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2022 Convention Region 7 Gathering

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Region 7 Gathering is planned for Saturday, August 20 from 9-10:30 am Central Daylight Time during the 2022 Toastmasters International Convention in Nashville, (click image to zoom in)

Congratulations Jody Powell

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Congratulations Jody Powell for advancing to the Toastmasters International Speech semi-finals. The speech contest semifinals will take place during the 2022 Toastmasters International Convention August 17-20, 2022.

Jody is one of two winners in Region 7!

 

Don’t Take Fine for An Answer

Videos of D58 Hybrid Conference of 2022 at Myrtle Beach

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Please enjoy the following videos of great presentations at our Hybrid Conference of 2022 at Myrtle Beach.  Congratulations to all the presenters for their great presentations and hard work.

 

Tickle your funny bone

 

Two to Tango

 

Communication and Leadership award

 

Platform Mastery

 

Rocking a Ted Talk

 

 

D-58 Leaders for 2022-2023

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District 58 is pleased to announce that the following leaders will be leading District 58 during 2022 – 2023 year.  Please join us to congratulate them. We have an awesome team !

 

Talent Survey 2021

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Do you have a unique set of skills ? Of course you do ! We want to know too.  Please take a moment to fill out District 58 Talent Survey.  We will collect and use the results to help you help us !  It only takes a moment to fill out the survey.

Please click the link below to get started.

Talent Survey 2021

 

Club Incentive Winners 2021

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District 58 is pleased to announce club incentive winners for 2021.  Please check the slide show for more details

 

21-22-inctenives-q1

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District 58 is proud to announce Membership Incentives as well as Individual and Club Incentives for 2021-2022.  Please see details below:

 

 

Beyond Words Toastmasters Club

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District 58 is proud to announce a brand new Toastmasters Club, Beyond Words.  Now that Convention is over – come visit us – we get together ONCE PER MONTH especially if you aspire to be an accredited speaker – we are Region 7 – District 58 – online only!!!  COME BE A MEMBER TOO!!!  Please contact Toastmaster Totlyn Oliver VPPR of the club for further details.  You can also find us on our Facebook page. Correction: Meeting will being at 6:30 PM.

 

Pathways Paths Completed & Distinguished Clubs

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D-58 is proud to announce that the following Toastmasters have completed their paths in Pathways.  Congratulations and keep up the good work.

 

Also, Congratulations to the following Clubs for earning a Distinguished Award

Triple Crown Winners and Pathways Completed Paths

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District 58 is proud to announce toastmasters who won the Triple Crown Awards and those who completed their Pathways Paths.  The Triple Crown is awarded to a Toastmaster member who achieves three or more awards within a Toastmasters year (July to June).

 

District 58 2021-22 Officers

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 D-58 held it’s Annual Conference, Friday May 14 – Sunday, May 16, and elected Officers for 2021-22

 

Donna Rice, DTM - District 58 Direct

Donna Rice, DTM – District 58 Direct

 

Watch Videos of Professional Development Event – The Power of the Present to Shape Your Future

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This one day professional development virtual event is offered to anyone who has the desire to take their learning, communication, and leadership skills to the next level. With inspiring opening and closing keynote speakers and 4 dynamic breakout sessions, this opportunity for self-growth and development is a must attend FREE event.

In addition to the breakout sessions is the Hall of Fame session and traditional roast of the immediate past district director. The Hall of Fame session recognizes club and member achievements, and the awardees being honored for their leadership and service over the past year to Toastmasters members in District 58.

SPEAKER LINEUP:

Dana Swarner, DTM, PDD, Region 7 Advisor – South
Sharon Hill, DTM, PDD, PID, Region 7 Advisor – North
LaMondre Pough – Entrepreneur, Podcaster, Coach
Amjad Ali, DTM – Author, Executive Coach, Motivational Speaker
Alisha Taylor, DTM – Life Coach, Podcaster, Engineering Program Manager

 

Dana Swarner, DTM, PDD, Region 7 Advisor – South

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LaMondre Pough – Entrepreneur, Podcaster, Coach

 

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Alisha Taylor, DTM – Life Coach, Podcaster, Engineering Program Manager

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Sharon Hill, DTM, PDD, PID, Region 7 Advisor – North

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Virtual Contest Training Kit 2020

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Sponsored and planned by Division D, the Virtual Contest Training and Mock Table Topics Contest, held on the evening of Wednesday, September 2, 2020, was a hit! This workshop was for Toastmasters who wanted to learn more about planning and executing or competing in speech contests in the virtual environment.

