don't miss the opportunity: TLI season ends August 31st.
Learn the principles of club leadership, broaden your horizons through engaging electives and network with fellow Toastmasters by attending the Toastmasters Leadership Institute (TLI). Strong and successful clubs have fully trained officers so sign up today! There are still more opportunities for your clubs officers to become trained. For more information, click here.
Not convinced? Here are more benefits of attending TLI:
Club officer training provides the knowledge and tools for club officers to do their roles successfully.
Club officers trained at TLI help fulfil a requirement for officers to receive Advanced Leadership Bronze ( ALB) credit.
Trained club officers contribute to member satisfaction and club success. Clubs with trained officers are more exciting, more new members join, more education awards are earned, and those clubs are more successful.
Clubs with 4 officers trained during each TLI season (summer and winter) results in half DCP credit for DCP Goal # 9.
Clubs with 7 officers trained during each TLI season results in the club receiving the "Golden Toaster Award" (a ribbon for the club banner) at the Fall or Spring District Conferences.
The "Beyond the Club Experience" is priceless.
Kudos to the Area Directors Who Have Completed 100% Club Visits!
Tanya White-Deyo, ACB, ALB
Area 53, Division E
David Lang, CTM
Area 56, Division E
Paula Green, ACS, ALB Area 34, Division C
Chiharu Bullock, ACB, ALB
Area 52, Division E
It is with sadness that we share this disheartening news-one of our District 29 family members, Mark Goldberg, CC, CL, Hunter Mill Toastmasters club, very recently passed away after a very short battle with cancer. He was a dedicated and exemplary Toastmaster, always eager to assist at the club, Area, Division and District levels. He is already being missed. Our prayers are with his wife Sara and the family. In lieu of flowers, contribu-tions in Marks memory may be made to University of Michigan Mens Glee Club (https://ummgc.org), Arena Stage (www.arenastage.org/donate), or to a charity of ones choice.
Special Tribute to One of Our Own
District #29
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