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A Christmas message from District 71 Director - Patricia O’Reilly, DTMChestnuts roasting on an open fire

Jack Frost nipping at your noseYuletide carols being sung by a choirAnd folk dressed up like Eskimos…

(The Christmas Song)

Season’s Greetings to all members of District 71.I would like to thank all of you for giving selflessly of your time to your fellow clubmembers and your clubs.

Just as you do in your Toastmasters clubs, at this Christmas season please giveselflessly of your time to your family, relatives, friends, neighbours, the elderly and thevulnerable in your community. Remember that “Helping one person might not changethe world, but it could change the world for one person.” Anonymous

On behalf of the District Leadership Team, I wish you all a happy and joyous Christmasand a peaceful and prosperous New Year.

And so, I’m offering this simple phrase

To kids from one to ninety-twoAlthough it’s been said many times, many ways

“Merry Christmas to you”.(The Christmas Song)

The day Dan Rex, CEO of Toastmasters International, came toDistrict 71By Patricia O’Reilly, DTM, District 71 Director, 2018-19

It was on, it was off and then miraculously it was on again and Dan Rextouched down on District 71 soil on Friday 16th November.

After a quick lunch it was off to EI Toastmasters to present theToastmasters International Corporate Recognition Award to Enterprise

Ireland, the company that supports EI Toastmasters. The engraving reads “ToastmastersInternational recognizes Enterprise Ireland for enhancing employee engagement throughcontinuing support of Toastmasters Communication and Leadership programs”.

DISTRICT 71MAGAZINE

December 2018

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Leadership Page 3 Program Quality Report Page 5Club Growth Report Page 6 #MyWhy Video Challenge Page 4Division N News Page 7 Public Relations Incentives 1Speechcraft Case Studies Page 12 Prize Crossword, Page 20



At EI, Lucy Clarke took on the role of Toastmaster and we were treated to a moving speech bymember Greg Coyle, inspiring words from Dan Rex as he presented the award and anacceptance speech by Stephen Creaner, Executive Director of Enterprise Ireland.

Next it was off to pre-charter club Irish Life where Ronan Kearney and Paul Egan had organiseda lively topics session and Dan spoke about the benefits of joining a Toastmasters club.

On Friday evening Dan addressed the audience at the Division M contest and impressedeveryone with his easy, relaxed style and his accessibility. Running a contest is pressureenough but that pressure is magnified when the CEO of Toastmasters International is attending.My thanks to the Division M team - Teresa,Bobby, Shalini and John.

One member of Toastmasters was sitting on atrain at 6 am on Saturday morning as he

travelled from Cork to Dublin to interview Dan for his Podcast “Talk Show forTalkers”. [see http://www.irishtalkers.com/ on 24th Nov and 7th Dec shows]

That’s commitment for you. Ted Mellamphy is seen here interviewing Dan. I waspresent at this interview and I was struck by Ted’s interviewing style. It was likelooking at two people having a relaxed fireside chat, although there were timeswhen I wondered just who was interviewing whom.

Saturday afternoon Dan delivered an informative and thought-provokingworkshop on “Quality Clubs”. He started this workshop by flashing on screen theclub mission which is “to provide a mutually supportive and positive learningenvironment in which every individual member has the opportunity todevelop oral communication and leadership skills, which in turn foster self-confidence and personal growth”. He then dissected the mission statementword by word. It redefined for us what is at the heart of our clubs. Everyone whoattended the workshop was struck by Dan’s accessibility, by his knowledge of theclub environment and what makes a quality club. Dan was very generous with his time and willingly and patiently posed forphotographs. I am indebted to Colin Byford for the photographs which follow. It was an honour to have Dan Rex visit our District.He was likeable, approachable and gave very generously of his time.

Please note: Colin Byford sent me the photographs he took at the workshop. If Colin took any of you then email [email protected] and I’ll email it to you.



Stepping into a Leadership Role – Why not you?By Elizabeth Nostedt, DTM; Region 10 Advisor, Past Region 11 Advisor, and PastDistrict 59 Director

Within a brief time (if it hasn’t already happened by the time this goes to print), your Districtteam will be asking YOU if you would like to step forward and take a leadership role at theDistrict level – as an Area Director, Division Director or higher. You may have many differentthoughts about this – like:

· Am I ready for this?· Do I really want to do this?· I have so many other things happening now.· What do I have to do in this role X?· and so on.

Leadership roles are not obvious to all of us, but they can certainly help us grow as people. Let me tell you a few leadership storiesfrom my career in Toastmasters and in a corporate setting.

As Area Director (AD) – this is the true test of serving others.

As Area Director, people may look up to you as the person that should know everything. But that is not necessary – because thereare so many resources in Toastmasters to help you – like the District Leader manual. This is exactly what I learned – I did nothave to be an expert. I knew how to read – and I learned to ask good questions. I could ask the person who was AD before me,and I could ask other District leaders. I could also say – “I don’t know the answers to that.” I further learned that when I conductedClub Officer Training and when I visited the clubs in Area – I learned so much about people. I learned about their wants and needsand dreams for being a leader. I learned that I was the servant leader to them.

I set the vision for the Area for the year. I believed that our clubs could be Presidents Distinguished and through the trainingsessions, we reviewed how to do it with the club leaders. They caught the vision and understood it. We achieved it.

As soon as that Leadership Vision was clear, then it was my role to help them implement it. It included further interpretation of whateach goal meant and what actions were necessary.

The biggest learnings came from working with others as volunteers. Of course, all the club officers are volunteers! And as AD, weare volunteers. So, it is not like at work where we work with employees, that they are expected to do the work because they areemployees and get paid to work. It meant that I reflected on if I needed help with something, how could I best ask for help, andwould this appeal to the person I asked, so that they would help.

As CGD, PQD and District Director

These roles further expanded my learnings as a leader, because there were more committees and more work to be doneTHROUGH others. A vision, an inspirational idea, enthusiasm for the work, willingness to do the work myself – these were all waysto work through others to achieve our goals. I learned to coach others with great open-ended questions so that they often foundthe answers they were seeking.

Was it all easy? Definitely not! I can certainly say there were challenges – but they also meant large leadership/personal learninglessons. There were people who could not get along with each other, an area director who did not want to build a new club –because he/she knew better, keeping District conferences within budget, and so on – each challenge came with a new lesson to belearned.

Servant leaders are motivated by caring and the agenda they seek is mutual benefit.” -Stephen M.R. Covey

When working in a corporate setting

I have worked for many years in various corporate settings – from being an “ordinary” employee, to being a department managerand leader of a large group and to my current position as a Senior Project Manager on IT and Business projects. Each of theseroles of leadership meant something new.



