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On Sunday, February 5, 2012, the New York Giants were crowned the Super Bowl Champions. The Giants can seem like the least likely of Super Bowl Champions. Come on, admit it. How many of you thought, back in December, that the Giants would win the Super Bowl? How did the Giants walk away with the Lombardi trophy? Here are three lessons we learned from the New York Giants, who won the Super Bowl for the second time in four years. These lessons can be easily applied towards becoming a Distinguished Club in Toastmasters. Leaders Must Take Responsibility After losing four...
February 20, 2012December 29, 2017
Phi Rappa Yappa Open House Shows Prospective Members the Big Picture
Phi Rappa Yappa Club #6497 sponsored an Open House on Friday, February 17. The club banner and member achievement awards were proudly on display. A flat screen monitor was set up to show members from the club giving prepared speeches from the CC manual. Prospective members were able to visit and get information about the club. Rebranded materials about Toastmasters were also available. Dessert and beverages were provided. The open house was organized, led and facilitated by Sharon McDuffie, VP Public Relations and Greg Brannon, VP Membership. DeLarae Lester President Phi Rappa Yappa By Jodie Sanders
February 20, 2012December 29, 2017
Go for the Goal!
DCP Goal 1: 2 CCs DCP Goal 2: 2 More CCs “CC Me on That!” District 25 is holding a promotion for anyone who earns a Competent Communicator Award between Jan. 1st and Mar. 15th to receive a newly rebranded membership pin. Getting a Competent Communicator award must be important: Toastmasters International puts achieving CC awards right up front in its list of Distinguished Club Plan goals every club should strive toward. What can YOU do to get those two little letters that mean so much next to YOUR name? And how can Advanced Communicators work in time to take the CC book for...
February 20, 2012December 29, 2017
Marketing: It’s Everyone’s Job
Now is the time for all good Toastmasters to come to the aid of their club. With this Toastmasters year two thirds completed, nearly two thirds of District 25’s clubs are not yet at charter strength. Those clubs should be working diligently to ensure they end the year with 20 or more members—or a net gain of five—for Distinguished Club Program (DCP) award eligibility. Membership building is no mystery. Clubs that commit to even a few of these five proven membership building activities can achieve their goals: Hold an open house in February, March or as soon as possible. Read useful tips on...
February 18, 2012December 29, 2017
Tea and Toastmasters in Argentina!
Vera Patel of Fighter Enterprise Club was recently in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and paid a visit to the Mate Museum in Tigre. Mate is the herbal tea that is a South American custom, and also the name of the container for it. Surely that is the world’s largest mate behind her. And that’s probably mate in her right hand that she’s sipping, but what does she hold in her left? It looks kind of familiar . . . Thanks to Vera and Karen Hagar for sharing the picture with us! By Jodie Sanders
February 17, 2012December 29, 2017
Speaking Tips for Beginners
Here are a few ideas gleaned from my 35 years of Toastmasters experience. Start by speaking about your passions. My first 10 speeches were on compost. Share your passion with others. This will improve your confidence because you are sharing a subject with which you are familiar and one that matters to you. It may be your favorite hobby, volunteer effort, or anything else that ignites your spirit. If you love doing something, it is much easier to talk about. My family finally convinced me to stop talking about compost at the dinner table. I believe you get the...
February 14, 2012December 29, 2017
March Anniversaries
A lot of clubs got started in March! 4225 Shining Stars Club March 1, 2000 4538 Power Communicators Toastmasters March 1, 2000 5440 Clearly Speaking Toastmasters March 1, 1984 6191 Afterburners Club March 1, 1986 1415 Thumbs Up Toastmasters March 1, 1987 5286 Plane Talk Club March 1, 1987 5922 Nissan Toastmasters Club March 1, 1996 1137495 Toast Captains March 6, 2008 1679338 Grand Prairie Aerospace Toastmasters March 11, 2011 768318 Speaking With Class March 15, 2005 7351 Fish Pond Club March 19, 2002 1002109 Waco Wordsmiths March 23, 2007 7694 MidCities Achievers March 25, 2002 7277 Baylor Orators Toastmasters...
February 6, 2012December 29, 2017
Coming Soon: Membership Mondays
Beginning in March, District 25 will start presenting Membership Monday conference calls to help enhance the performance of your clubs. The calls will cover a wide variety of topics. Our first four topics will be: Mar 5: Effective Membership Campaigns — moderated by Susan Gardner Mar 19: Making the Best Use of FreeToastHost 2.0 — moderated by Jodie Sanders Apr 2: Club Basics and the DCP Apr 16: Presenting Moments of Truth The format will be a conference call where you will be able to dial in, listen to a presentation, and then participate in a Q&A session after the presentation. This is...
February 5, 2012December 29, 2017
Completely and Totally “Off the Cuff”
Are you a self-proclaimed wordsmith? Are you quick on your feet with comebacks? Do you love to challenge yourself and create stories for the world to hear? Do you love to become more than you already are? Do you love to Socialize? If you have answered yes to one or more of these questions, we have what you are looking for. District 25 is revamping an existing Toastmasters club into an Improv club, where you create your speech at the meeting based on the theme and information given to you. This club will be set up like a rotating dinner...
February 4, 2012December 29, 2017
Showing How It’s Done (and Having Fun!) at Bank of America
We had a very successful demo/pre-charter meeting on Feb 2 with Bank of America, 5401 N. Beach St., Fort Worth. There were 28 prospective new Toastmasters present. Ary Putera, who works at this facility and is a member of the Lakeside Club, was instrumental in making this happen. Members of the demo team were: Jesse Torres, Michael Sheridan, David Martin, Ary Putera, Dean Lampman, and Diana Patton. By Jodie Sanders