Hilda Guffey, VP Education, San Angelo Toastmasters Seeing your club through the eyes of a guest is crucial especially for those who have been in Toastmasters for a few years. The recent Club Success Workshop presented by Elicia Cook was an excellent review of what to do and not do to provide visitors a great...
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Club Coach Credit
The following was sent to Club Officers August 19, 2021 August 19, 2021 Dear Club Officer, We are a couple of months into the new program year, and many of you have completed your Club Success Plan and are beginning membership building efforts. For those clubs that need additional support in accomplishing goals and restoring club...
Retain Clubs – You can Help! Get Your Club Name in Lights…
By Marcheta Gardner, DTM, Club Growth Director In this unprecedented year (well 2020 portion), we are pulling out all the stops to retain our clubs! We have coaches and Helping Hands available to immediately assist in strengthening clubs through meetings, conversations, and participation in club meetings. Our goal is to place coaches in 5 clubs...
Open House Training
By Gary Lee Web, DTM On December 12, District 25 hosted a Club Success Workshop focused on improving our Open House events during these difficult times. For me, the timing was wonderful, since my Tuesday night chapter scheduled an Open House on January 5, 2021. Approximately 40 toastmasters participated in the 90-minute training, resulting...
Lend A Hand
By Nicole Gray Do you want to help other clubs be successful? Do you have ideas and knowledge about Toastmasters you want to share with other members? Do you want to be more involved with the district, but don’t know where to start? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, then Helping Hands...
The Inaugural Club Membership Fair
by Kelley Pelkey, DTM Who knew that 300+ folks in District 25 had reached out to Toastmasters International for membership information, but never joined a club? Are you surprised that upon learning that little tidbit, one of our members had an “Aha moment”? Once again, the District 25 Creativity Queen “B”, Joyce Trimble, had an idea! Why...
Tough Choices, More Options
by Marcheta Gardner, DTM – Club Growth Director As we closed out the Membership Drive on 9/30, we had a few people searching for clubs as some clubs made the hard decision about renewals. We know this is reality in these COVID times. Phew, that was heavy! How about we lift this up! Just because your club...
It’s About Community
by Fursey Gotuaco, EH3 D25 had a workshop about membership…. but it was really about community… Branon led the workshop like a champ! But he worked it like a community. The PowerPoint was our guide but it was open for all contributions…. like a community…. The chat to the side allowed all to contribute – answers,...
New Connections Through Isolation
by Jamie Reeg, Club Secretary, Alliance Networks Toastmasters Since the onset of the changes in the world, we have experienced many new things, the biggest one in Toastmasters being virtual meetings. Aside from figuring out how to best conduct a meeting on Zoom instead of in person, we have been able to have guests from...
Help Them Achieve Their Goals
by Jamie Pickering, DTM, District Director The following was emailed to club members June 8, 2020. June 8, 2020 Dear Toastmasters, The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has impacted the world as we once knew it. Millions have lost their jobs and are left wondering what’s next. With your help, a brighter future awaits! If someone...