As an “ordinary” employee, I was the leader of my own work. I learned time management of my own time. Some of you may thinkthat it is tough when a manager is telling you what to do, but what if you yourself are the slave driver!! This is comparable to youas an ordinary Toastmasters member who also must take responsibility and needs encouragement to reach the next level of growthand awards.

As a Department manager, then I saw the people who were motivated by what they were doing, and those who were not motivated.As I see it now, all motivation is “self-motivation” and it was my work to ensure that we could find the things that would keep all theemployees motivated in some way. This is perhaps like you as an Area Director, where you can see the clubs that are motivated toreach DCP and others that simply do not care.

As a Senior Project Manager now, I am caught between what my Management Team wants me to deliver, and what my teammembers say they can deliver. That is another dilemma. This is perhaps like the Division Director role – caught between the Areadirector and the District Leadership Team.

In each role at work, and in each level at Toastmasters, I take the time to reflect what lessons I have learned, and there are somany. They have made me a better person and a better leader – and they were so worth doing because of how much I havegrown.

The Region Advisors’ D71 #MyWhy challengeBy Daniel Sandars, Public Relations Manager

Our Region Advisor Elizabeth Nostedt visits our district in late January 2019 andhas challenged members to produce their #MyWhy videos. The #MyWhycampaign is an initiative of Toastmasters International seehttps://www.toastmasters.org/MyWhy and also see example https://youtu.be/Kqk_jNig6Tc

The concept is simple:

1. Record a one-minute (or less) video telling us your story. During the first 30 seconds, explain your motivation or thepersonal or professional challenge you faced. Then spend 30 seconds explaining how Toastmasters has helped you.

2. At the end of your video, hold up this sign (http://bit.ly/2RZE7AD) and say, “And that’s my why!” If you can’t print the sign,write #MyWhy on a piece of paper or hold up the sign on your phone.

3. To share your video with friends and family, post it on your personal social media pages with hashtag #MyWhy and tagToastmasters International. Make your post public so the world can hear your story! The District has ahttp://bit.ly/2QRr3jG that you can use to (re) publish your video so please ask me to do that (see below).

4. Email a link to your video to Daniel the District Public Relations Manager [email protected] beforethe deadline including details of your home club.

The Prize Draw Deadline Friday 18th January 2019 at 21:00 GMT

Prizes

Patricia (District Director) and Elizabeth (Regional Advisor) have very kindly donated a Wireless Presentation Advancer and aYouth Leadership Program kit. The winners will be announced at the District Officer Training events in late January and yourArea or Division Director will be entrusted with the prizes to present to you at your club.



Program Quality UpdateBy John Cox, Program Quality Director

Season’s Greetings

Club Quality – How are we doing?

It’s been a busy time of year leading up to Christmas with Club, Area and Division Contests, a visitfrom Toastmasters International CEO, Dan Rex, and Area Director Club Visits and their reportsbeing produced. Many thanks for all the challenging work that has gone into these activities.

I urge club Presidents to share the Area Director’s Club Visit Reports with all their officers andidentify those key areas for improvement.

Consider carrying out the Moments of Truth educational in your clubs to get members’ views onareas for improvement. You will find their feedback and potential support invaluable.

Identifying areas of improvement is the easy bit – doing something about it will be the real test forthe leadership team and their members.

Common themes for potential improvement that have emerged from those reports include:

· Information provided to guests· Inducting and engaging new members - bringing them quickly up to speed· Promoting/marketing the club· Running a Guest/Open Night to bring in new members· Navigating Pathways· Social events· Educational sessions· Increasing membership

The Japanese practice something they call Kaizen – change for the better, continuous improvement - and is a measure of both theleadership of their organisations and the engagement of their employees.

I believe we need to get better at challenging the status quo – in the same way that we encourage our members to improve, weneed to apply the same improvement principles to our clubs.

Let’s strive to make our clubs better each year and I’m sure we will see that reflected in member retention, increases inmembership and more members achieving their personal goals.

The second Club Visit Reports, to be completed by May, will be a good indicator of the improvements that have been made.

Youth Leadership and Speechcraft Programmes

I am still pushing for clubs to reach out into their communities with new Youth Leadership Programmes and Speechcraft. I haveYLP and Speechcraft Kits, and promotional materials available so please get in touch.

[This edition contains a selection of Speechcraft case studies on Page 12 to help and inspire you]

Pathways

Please also look at who in your club has still to enrol on Pathways. This information isavailable on your Club Roster on the TI website.

Appoint a Pathways Champion to help those who may be struggling to get to grips with the programme. There are now materialsaround to help understand each of the 10 Paths and the associated Projects at each level: http://bit.ly/2BjKc3R.

All the Evaluation Forms can also be found online and downloaded at: http://bit.ly/2EkvaxS



It would be great to see which clubs manage to get 100% of their members enrolled on Pathways and all their newer membersprogressing through their various Levels.

I will be looking to reward those clubs who make the greatest progress.

2019 Norwich Conference – May 10-12

Don’t forget to book your place https://www.norwichconference2019.com for our onlyconference in 2019.

As well as all four contest semi-finals and finals, there will be educational workshops, theDistrict Council meeting with the District Leader elections and some great speakers’ includingEldonna Lewis Fernandez and Marcus Hemsley.

The theme will be the 1940’s and we will be entertained by the D-Day Darlings and The JoeRinger Band. The venue is the Holiday Inn Norwich North, right next to Norwich Airport. I’msure it will be another great conference so Book Now!

I guess this will be the last newsletter before the Christmas break so can I please wish you a brilliant Christmas and New Year andhope that you get all you wish for in 2019.

Club Growth updateBy Gerard Mannix, Club Growth Director

Thank you for your attention and the magnificent work you are undertaking

New Club Initiatives

Any member who has a suggestion of a location, community or a workplace whichcould has the potential for a new club please contact myself Gerard Mannix

[email protected], your Area or Division Director or any member of theDistrict team. You are invited to be involved in the GROWTH of Toastmasters

District 71

Cash Incentive: Allow 45 pounds/50 euro support for one-time room hire costs for your demo meeting.

New Clubs Report

With immense pleasure District 71 canannounce our latest club, bringing to 4 thisToastmaster year. Very manycongratulations to all involved.

Salesforce Dublin Toastmasters, ClubNumber: 7126746, District 71 Area M54,Charter Date: 1st November 2018

District Director Patricia O’Reilly also carriedout Club banner presentations to last year’s(2017-18) recently chartered clubs in DivisionA (Southern Ireland) Lee Valley Speakers(#4858276 chartered 24/4/2018) in Area A11and Republic of Work Toastmasters Club(#6779360 chartered 2/5/2018) in Area A23.



