Every June 30th at midnight, Toastmasters hits the reset button, and a new Toastmasters year begins! Welcome to the new Toastmaster Year! We have accomplished so much during the past year! As of June 30th, we are a Distinguished District! 1051 Educational awards, including 51 Distinguished Toastmasters!! 67 clubs, more than half of all our... Continue Reading →
End of Year Message from 2019-2020 District Director
District 29 – we found our path! Dear District 29, As I sit here on the last day of the 2019-2020 program year and reflect on how far we have come this year, I am awed by what you have done. Most of you are familiar with the Distinguished Club Program but may not... Continue Reading →
District 29 Launches a New Blog!
We’re trying something new for the 2020-2021 District 29 Toastmaster year. A blog! You can check it out by clicking here: https://toastmastertopicstalesandtattles.wordpress.com/ The idea for the blog, called Toastmasters Topics, Tales & Tattles, is to share information with our members and celebrate member, club, area, division, and district success. If you would like to feature your club... Continue Reading →
Toastmasters Leadership Institute – July 11
Do you want your Toastmasters club to be healthy and successful? Toastmasters Leadership Institute (TLI) will provide the knowledge and tools you need. Trained club officers can result in more satisfied members, more exciting club meetings, more new members, more Distinguished Toastmasters, and more Distinguished Clubs. You should attend a TLI if you are a... Continue Reading →
2020-2021 Elected Officials
District 29 is very fortunate to have had great leaders volunteer for District Leadership for 2020-2021. The following leaders were elected on May 16:
How to Create a Toastmasters Speech in 12 Minutes
Here is Edmond Joe's slide from the June 8 New Member Orientation. How to Create a Toastmasters Speech in 12 Minutes
District 29 Super Open House – Tuesday, June 16th, 7:00PM
Join District 29 for a virtual Toastmasters Open House. Seasoned members from clubs across the district will conduct a standard meeting with two speeches, table topics, evaluations, and all other regular meeting roles. Registration is required for this event: https://bit.ly/SuperOpenHouse. Upon completing registration you will be given the Zoom information for the meeting.
Toastmasters Leadership Institute (TLI) – June 20
Do you want your Toastmasters club to be healthy and successful? Toastmasters Leadership Institute (TLI) will provide the knowledge and tools you need. Trained club officers can result in more satisfied members, more exciting club meetings, more new members, more Distinguished Toastmasters, and more Distinguished Clubs. You should attend a TLI if you are a... Continue Reading →
District 29 Evaluation Contest Winners 2020
District 29 Evaluation Contest Winners: 1st - Nicola Willis-Jones 2nd - Heather Novak 3rd - Gurpreet Singh
Tall Tales Speech Contest Results 2020
The winners of the District 29 Tall Tales Speech Contest: 1st Place - Lynn Strang 2nd Place - David Kirstin 3rd Place - Len Tran
ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL “FROM SPEAKER TO TRAINER” WORKSHOP
Over 40 eager Toastmasters from District 29 and beyond (there were a few from St. Johns, Antigua and Barbuda too) came together on Zoom to learn all the intricacies of moving on From Speaker to Trainer! Being a trainer, calls on a whole new sets of skills and muscles that the participants in Saturday May 30th workshop... Continue Reading →
Contest Results
The Table Topics, Evaluation, and Tall Tales Contests were held on Saturday, May 23, 2020. Here are the winners: The Winners of the Table Topics Contests:1st – David Kirsten2nd – Edia Stanford-Bruce3rd – Andy Finn The Winners of the Evaluation Contests:1st – Nicola Willis-Jones2nd – Heather Novak3rd – Gurpreet Singh The Winners of the Tall... Continue Reading →
International Speech Contest Results
The Winners of the International Speech Contests: 1st – Len Tran 2nd – Afaf Campbell 3rd – David Kirsten