The Virtual Contest Kit includes: a contest planning checklist, all the files, forms and training modules for every role, to help you plan and conduct a successful contest. We’ve also included a copy of the presentation slides and a link to the video replay of the training session, in case you were not able to attend or would like a refresher.   

Click to access and download the contents of Virtual Contest Kit available via Google Drive. If you plan to use the Google Forms method for ballots, be sure to review the 1 Read Me First file in the folder. The remaining contents of the Contest Kit are in a zip file for quick download.

Best to all with your speech contests!

Request a Club Coach

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Does your club needs help? Do you need a coach to show you the way to become a great and successful club?  Click HERE to request a club coach.

A club coach is an experienced Toastmaster who coaches a club to rebuild membership and restore quality to the club environment. The goal of a coach is to help the club achieve recognition in the Distinguished Club Program, which is accomplished by:

  • Building rapport with club leaders and members
  • Instilling enthusiasm, camaraderie and structure within the club
  • Assessing the club environment and recommending best practices for success
  • Working with club leaders to develop a Club Success Plan
  • Encouraging the club to strive for Distinguished Club Program.

Please contact D-58’s Club Growth Director Martha Kirby, DTM for any questions or details.

 

 

Become a Club Sponsor, Coach/Mentor

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District 58 is growing and we need your help to create successful new clubs and support struggling clubs.  Please Volunteer to support a new club’s development by becoming their sponsor or mentor; or coach a struggling club.  Please fill out this form to volunteer.  For any questions, please contact D-58’s Club Growth Director, Martha Kirby, DTM.

 

 

New Club Recognition Awards

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May 28, 2020

Club Officer,

There is cause for celebration. As Toastmasters clubs around the world adapt to the effects the coronavirus crisis is having on in-person events and meetings, Toastmasters International is taking note of the overwhelming positive energy and resiliency. With year-end approaching, many of you have risen to the very difficult challenge of continuing to achieve membership and education goals, despite what is going on around you, and for this, you and your clubs are an inspiration and deserve special recognition.

The Board of Directors is sensitive to those clubs that have been dealing with membership challenges brought on by the current crisis; in fact, the Board and World Headquarters has received much feedback requesting a modification of the Distinguished Club Program (DCP) or even postponing the program year-end date to a later time. After careful consideration, the Board determined that any recognition program change to lower the qualifying requirements

or goals would be unfair to those of you going above and beyond—and amazingly, still striving toward achieving Distinguished status!

To ensure all clubs, Distinguished or not, are recognized for their outstanding efforts, new club-level awards have been created for the 2019–2020 program year only. They were designed with the same enthusiasm so many of you displayed to earn them:

Online Ovation/Education Award Silver, Online Ovation/Education Award Gold

Clubs will qualify for these awards by meeting both of the following criteria by June 30, 2020:

  • Indicating in Club Central that they allow online attendance
    • The club must have allowed online attendance between January 1 and June 30, 2020. If the club already allowed online attendance prior to January 1, 2020 and continued to allow online attendance, it would qualify. If the club did not allow online attendance prior to January 1, 2020 and began allowing online attendance, it would qualify. Clubs that have never allowed online attendance at any point between January 1 and June 30, 2020, would not qualify.
  • Achieving the listed education goal requirement in one of two tiers
    • The first tier/silver award will be presented to those that achieve four education goals (traditional, Pathways, or a combination), based on the DCP.
    • The second tier/gold award will be presented to those that achieve six education goals (traditional, Pathways, or a combination), based on the DCP.

The Great Revival Award 

This award will be presented to clubs that were suspended by April 1, 2020, then reinstated between April 1 and September 30, 2020.

Membership Consistency Award, Membership Resiliency Award

Based on a club’s membership base as calculated on July 1, 2019, the first award is presented to any club that experienced no net member loss; the second award is presented to any club that experienced a net member gain by June 30, 2020.