Fall into Winter Award

Does your club have many guests? Toastmaster clubs need to encourage new members to join to maintain quality meetings andcontinuity. This time of year, District 71 has an incentive for clubs that add 4 plus members. Each club that attains these extra

members will qualify for a pizza voucher valued at 45 euro. Yet, if the clubdoes not like that food then alternately there is a voucher valued at 45dollars for purchase of goods from the Toastmasters International store.

November 1st to 31st December· Clubs that add 4 plus members during this period will be awarded

a pizza voucher valued at 45 euro or for those in the sterling currency avoucher valued at 40 pounds

· Or a voucher valued at 45 dollars for purchase of goods atToastmasters International store.

Help for weaker clubs

Club coaching: 100 euro/ 90 pounds assistance per club with 12 or fewer members. Club coach reward $15 to successful coaches

Wishing all members and their families a Happy and Peaceful Christmas

Guest Division NBy Division Director John McFadzean

Traveling Toastmaster September 2018, John McFadzean, CL, of Southport, Merseyside, England, balances on a paddleboard at SouthportMarine Lake in Southport, England.



I can’t get to my Club; but I need my TM fix…

By Nik Lakhani CC, ALB, President of Warrington Toastmasters, Area 31, Division N, District 71

I faced a crisis a few weeks ago. The wife’s away visiting her elderly parentsabroad, and I’m the dutiful husband who “volunteered” to give up all myevening activities for 3 weeks to ensure our teenage kids can roll their eyes atme when I ask them nicely to do their homework!

This meant no volleyball, golf, or a quiet pint with friends at the local. Inaddition, I couldn’t go to my club, Warrington Toastmasters, for 3 straightmeetings. We are an energetic and lively bunch who meet every Mondaynight at the Village Hotel in Warrington. I was VPE at the time and desperatenot to miss my TM fix.

What do I do?

I can do most of my VPE role offline: schedule speeches, assign roles, etc. What about my fix? You know, the feeling you getfrom showing up, learning something new and having fun?

Crisis led to doubt and then onto despair. I can’t do cold turkey. It’s just not fair!

A chance conversation with a sympathetic member ignited aspark in me. “Have you tried online attendance?”, asked Anne.I then understood something clearly at last: I can attend ameeting online. Not just that, a meeting whilst sitting, in myboxers, sipping a tall glass of ice cold cider – whilst sportingpsychedelic gaming headphones belonging to TeenagerNumber One.

Don’t get me wrong, I don’t think of this as an alternative tomy local club. I love walking through the door every Monday night and contribute to a unique event of fun and learningwith laughter.

This was complementary to my TM fix. A blue pill for my speaking journey, anenhancer, an extension if you will. I was blown away with the world I found through mynewly requisitioned headphones and hitherto unused webcam.

I found 3 clubs within 150 miles of me that had online attendance: White Rose Speakers,Leeds; Luton Speakers Club, Luton; and, Cornerstone Communicators AdvancedToastmasters, St. Albans. All 3 are in District 71 – check them out.

Due to my work schedule at the time (and homework duties), I found some other online attendance clubs more suited to myrequirements. These are: Competitive Communicators; Online Presenters and Global Trainers Online. Always visit a clubtwice, see what it’s like. If you feel good about it, just join as a dual member.

So, what was it like?

Well, amazing: I joined 3 more clubs and now I have a bigger family in Toastmasters. Ihave given them the benefit of my experience e.g. helping one club specifically to set up arobust Mentoring programme. Also, I have learned many things that I have brought back toWarrington Toastmasters, for example, being creative with Table Topics and special eventsto help attract visitors, member retention, and just have more fun. One such event is goingto be like “Snow White Kills Sneezy – The Murder Trial”.

Ultimately, being a member of more clubs helps you accelerate your learning, gives youdifferent challenges and pushes you out of your comfort zone. I have already picked up the knack of looking at the camera directlyoften.

The biggest point I would say is that the members you see and meet online are more tech savvy, more motivated and morequalified than the ones I’ve met at our traditional “bricks and mortar” clubs. The result of this is means I have hundreds of years’



worth of experience to call up in terms of Toastmasters and, particularly, Pathways. Most of the people online seem to be multipleDTMs with 18 months’ experience of Pathways.

There must be many members who will benefit from this. We have some who have difficulty in attending due to being a carer for aloved one, being ill or incapacitated. Let them speak and lead too.

In summary, online attendance helps you show up, learn something new and have fun.

From Babbling to Brilliant to Public Speaking: The tale of a public speaker

By Clésia Mendes, Warrington Toastmasters Vice President Public Relations

We all have our own reasons to joining Toastmasters, whether is to become more confident when speaking in public, having a safesecure space to practice public speaking and leadership skills, or expand our social circle. Recently I have discovered, that we allhave our own reasons to keep coming back.

My reason to join was to have a safe secure space to practice public speaking, my reason to stay engaged was the friends I’vemade in my club, my reason to keep returning was that as time went by, my leadership skills started to emerge and started to getinvited to attend other Toastmasters clubs, first to give Evaluations, then Educational sessions, then Workshops from ToastmastersInternational "The Successful Club Series" such as “Evaluate to Motivate”. And recently have been invited to deliver a 3-hourworkshop for the Storyhouse Theatre in Chester, at 2pm of Saturday, 26th January 2019. And by the way, I was given the mainstage, which is an 800-person venue.

How is this relevant to you? How is this relevant to your club? While members have their own reasons to join Toastmasters, theywill have their own reasons to stay engaged, and their own reasons to keep coming back. And these evolve over time. Gainingclarity may take time but is a worthwhile pursuit. And experience show, we gain clarity by going through the process of beingengaged, delivering speeches, taking leadership roles, officer roles, etc.

Why is this important? It is important because when we know this, then we can take the time to create the best conditions for ourown skills and abilities to emerge and flourish. We can be more patient with ourselves, our development, our members growth andconsequently Toastmasters growth.

Imagine how would it be like, if everyone knew that becoming a Toastmaster is like embarking on a journey of transformation andthere’s plenty of time, opportunities, and support, for them to become who they really want to become.

In conclusion, everyone has reasons to join Toastmasters, something they want to achieve, do, or become. As time goes by,everyone develops reasons to keep coming back, which may be different from the original reasons. As they keep returning, theywill gain clarity regarding what to do next, and the relevant opportunities will start to reveal themselves at the right time for the rightperson.

Area Fabulous Fifteen is on Fire as it continues its quest to be the best.

