Greg Pick, DTM Did you see our last article about using feedback to change Pathways? Described below is the first significant change created by Toastmasters International’s Summit group. If you have accessed the Navigator on the Pathways start page, I recommend that you access it again. What used to open up a 28-page online...
Author: Diana Patton (Diana Patton)
Sharing Responsibility
Joyce Trimble, DTM “There is no I in Teamwork.” “No Man is an Island.” “A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.” “Many hands make light work.” We are familiar with the common Clichés about working together. It is not until THAT MOMENT when your options become null and void – tough choices...
Love Your Club?
Diana Patton & Bonne Stroman Roses are red; violets are blue! I love my club, and so will you! Just tell us why your club’s the best, And we will share with all the rest! Applaud your club, say what you think, And click right here to find the link. But don’t be too wordy!...
Consider Leadership
By Greg Pick, DTM, District Leadership Chair For over 90 years the Toastmasters program has demonstrated its ability to develop and improve communication and leadership skills. In addition to club officer positions, there are numerous leadership opportunities within Toastmasters once you venture outside your club. The various positions will improve skills you already have, foster...
Happy New Year – Already?
By Robi Ley,DTM,District Director What do you mean it’s January? It can’t be? Didn’t we just get back from Chicago and the International Convention? Wow. Where has the time gone? It does seem like time is speeding by this Toastmaster year. We are six months in and so much has happened. The focus, New Directions,...
Staff Spotlight – Tim Fields
By Tim Fields, ACG, ALB, Club Quality Chair I was born in Vernon, Texas. I like to think of myself as a true Tex-Mex as I grew up between East Texas and Albuquerque, NM. In 2005 while working as a Workforce Management Coordinator for then business process operations company Client Logic located in Albuquerque...
Staff Spotlight – Kim Story
By Kim Story, DTM, Club Extension Chair I grew up in Coppell. As a kid I was involved in dance and gymnastics, but my biggest passions were soccer and debate. I love the outdoors and looked forward to our annual family reunions in Tennessee where we would spend the whole week boating, camping, white...
Outstanding Member December 2018
By Robi Ley,DTM,District Director Club coach. New club mentor. Club officer. Repeat. December’s Outstanding Member does all this and more. Celeste Castro quietly and consistently helps not only her home club, but other clubs that need help and energy. Celeste joined Toastmasters in 2009. She is a member of both AAFCU Flying Toasters and Flagship...
Dedicated to Change – Evaluations and Feedback Making a Difference
By Allan Pickering, DTM Toastmasters is an organization dedicated to improvement and change. How do I know? Evaluations. We bookend our meetings with speeches (test material – how we say and move) and evaluations (members review how our test material affected them). We’ve ingrained in our club culture that those reviews are to be “positive...
Happy Holidays!
By Diana Patton, DTM, District Webmaster Clubs took the challenge from our District Director seriously when she reminded each member, club, area, and division to keep the momentum going through the holidays by having strong meetings and perhaps a party or special holiday meeting. Check out pictures from events through the holiday season. For all...









