In may 2018, something special happened in Toastmasters : districts 59 and 95 became six ! Toastmasters International talks about this historic moment : ” Due to unprecedented growth, Districts 59 and 95—two districts comprising 31 countries across Continental Europe—became six. It was only four years earlier that District 59 split into two, giving birth […]
With the last conference before reformation approaching, many questions get asked about the proper way to conduct business for the conference, the elections, and after the reformation. Remember that communication will be key. Anything that can be discussed, questioned, and decided upon in the minds of the voters and for their proxies will help with […]
At toastmasters we get tips, have mentors, and get coaching to become better and more experienced speakers. That is exactly why there are contests, right? But what if you want to be an excellent contest chair? Is there an advanced communication manual for that? Or, better still, is there a contest for contest chairs? No! […]
For an extrovert, Gemini, psychologist, “transmontana”, Toastmaster woman is unusual to be speechless. Well … (read the entire text here) A very much appreciated District Director Ana Isabel
On 11th November 2017, Ginny Slocum, ACB, CL and Laurent Quenoy, CC interview Peter Kenton, DTM, a Toastmaster for over 25 years.  You can see the full interview here. And the photos of the interview by clicking here. (© Laurent Qy, photographer)  The video will follow soon!
You know our District reached the President’s Distinguished status last year, right? But did you know that District 59 also received the Excellence in Leadership Award, as well as the Excellence in Program Quality and Excellence in Club Growth? Markus Kuenkel, Immediate Past District Director, received a letter from Toastmasters International recognizing District efforts and […]
Elena Sollewijn Gelpke, DTM was born and bred in the Netherlands, she worked for the US Air Force in Spain before immigrating to the USA. Sharing an apartment in Manhattan, she quickly settled in as a New Yorker. She worked as an executive secretary in Wall Street at first. Subsequently she joined the United Nations and […]
In our YouTube channel we now have a short video describing our Spring 2017 contest season, where about 250 members for each one of our contests (and we have four of them, so about 1.000 members will be involved) will compete to gain the title of District Champion in each of the contests. Why do […]
Ten commandments for Area and Division Directors: Thou shalt visit thy clubs Thou shalt provide meaningful and useful feedback. Thou shalt Rise and apply the values of Toastmasters. Respect, Integrity, Service and Excellence. Thou shalt organise awesome COTs and TLIs. Thou shalt motivate members to participate in contests. Thou shalt apply Robert’s Rules of Order […]
Here is a roadmap for our Contest season! Download from the link below and share in your clubs. Roadmap to TM Contests Spring 2017 VersionA4