By Jane Craggs

Our Area Director has been pulling out the stops and by the endof 2018 will have visited all the clubs three times: once to get toknow them and the clubs to get to know her, once for “the visit”and another time for fun. She always takes on a role and issupportive and helpful. Lynn Gregory is the power3 parexcellence (i.e. cubed; better than X3). Well done to Lynn who ؞has thrown herself wholeheartedly into the role, not being afraidto ask for advice and assistance; takes in her stride that someToastmasters are not always as responsive and polite as shemight expect; when to go the extra mile; when to say “no” and tospeak her mind. All the clubs love her and look forward to hervisits.

The four Chartered clubs: (in alphabetical order) Leeds CityToastmasters, Strictly Speaking Harrogate, White RoseSpeakers and York EbOrators are all going from strength tostrength, attracting visitors and signing up new members. Area



Fabulous 15 is now small enough in area to make it easy to visit other clubs which is encouraged so members get that extrastimulation of seeing different speakers in a different environment but within the familiar safe confines of the Toastmastersstructure. We hope this initiative will encourage members to visit clubs when they are away on business or on holiday. I never tire

of telling the story of when I went to a meeting in Jaipur, India which, (sad Toastmaster that Iam you may say) was one of the main highlights of our holiday. What a way to spend your60th birthday …

The other clubs are all special: Asselby Advanced is a wonderful forum open to anyone withCC or above to experience hard-core meetings without the frills. We meet once a month andas an advanced club, we do not use up meeting-time describing the organisation or the rolesas we assume these are known values. We can try out innovative ideas and the time is spenton in-depth evaluations. Bradford Speaks continues to grow and is situated in an ideal areafor business and education. It is a pity they do not use easySPEAK, which I feel is a greattool that makes life easy for organisers, members, and District Officers to interact.Headingley Speakers, the latest pre-charter club is run, (for now), and supported by The AreaFabulous Fifteen Female Famous Five (also in alphabetical order) Jane Craggs, ClareCrowther (was 15, now 21), Lynn Gregory, Tina Norbury and Jean Stewart (was 15, now 21);no border issues for us! The valiant crew launching this new club put in the hours, theknowledge, the experience, and the love and are trying to create an exemplary Toastmastersclub, meeting in a lovely historic venue. We hope to charter soon, very soon.

Happy Christmas to all and Happy toastmastering for 2019.

Area 21's Newsletter contribution

By Becky Pennington

Many thanks to Murali, Andy and Matt for their respective sections and photos

Andrew Hodge has been running educational sessions with a twist at Hull Speakers.His interactive and energising sessions take place at the beginning of meetings and getmembers up on their feet and applying new techniques throughout the evening.Andrew’s sessions havefocussed on differentareas of being aneffective speakerincluding stageanchoring, gesturearchetypes, emotionalstates, and vocalvariety. Andrew says,“We’ve all sat through‘educational sessions’from ‘experts’ that were

a very delivery of content that could have been read off a website - Iwanted to offer something that everyone, especially new people,with various learning styles would benefit from.”

Doncaster Speakers organised a special Toastmasters meeting for the graduates at Unipart Rail (President Andy Howell’sworkplace). Six members of Doncaster Speakers performed roles, three graduates delivered icebreakers and eight took on TableTopics. The November meeting was a massive success, with UnipartRail already requesting a follow-up session and is offering to pay for

Toastmaster membership for all who attended.Unipart Rail’s Human Resources director LucyWeaver and first-time ah counter summed upthe meeting as “You nailed it! All was fantastic.Thank you.”

The Lord Mayor of Sheffield Councillor AnneMurphy visited Sheffield Speakers in January,



delivering a speech on her life and role as Lord Mayor, which one member had the (daunting) task of evaluating. The Lord Mayor’sConsort Mr Gavin Holliday won in an innovative Table Topics session, where speakers had to sell new and ridiculous inventionsrevealed to them from behind closed doors!

In November, Sheffield hosted an action-packed Toastmasters event to celebrate the formation of the new Division N.Toastmasters enjoyed participating in a Murder Mystery icebreaker, watching the Humorous Speech and Table Topics contests,attending interactive workshops, and celebrating together with a meal and games. We hope that Area 21 set the bar high and lookforward to future Division N events.

The flagship PR incentive is the Open House/Open Night (Reminder)This is designed to be incrementally progressive. Holding an open night is not the challenge, doing thepublic relations that makes it successful is. Points are awarded for the Public Relations effort in termsof the number of channels used e.g. event stall, radio interview, press release, Facebook event, emailshot, flyer distribution campaign, etc. Additional points are awarded for the number of guests attendingand the number of those guests converted to members. Clubs that started out the year with less than20 members get more generous points. Official prospect clubs can apply. There is a limit, but two

strong claims or three weaker claims per club are possible

Points mean prizes and in this case Pathways ribbons and pins or by arrangement a contribution to branded clubpromotional materials.

Additional synergistic incentives availableClub Firsts

Is your club planning to start, for the firsttime, awebsite, get apress releasepublished,produce a clubnewsletter, orany othernovel publicrelationsendeavour? Yes, then claim a clubribbon pack

Club Promotional Videos

Have you noticed how powerfulYouTube isbecome with itsaddictivelyappealing visualmedia? The firsttwenty new club promotional videos willearn the club two pathways pins andfeature on the District PR channels.

External Event Grants

Have you got the opportunity to set up astall at apublicevent?There aregrants of125 eurotowards promotional materials and orvenue costs. The grants are competitiveand will be based on the likely foot fall,how well you know your target audienceand your plans to attract them as gueststo your club

Distinguished Club Website

Your website is often your firstimpressionyou givepotentialcustomers.Does you ClubWebsite lookgood? Clubribbon packfor the best.

Write an article for Chantal

Chantal Cooke is a Public Relationsagent who helps members publisheducational articles to the national press.Last year we gained the editorial valueof over half a million euro. This yearauthors will go into a prize draw for a£240 conference ticket

Travelling Toastie

It is great fun to visit other clubs tostrengthenfellowshipand gainideas. Dothree things1) capturephoto ortestimonial video that includes the brandand your hosts, 2) distribute that out tosocial media where it can be seen, and3) bring it to the District’s attention byhash tagging and or tagging us. Prize foreach District’s best Travelling Toastie



Community Outreach: Speechcraft case studiesMany of our members are actively taking their Toastmaster skills out into the community. Their endeavours raise ToastmastersInternational’s profile, attracting new members to our clubs whilst having fun and enriching their skills. Here a series of articleshave been collated where they share their experiences and tips for best practice.

