Greg Pick, DTM, Immediate Past District Director, 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...
By Chuck Mencke, DTM One of things that I’ve grown to love about Toastmasters is our commitment to training. I have participated in many volunteer organizations, but none of them focus on training like Toastmasters does. They want their leaders to be successful and are committed to helping them in every way possible. This year,...
By Chuck Mencke, DTM “A mentor said, ‘Let’s go do it,’ not ‘You go do it.’ How powerful when someone says ‘Let’s!’” – Jim Rohn, Entrepreneur and Motivational Speaker I feel there has not been enough emphasis placed on mentoring within the Toastmasters educational and leadership programs. With Pathways, I am pleased to see mentoring...
by Robi Ley, DTM District 25 Director Happy New Year! We have arrived, and the year ahead looks exciting and filled with new challenges. No, this isn’t an out of date article. It is a new year – a new Toastmasters year. There are familiar faces in new roles, new faces popping up at your...
by Susan Carson How many of you think Toastmasters is only about communicating and leading others? That is not the big truth. It is a well-kept secret! TM is really about your relationship with yourself– communicating with, understanding and leading yourself. It is only then that you can excel at communicating and leading others. And...
by Les Condit, DTM I started very earlier taking roles as a club officer. This seemed normal to me. I was an Eagle Scout, spent 14 years in leadership positions in the Navy and had various management positions in my past career. I looked forward and saw that to achieve my Advanced Leader Silver, I...
by Greg Pick In Toastmasters I have had many mentors who inspired, encouraged, and molded me into a leader. The leadership skills I have developed are a testament to our Toastmasters tag line “Where Leaders Are Made.” I continue to serve in officer roles in my clubs. Each time I serve in an officer role,...
Do you know what time of the year it is? It is my favorite time of the year – a chance to develop new leaders. Clubs should have held their officer elections. Outgoing officers will need to enter the new officers into Club Central while they still have access. It’s your leadership journey; what is...
by Celeste Castro Education Journey Being in Toastmasters, I learned how everyone gets along with one another even though they are different. I saw them communicate and work as a team to make the club succeed. There are so many different ways that members can present a speech. The variety of styles and speech topics...
The Vice President Education (VPE) is one of the most important officer roles in the club. The VPE is responsible for creating the schedule, which means assigning roles for each meeting. When I became VPE the former VPE helped by giving me some good ideas. Here are 4 tips to make your scheduling creation easier....
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