You can find descriptions of these awards and check your progress by visiting the Recognition Awards tab on the COVID-19 page of the Toastmasters International website www.toastmasters.org/covid-19. Recognition for a club that achieves any of the awards described above would be listed in Club Central under Club Awards. For any questions on how your club can achieve any or all of these awards, please contact our Club Quality and Member Support team at clubquality@toastmasters.org.

Toastmasters International admires and appreciates the truly extraordinary efforts of club officers who are diligently supporting club meetings and actively encouraging members to achieve their year-end goals in these unprecedented times. If you can achieve this today, there is no telling what you will accomplish tomorrow—and we look forward to continuing to recognize you.

Sincerely,

Deepak Menon Daniel Rex
Deepak Menon
International President
Toastmasters International		 Daniel Rex
Chief Executive Officer
Toastmasters International

Last Quarter District Incentive

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            Toastmasters District 58 Last Quarter 2019-20 Incentives
                                                            

                                                                  Divisions, Areas, Clubs

Distinguished Divisions

  • Each Qualifying Division Director receives $200 Amazon gift card

Distinguished Areas

  • Each Qualifying Area Director receives $100 Amazon gift card

Distinguished Clubs

  • Each Qualifying club has choice of one of the following:
    • $100 District store gift certificate
    • One year Zoom Pro Meeting Subscription

*To collect the distinguished club incentive, club must reflect distinguished status on the toastmasters.org dashboard. Qualified clubs will be contacted for their choice of award.

*Club, Area and Division incentives will be processed weekly.

Let’s work together and finish the year strong!

#teamsport

Pathways Incentives

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Exciting 2019-20 Pathways incentives for you and your club!

Embracing Change – Committed to Pathways

First 3 Areas through May 1, 2020, who have 100% of members enrolled in Pathways and ALL have completed their Ice Breaker, get:

  • $25 District store gift certificate for each club
  • Event Balloon Pack for each club
  • Guest Information Card and badge pack for each club
  • Guest Book for each club
  • Promotional Welcome Ribbon Pack for each club
  • Area will be recognized at the District Spring 2020 Conference

To claim, Area Directors, should contact Trent Kenelly, PQD,  Email PQD with evidence.

 

First Division through May 1, 2020, who have 100% of members enrolled in Pathways and ALL have completed their Ice Breaker, get:

  • $250 Event Planning award
  • Division will be recognized at the District Spring 2020 Conference

To claim, Division Directors, should contact Trent Kenelly, PQD,  Email PQD  with evidence.

First Time Distinguished First with Pathways

The first 10 clubs that achieve Distinguished Club Status by May 1, 2020 and meet the following criteria will be recognized at the District Spring 2020 Conference, where they will receive:

  • $50 District store gift certificate
  • “One Team Award” certificate
  • Banner Stand

To qualify, clubs must have:

  • Never achieved Distinguished status in any prior year(s)
  • Have achieved at least four Pathways educational goals

 

Pathways Triple Crown

Members who submit three Pathways levels between September 1 and April 30, will be recognized at the District 58 Spring Conference, May 2020 where they will receive the coveted Toastmasters Triple Crown award.*

Legacy Triple Crown

Members who submit any 3 legacy education awards or a combination of 3 Legacy and Pathways education awards between July 1 and April 30, will be recognized at the District 58 Spring Conference and receive the coveted Toastmasters Triple Crown award.*

*Members can receive one of the two awards only

Table Topics Contests 2019 & D-58 at the OnePalmetto Scholarship and College Fair

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 Division C Table Topics Contestants

 

1st Place – Vassil Karamanov with D-58 Director Lisa Berry & Div C Director Martha Kirby

2nd Place Candace Thompson

 

3rd Place – Charles P. Austin Jr.

 

D-58 Area 42 Director Totlyn Oliver showcasing Toastmasters International in District 58 at the OnePalmetto Scholarship and College Fair in North Charleston, SC.
Totlyn Oliver, while on a getaway to Florida could not help but visit a nearby Western Area Toastmasters Club. She participated as a guest and won Best Evaluator Award.
                                              Way to go Totyln !