The articles are broken down into three main sub sections. One each for the two-main community-based programs ofToastmasters International 1) the Youth Leadership Program (for young adults with safeguarding arrangements) and 2)Speechcraft (for adults). The final subsection is devoted to diverse examples that go beyond this, such as judging outsidespeaking competitions and training or presenting to non-members

Toastmaster Isweri Pillay (Clonmel Toastmasters, Ireland) reviewed this section. Isweri was actively planning for a corporateSpeechcraft that is now underway and summed it up better than I.

That is a wealth of experience in these pages. People have been so generous with their contributions. 3 takehome messages for me. Be flexible, prepare well and network to get support from other Toastmasters.”

Due to the volume of submissions the Community Program section has been split into three separate print editions of the DistrictNewsletter. This edition we feature Speechcraft.

I love delivering SpeechcraftPatricia O’Reilly DTM, District 71 Director 2018-19

I’ve been delivering the Toastmasters Speechcraft Program for many years now. Three years ago the Dundalk Institute ofTechnology (DKIT) invited me to deliver Speechcraft to their students. The first session was so successful that I have delivered ittwice a year since then and I’m looking forward to starting a new session on the 7th November. The students find it beneficial for:-

· structuring presentations and speeches· delivering presentations and speeches with confidence· being more confident and professional at interviews· improving communication skills which is very important when they go on work experience

BENEFITS for the participants in a Toastmasters Speechcraft Program· Gaining confidence in public speaking.· Developing communication and language skills.· Learning to think quickly and clearly through practising impromptu speaking.· Learning how to effectively structure and organise a speech.· Becoming an effective listener.· Learning to give specific, positive, and helpful feedback.· Using body language and visual aids.· Exercising time management skills.· Get a completion certificate for their portfolio.· Get an excellent workbook.

Participants in the speechcraft program will learn public speaking and evaluationskills in a safe and supportive environment.

Why your club should run a Speechcraft Program· Grow club membership· Raise awareness of your club and Toastmasters in your community· Raise awareness of your corporate club and Toastmasters in your

organisation· Use it with a view to be starting a new club in your community or in an

organisation· Give members an opportunity to build leadership skills, develop

mentoring skills, present educational sessions, and earn credit towards the DTM



in both the traditional education program and the pathways program· Potential to earn money for your club (see below)

What’s involvedOver a period of 4-6-8 sessions in 1 or 2-hour meetings participants learn Toastmasters skills such as: -

· How to structure, write and deliver a speech· Impromptu speaking· Listening & Evaluation

Sample Agenda1. Welcome2. Table Topics3. Speech presentations4. Speech Evaluations by coordinators5. Educational presentation6. Discussion of assignments for next session7. Adjournment

Can you charge participants a fee?A Speechcraft program should at least pay for itself. You can charge a nominal fee to cover the cost of materials, refreshments,and room rental if applicable. TI suggests a fee between $10 and $25.

· No individuals, educational institutions or other organizations may derive financial gain either directly or indirectly from thepresentation of these programs.

· Charging a fee can make the participants value the program more.· Any excess funds should be placed in the club’s bank to be used by the club for educational purposes.· BUT as an incentive for any participant who goes on to become a member, the club could reduce his/her membership by

the fee already paid.

Resources:- Speechcraft Workbook Speechcraft Coordinator’s Guide

This year the District can support clubs running a Speechcraft or other community outreach program through theprovision of advice and guidance, marketing and promotional materials, and Programme Kits worth over $30. Formore information contact John Cox, Program Quality Director - [email protected].

What I love about delivering Speechcraft: -

Seeing students in DKIT who are often very self-conscious about speaking inpublic growing more confident, understanding how eye contact, hand gestures,movement and body language enhance a speech and relying less on “like” and“you know” when delivering a presentation or speech.

Leicester Leaders SpeechcraftDanny Banks, Area E6 Director

Speechcraft is an outreach programme offered by Toastmasters. It involves either 4, 6 or 8 sessions which are organised anddelivered by club members. At Leicester Leaders Toastmasters we have delivered three Speechcraft courses and plan a furtherone next Spring. Two of the courses were held at our usual venue the third delivered to a local business.

The courses are great fun and both club members and course participants get lot out of it. The Speechcraft course we deliveredwas over four two-hour sessions which covered the basics of constructing and presenting a speech.



To help clubs, decide whether Speechcraft is right for you, I think you need to consider the following questions:

Why Speechcraft?There are three possible reasons: to increase membership; to improve the club’s image within the local community and raise fundsfor the club.

In my club’s experience Speechcraft can be a very good vehicle for raising awareness but it doesn’t always generate many newmembers, and I wouldn’t think about it as a way of generating funds for the club.

What resources do we have?Do we have sufficient members in our club to be able to deliver the course?

Who’s going to co-ordinate the course? This needs to be someone who has the time and enthusiasm for it, because they will haveto do the bulk of the organising: booking the venue, arranging for people to deliver the different aspect of the course etc.

Do you have enough members prepared to volunteer for the 4/6/8 sessions and do you have anyone who is prepared to deliver theeducational aspects of the course? (by the way it is an excellent way for members to earn credit towards Advanced awards;especially if they are working towards their DTM).

To deliver the course you will need club members to act as mentors to the guests and deliver educational sessions on such topicsas body language, speech structure and so on.

Who is your target group?Do you want to attract people from business, community groups, students? The answer to this question will determine when andwhere you will hold the Speechcraft course.

If you want to get more people from your local community then you may have to hold the session during the day. If you have alarge company in your area and you think they might be a useful source of membership, then you might have to meet in theevening at a venue which belongs to the company. You may not want to target any specific group and have the sessions open toanyone in which case you could use your usual venue and the choose the best time available to your volunteers.

How much to charge?This can be a tricky question.

Essentially you need to cover the cost of the manuals, room hire, refreshments etc.

You need to think about the participants you have, for example if you are offering the course to a community group made-up ofunemployed people wanting to upskill, then you may charge differently from a corporate group where the employer is sponsoringthe programme.

There is another issue about costs, as Toastmasters is a not for profit organisation, should we be aiming to make money?However, there is the argument that, if you charge too little, people may not value what you have and may not be attracted to yourcourse.

I believe it depends on individual club situation and why you are putting-on the course.

PromotionI think this is something we didn’t do very well. The main benefit of Speechcraft is that it raises Toastmasters’ profile within thelocal community, we only really publicised it through our website. The next course we run we will use a greater variety of methodsincluding the local press, Facebook, You Tube and all the other forms of social media.

I would advise any club to think about running a Speechcraft course. They are fun, and I believe do a lot of good for theorganisation. They are challenging work but worthwhile and I would heartily recommend clubs organise them.

