By Robi Ley, DTM, District Director What do you mean it’s January? It can’t be? Didn’t we just get back from Chicago and the International Convention? Wow. Where has the time gone? It does seem like time is speeding by this Toastmasters year. We are six months in and so much has happened. The focus,…
by Tim Fields, ACG, ALB, Club Quality Chair I was born in Vernon, Texas. I like to think of myself as a true Tex-Mex as I grew up between East Texas and Albuquerque, NM. In 2005 while working as a Workforce Management Coordinator for the business process operations company Client Logic located in Albuquerque I…
by Kim Story, DTM, Club Extension Chair I grew up in Coppell. As a kid, I was involved in dance and gymnastics, but my biggest passions were soccer and debate. I love the outdoors and looked forward to our annual family reunions in Tennessee where we would spend the whole week boating, camping, white water…
By Robi Ley,DTM, District Director Club coach. New club mentor. Club officer. Repeat. December’s Outstanding Member does all this and more. Celeste Castro quietly and consistently helps not only her home club but other clubs that need help and energy. Celeste joined Toastmasters in 2009. She is a member of both AAFCU Flying Toasters and…
by Allan Pickering, DTM Toastmasters is an organization dedicated to improvement and change. How do I know? Evaluations. We bookend our meetings with speeches (test material – how we say and move) and evaluations (members review how our test material affected them). We’ve ingrained in our club culture that those reviews are to be “positive…
by Diana Patton, DTM, District Webmaster Clubs took the challenge from our District Director seriously when she reminded each member, club, area, and division to keep the momentum going through the holidays by having strong meetings and perhaps a party or special holiday meeting. Check out pictures from events throughout the holiday season. For all…
by Joyce Trimble, Summit Manager I was born and raised in Tyler, Texas …. within a few years our family moved to Mexia and Nacogdoches where our dad worked in construction. My sister and I grew up pampered by an uncle, aunt, and grandmother. We “helped” pick watermelons on the family farm which consisted mostly…
by Steven Timmons, DTM, Public Relations Manager Whether you have been a part of Toastmasters for one day or for many years, you realize that a big part of being a Toastmasters is recognition. Pathways provides many opportunities to provide and receive recognition as you journey along your path. Pathways badges serve a big part…
By Ninfa Flewitt, 2019 District Conference Chair Ninfa Flewitt has done a little bit of everything and enjoys learning new things. Ninfa joined Toastmasters when her home club, Something to Talk About (Mineral Wells) was chartered in September 2016. Ninfa served as the first President of Something to Talk About and jumped into district leadership…