“Best course I’ve done in years” said Jeremy…Sandra Losty ACS ALS Treasurer Lucan Toastmasters

“Best course I’ve done in years” said Jeremy while Niamh commented “who knew six weeks would make such an impact. It hasbeen an excellent experience for me”. These are but two of the comments made by the staff of Mallinckrodt PharmaceuticalsIreland who recently completed the Speechcraft programme.



Spearheaded by someone who had Speechcraft experience who the sold the idea to the Human Resources Department after onestaff member commented they were dreading doing a presentationto a large of staff in the company.

Lucan Toastmasters were delighted to be approached aboutfacilitating the programme. Sixteen participants took part in the 6-week programme and they committed to breaking through this fearthat held them back. Table Topics proved the most challengingelement and the group wondered would they be given notice of thetopics to prepare. ‘Becoming comfortable with the uncomfortable’became their mantra for the course. This also included a switcharound in the layout of the room. Growing and stretching theircomfort zone with each week.

Records of timings were kept throughout the course and acomparison was made between the first time they spoke impromptuand the last meeting. Almost all spoke for the whole duration of thetime allowed at the end. What a wonderful way to measureprogress.

Evaluations became more robust as they worked on organising their thinking within a brief period, something they were highlyconcerned about on week one.

This group finished excited about their achievements, their colleagues commented on how they had seen the difference in theirconfidence and what was surprising was how they got to know each other in a way not possible in the everyday work environment.The experience and benefit of ‘everyday’ leadership in taking on roles other than the speaking roles was huge learning curve withan appreciation of no job is too small or too big, all roles are required to make the experience work for the benefit of the wholegroup.

Next steps for this group? Well they wanted more of the experience they had were in contact with on Speechcraft and I am surewe will see some clubs have visits from a few. Who knows they may even convert into members of clubs in their communities.

‘Belt & Braces’Pat Rooney CC, Clondalkin Toastmasters

Following the success of our first ever Speechcraft course in..... oursecond Speechcraft kicked off in early September, under thepeerless coordination of Seamus Whelan and Mary McHugh, withsupport from Terry Mason and myself, Pat Rooney.

Much of our summer/autumn membership drive was gearedspecifically towards Speechcraft. It gave us a rich harvest ofapplicants for the course. We began on September 11th with 8candidates. Life events resulted in two of the class members havingto abandon the course, but the remaining 6 candidates laboured onthrough thick and thin and graduated on October 30th.

From even before the outset, our approach to recruitment and the conduct of the course differed from the previous Speechcraft.We made individual and, occasionally, repeated contact with all the leads generated by the membership drive.

Candidates were invited to the inaugural club meeting of the TM year, which was held on the week before the commencement ofSpeechcraft. As VPM, I gathered the new recruits together at the break and talked them through a brief induction to Toastmasters,Pathways, and the Speechcraft concept. Most of those who underwent this induction turned up the following week to commencethe course.

One of the most innovative features of this class was that we set up a Speechcraft WhatsApp group from the outset. In addition tofacilitating regular housekeeping bulletins, this enabled us to initiate and maintain a support channel and conversation with classmembers throughout the entire course. It’s a measure of the value of the group that, over the period early September – lateOctober, over 500 Speechcraft-related messages were exchanged over the app. I’ve no doubt that this contributed greatly to groupidentity and cohesion.



Overall, the class of autumn 2018 performed and developed exceptionally well throughout their time in Speechcraft and, at the timeof writing, all of them appear to be looking forward to continuing their Toastmasters’ journey as members of the Clondalkin club.

An indication of the quality of their work on the course is that two of the members, Julie Gorman, and Rosanna Kirwan, competed,and performed exceptionally well, in the club’s recent Humorous Speech competition. So, it is, I think, entirely fitting that this pieceshould conclude with the testimonials of Julie and Rosanna:

If you are looking to do a public speaking course, look no further than Toastmasters’ Speechcraft course. …. I really enjoyed thecourse and I looked forward to going every week. The people on the course were great. The mentors and the organisers werebrilliant, always offering encouragement, support and giving insightful tips from each weekly speech. - Julie Gorman

I felt very safe in the Speechcraft class. A great idea for people to test the waters before graduating to the "big class". I was soencouraged by everyone. My confidence spiralled. The evaluations were so respectful and helpful. - Rosanna Kirwan

Post scriptTeresa Redmond Division M Director

Pat only joined Clondalkin Toastmasters (CTM) in Jan 2018 and has powered ahead in his speech development and has become astalwart of the club taking on the VPM role this year, despite many other commitments to voluntary organisations. He hasdescribed his TM experience as the best fun he’s had, with his clothes, on for years!

The programme was delivered on a weekly basis (unlike the previous year which was fortnightly and began in Jan 2018, this yearwe began in the week after our first CTM club meeting in September) and, we took payment on the first night of class! Thesealongside the team’s commitment, but I think especially Pat’s unrelenting attention to keeping the course participants incommunication on WhatsApp, supplying them with little tips, and guidelines as they proceeded through the course, wasinstrumental in building morale, confidence, and ownership within the group.

Encouragement and facilitating the lifeworld-getting-in-the-way was most important in retaining members. Course participantsbecame members of CTM right from the start and thus had access to online Pathways and other TM resources and of course fullclub meetings.

As the course took place immediately before the regular club meetings when they coincided, (every second week,) the Speechcraftparticipants were encouraged to attend both.

Two successfully competed it our Humorous contest – one coming in 3rd place! One is now about to give her second pathwaysspeech, one is signed up for her icebreaker in Pathways. And… we are optimistic for the others also.

Public Speaking Boot Camp (Speechcraft Inspired)Billy Daly, Plain Speakers

We advertised with the poster on Facebook and Meetup. There was noflyers or newspapers used. Timing for publicity was only about two weekswhich was short, but we wanted to get the people making new yearresolutions on reflection this was very short timeframe also.

The idea behind it was to get a few new members for a then struggling clubwhich I was coaching. The objective of Boot camp was: complete 3speeches over 5 nights plus evaluations. Have the agenda filled for fiveweeks, have new speakers to inspire the existing members. I saw bootcamp as a way of getting people who were up for a challenge.

We charged 50 euros and if the participants took up membership the 50would be used as part payment.

On the night we had five for Boot camp, was expecting 10 so we split themeeting first half Boot camp second half regular meeting.

We also had two new members that first night I don’t know if it was from thepublicity for Boot camp or not, but they both signed up on the night.



Of the five Boot camp participants three stayed on as members, one became a committee member and so did the other two thatsigned on that night which happened to be husband and wife.

On reflection the obstacles were, restricted resources for a small club. As each had to complete 3 speeches in a short timeframeeach had to be coached individual (the first night was introduction) had we got the 10 this would have been impossible withoutmore resources. For that reason, I think it’s more suitable for a bigger club.

I believe it is a good approach and would have no hesitation doing it again but only with lots of support.

Speechcraft at Cambridge UniversityIn the summer of 2017 Sultan Kus, President of Cambridge Speakers Club, was attending Area H44 Club Officer Training atCranfield University and remarked that her club had long wanted to work with Cambridge University, but the stalls at Freshers Faircost hundreds of pounds. Members of Cranfield Speakers club, including a past District 71 Speechcraft chair, raised the idea that ifSultan offered to organise a Speechcraft that might open a door in. The strategy worked so with help planning drawn of CranfieldSpeakers recent experience with Speechcraft Toastmasters from around Cambridge rallied together and delivered a programstarting 27th October.

On the 15th of March 2018 six Law Students graduated fromSpeechcraft in a ceremony attended by past Region 11International Director Teresa Dukes. Teresa remarked “Brilliantcelebration for the Cambridge Union Speech graduates lastnight. All six did a brilliant job.” A sentiment extended by DivisionG Director Robert Brooke, a member of Cambridge Speakersclub. “What a fantastic evening it was. Made me very proud ofour amazing members, several with only a year or so ofmembership, taking up a big challenge [of deliveringSpeechcraft]. Not only taking the challenge but nailing it andsetting a fantastic example to the rest of us.”

Cambridge Speakers club’s reputation was getting known. Soonafter the club was asked to offer Speechcraft elsewhere in theUniversity. A better strategy emerged -why not establish acorporate club? Cambridge Speakers and nearby ARMcorporate club held a highly successful demonstration night on17th October 2018 followed by the pre-chartering of a corporateclub involving both Cambridge Assessment and CambridgeUniversity Press have been achieved. An application to organisea new club has been submitted.!

Photo credit Teresa Dukes

Public Speaking Society at the University of EssexBob Finch DTM, Camulodunum Club 5673.71

I have previously written about the way we use the Speechcraft Course as the basis of the Public Speaking Society at theUniversity of Essex, so I have no intention of going over old ground again. What may be of interest is the more social aspect of thesociety.

There are an enormous range of nationalities representedacross the student body at Essex, a couple of years ago 128nationalities were to be found on campus. A good proportionare from Europe, but there are also many from the Chinese partof Asia. For many, if not most, there attendance at theUniversity is their first authentic experience away from home andunlike UK based students, it is not easy to pop home for a longweekend. There is no doubt at all that the Mobile Phone hasmade an inestimable difference and as you move about thecampus students are to be found in conversation in their nativelounge, presumably conscious of the ‘time of the day’ backhome.



But this is about the public speaking society. After just fourweeks of this academic year the society is starting to gel not onlyas a public speaking club (in the terms that we Toastmastersunderstand) but also as a friendship group. Bonfire nightcelebrations on the campus led to the society executivecommittee inviting all group members to join with them as a groupjoining with the wider student body to watch the fun followed by atrip to one of the bars! After each of our meetings, which last afull two hours every Wednesday evening, the majority go off toone of the university bars where no doubt a few beers and winesare consumed, but the main outcome is a friendship bond, a formof pastoral care. People who a month ago were total strangers,and most of whom hardly meet each day, because they are doingdifferent courses and living in various locations across thecampus, are creating friendships from their membership of thePublic Speaking Society

At the end of each term, before they all go their separate ways, parties are held, hoodies are bought and worn, contact details areexchanged - Facebook and similar are of course a modern way of ensuring continuing contact – did I mention that a formermember is now the Barbadian representative to the United Nations in Geneva? Social Media is a wonderful way to maintaincontact for as long as people want that.

This picture features a few of the group that finished last year, every one of them from a different country and four of them backwith us this year and holding society officer status. These are the mentors of the new intake – we started with about 65 at theinaugural meeting, that is now whittling down with some of the not so keen dropping out but new ones arriving each week. By theend of this term the years membership will be stable (we have two members who are no longer students but are living and workinglocally now, using the computer expertise and speaking skills that they developed as students, who enjoy the interaction of thesociety meetings so much that they are enrolled as ‘honorary’ members).

If you have the time, and a conveniently located University of course, do please consider approaching your Students Union with aview to using Speechcraft as a tool to help develop speaking and social skills amongst students in your area, you should get greatsatisfaction from seeing young people developing their speaking skills as well as finding a social cohesion that they had notexpected.

The Speechcraft ClubDaniel Sandars DTM, Public Relations Manager with contributions from Toastmasters Alistair Munro and Mike Diggins(District 72 Directories Officer)

In New Zealand they have developed the concept of theSpeechcraft Club. These clubs are in the main population centresexcept for Wellington. The first one in Auckland(www.speechcraft.org.nz) was the brain child of ToastmasterAlistair Munro.

Speechcraft distils the first stages of the Competent Communicatormanual together with educational speeches into a high-qualitytraining program operating over a defined time. In contrast clubsoffer an open-ended self-paced program where progress can berandomly limited by agenda capacity. All together Speechcraft canbe a very attractive to non-members who have only a finite timeschedule to invest in their learning and develop and want results!

From a Toastmasters perspective we can share a ‘bite size’ of ourwonderful Toastmasters International world to non-members, whichoverall builds profile and often membership continues. Speechcraftparticipants who have completed the full eight session Speechcraftcan continue with the Speechcraft Club or transfer theirmembership to a different Toastmasters Club. The Auckland



Speechcraft Club has tweaked the timing requirements of their Speechcraft speeches to match those of the CompetentCommunicator manual to enable participants to have their first four Competent Communicator speeches credited. In the defaultSpeechcraft Course it would only be a three-speech credit.

Alistair Munro adds “When the CL manual first came out, we attempted to incorporate it in the delivery of Speechcraft but found thatmost attendees at each meeting had their heads down writing evaluations, and few had their eyes up, actually listening to thespeeches the Speechcrafters had worked so hard at to prepare. We also felt that the CL manual was a confusing distraction forpeople who tended to sign up for Speechcraft more their speaking, rather than leadership, development. What we did, however, ishand them their CL manual as part of the graduation ceremony in week 8, encouraging them to return and participate insubsequent courses, and not only continue their way through the CC manual, but also to embark on their competent leadershipdevelopment journey.

We tried to offer advanced courses once, to deliver the rest of the CC manual in a training format (dubbed “201” for 8 participantsfor 3 additional speeches, and “301” for 4-6 participants and the final 3 speeches of the manual), but, while it showed earlypromise, after a couple of cycles, we struggled to fill the courses, and we determined that in Auckland the market dropped from 1.5million people for the introductory course, to only 10 people for 201, and just 8 for 301. If there wasn’t a core of enthusiasm forpeople to move from one course to the next, we couldn’t fill the courses. We moved onto other ways to encourage participants tocontinue with us.”

Like Advanced clubs, Speechcraft clubs are very symbiotic to Community Clubs nearby. Speechcraft participants migrate towardsmembership of Community clubs to pursue the advanced educational tracks and membership benefits. Going the other way,experienced Toastmasters come in from the Community clubs as Dual members to provide the core Speechcraft club membership,executive committee, and trainers.

This is often easier said than done as Alistair notes “In our early years, we actively encouraged Speechcrafters to take theirmembership to other clubs at the end of the 8 weeks, in the confident belief that our core membership would be sustained byexperienced Toastmasters who would enthusiastically seek us out, and join us, with a particular goal to develop their training skills.This later movement did not eventuate to the extent we would have liked, so since then – through to today – we take a truly even-handed approach: encouraging Speechcrafters to stay on with us, BUT if weekly meetings, or the training format, or Thursdayevenings, or our CBD-fringe location doesn’t suit them for on-going membership with us, then we encourage them to seek out acommunity club that would suit them better, and we offer them guidance to this end from our Toastmasters network experience.”

How is all of this affected by Pathways you ask? Mike Diggins has made enquiries with World Headquarters and received thefollowing reply I have notified the Leadership Team here at World Headquarters that the Speechcraft Kit is longer listed forpurchase. I can confirm Speechcraft will not change but the material will eventually be modified to be aligned with Pathways. Inthe interim, the current material available for Speechcraft are the individual manuals in the online shop. It is my recommendationthat members either purchase the coordinators guide or workbooks individually when conducting the program.” Mike’s current viewis that “It should be possible to adapt Levels 1 and 2 of Pathways (without the mentoring project) to the Speechcraft course in thesame way the CC is used now. Whether the completion of the course is equivalent to completing L1 of Pathways isn’t clear – butthat would be the nearest point to what was done with the traditional programme.”

Last Month’s Crossword Results

Winner: Phil Heath

November’s Answers

· Full name of the 2018-2019 ToastmasterInternational President (9) (Lark Doley)

· Frequency of publication of the ‘Toastmaster’magazine (7) (Monthly)

· The New International President encouragesmembers to strive for this (4) (Gold)

· The new TMI Headquarters is located on a streetnamed after a Caribbean island (7) (Jamaica)

· The first speech in all of the ten ‘Pathways’ Paths(10) Icebreaker

· Need to complete this activity before and after eachPathways project (11) (Assessment)

· As a Toastmaster, we promise to treat fellowmembers with respect and …… (8) (Courtesy)

· This is a Toastmaster’s Core Value (10) Excellence· When evaluation a speech, Toastmasters use this

method (8) (Sandwich)· Effective feedback should include both

commendations and … (15) (recommendations)· The D71 conference to be held in Norwich next May

is named after this WW2 Bomber (9) (Lancaster)· Full name of the Program Quality Director (7) (John

Cox)· The first name of the 2018-2019 World Champion of

Public Speaking (6) (Ramona)



December 2018: Prize Cryptic CrosswordGuest edited by Alex Knibbs (Saffron Waldon Speakers)

Cryptic Clues Across4 Named ruminant rumoured to have gone down in

history (7)7 Len lost messy cake (7)8 Listen out for decoration (6)12 Jovial demeanour at Xmas time (5)14 Cockney rhyming eye is a tasty treat (5,3)15 Can assault dishevel jolly fellow? (5,5)16 Often pulled at Xmas time (7)17 Nordic animal (8)18 Chilly sounding fictional character (6,3,7)21 Unusual German makes resting place for a special

infant (6)22 Being upon high seen from strange angle (5)23 Gift holder hung at Xmas (8)24 Considered beverage? (6,4)

Cryptic Clues Down1 Dynamic and legendary - reveals illuminating item (6)2 Santa's helpers hiding in steel vessels (5)3 Girl sung at Xmas? (5)5 Gift from a wise man perhaps? (5)6 Five set to create seasonal vibe (7)9 Vanity, it can make for a Xmas scenario (8)10 One of Rudolph's mates (6)11 Man brings sweet smell for essential oil (12)12 Stole item strangely to entice kiss (8)13 Sounds like you will, in short, find this log (4)19 Popular bird from Ankara, maybe (6)20 Santa's vehicle damaged his leg (6)

PTO Easy Clues

Instructions

· Email completed crossword [email protected] by Friday 4thJanuary 2019

· All correct answers will be entered in a prize draw. Winnersand Answers will be published in the January Edition

Win Mini Notebookand Pen SetItem 6850K



Easy Clues Across

4 Pull’s Santa’s sleigh: the one with the red nose (7)7 Densely textured German cake popular at Xmas (7)8 Christmas tree decoration (6)12 We wish you a _____ Xmas (5)14 Small sweet-tasting Christmas pie (5,3)15 Father Christmas (5,5)16 You pull one, they go bang and reveal a small gift (7)17 Rudolph was one (8)18 Fun Christmas carol about a character with lumps of

coal for eyes (6,3,7)21 Away in a ______ (6)22 A benevolent, supernatural celestial being (5)23 Hang one of these up for Christmas gifts (8)24 Warmed alcoholic drink popular at Xmas (6,4)

Easy Clues Down

1 Wax item that can be lit to provide decoration (6)2 Santa's little helpers (5)3 Generic name for a popular song sung at Xmas (5)5 One of the Magi’s 3 gifts (5)6 Cheerfully and jovially celebratory (7)9 ‘Birth’ – popularly ascribed to the celebrated on at Xmas

(8)10 Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, ______

and Blitzen (6)11 Another of the Magi’s 3 gifts (12)12 Parasitic plant hung up, under which folks hope for a

kiss (8)13 ____ log: traditional Xmas sponge cake (4)19 Large bird with a fleshy wattle (6)20 Santa's main mode of transport (6)

Bonus Christmas Word Scramble

By Elizabeth Jordan DTM, Hertfordshire Speakers

1. Dholrup

2. sgcoeor

3. scsrtiamh eert

4. seglhi belsl

5. nsata clasu

6. syorfy

7. mesoettli

8. eendrier

9. cmieyhn

10. olne

11. whaert

12. ksgnicto

13. scsrtiamh gindudp

14. stnpeesr

15. emcin eisp

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