MONTHLY DISPATCH
Issue 8 - 2018/2019
February 2019
District 42 Toastmasters Monthly Dispatch
Greetings!

Welcome to the eighth edition of the District 42 Monthly Dispatch for the 2018/2019 Toastmasters year. Explore the articles below to learn more about your District.


In this issue:
  • Message from the District Director
  • Spring Contest Season is Upon Us!
  • Circle of Gold
  • Register for C.L.E.D. Training Events!
  • District 42 Spring Conference
  • Building Leadership Muscles!
  • Program Quality Corner
  • Club Growth Post

  • Public Relations Update
  • Attend a Toastmasters Event Near You!
  • Promote Your Event!
  • Journeys & District Spotlight
  • And the Award Goes to....
  • Happy Anniversary
  • The Leader Letter
District Director Message
A Message from your 2018-2019 District Director, Catherine Secundiak!
Please click on Catherine's photo to the left to see her video message!
Spring Contest Season is Upon Us!
Plan Your Club Contests
During the Spring, clubs across District 42 conduct the following speech contests:
  • International Speech Contest
  • Humourous Speech Contest
 
Planning club contests is primarily the responsibility of the VP Education, however it is a great opportunity for members to help with planning the event that can earn them credit towards their Competent Leader manual or their Pathway.
 
Winners at each Club advance to compete at the Area contest, winners of the Area advance to compete at the Division contest and winners of the Division advance to compete at the District contest (held during  District 42 Spring Conference , May 3-5, 2019 in Moose Jaw, SK). For the International Speech Contest only, winners of the District advance to compete at the World Championship of Public Speaking (held during the  International Convention , August 2019 in Denver, Colorado)
 
The deadline to complete Club contests is  March 17, 2019  (or two weeks before your Area Contest). Please speak with your Area Director about scheduling your event.
Resources are Available
For information about running a contest, see the  new Speech Contest Rulebook International Speech Contest Kit , and  Humourous Speech Contest Kit .
 
Visit  http://d42tm.org/district-resources/  for speech contest scripts and other contest resources.
 
If you have any questions, please contact our District 42 Chief Judge, Lynne Herzog and District 42 Contest Chair, Connie Paus at   contests@d42tm.org .
Circle of Gold
Circle of Gold can help YOU get to the next level of competition while also developing your evaluation skills and meeting new Toastmasters!
 
Circle of Gold is a peer mentoring group that helps participants become better speakers, evaluators and leaders. It works at every level of expertise and every phase of developing a speech. 
 
Contact Darlene Davies, D42 Circle of Gold Resource, to find out more about this program, ddavies@d42tm.org.
REMINDER!
Club Leadership Education Development (CLED) Training - Round 2
Club Leadership and Education Development (CLED) Training
Calling all Club Officers and members! Look out for an engaging and exciting CLED t raining session to support membership growth and en hance education. Check with your Division or Area directors or the District 42 website event page for training dates near you.


The training will include: Club officer training, Pathways, membership growth, finding New Membership and/or Membership Building, Creating a Quality Club and Enhancing Evaluation To Motivate.

DIVISION CLED's! Click on the links below for more information or to register:
January 31, 2019 - 6:15 - 9:00pm
Suncor Energy Centre, West Tower 17 Floor, 150 - 6 Ave. SW Calgary, AB

February 7, 5:30pm - 9:00pm
Cathedral Neighbourhood Centre, 2900 13th Ave, Regina SK, S4T 1N7

February 6, 2019 - 5:45 - 9:00pm
Suncor Energy Centre, West Tower 17 Floor, 150 - 6 Ave. SW Calgary, AB
Division D

February 2 , 10:00am - 3:00pm
The Ability Resource Centre,1610 – 29th Street North, Lethbridge, AB

February 9 , 10:00am - 3:00pm
423 North Railway Street SE, Medicine Hat, AB


February 16, 8:00am - 12:30pm
Bow Valley College, South Campus, 345 - 6th Avenue SE, Calgary AB
An Educational Presentation Opportunity Awaits!!
Fellow Toastmasters, the Spring Conference could be your opportunity to show off both your verbal and visual communication skills. For the very first time at a District 42 Conference there will be Poster Sessions. In order for the sessions to be successful we need you!
Poster Sessions are posters that may include drawings, photographs, charts, graphs, and textual data related to a specific subject. Toastmasters will visit your Poster Session at a set time to view your information and ask questions about your display. (An example of a Poster Session topic may be “Five Ways to Engage your Club Membership”). Follow this link to a Microsoft template to help understand a Poster layout.

We are looking for volunteers to create/present a Poster Session on a topic related to either leadership or communication. Does this opportunity interest you? Do you want to be a part of our first ever poster session?
If the answer is yes, please send your topic, along with a short outline to aschmidt@d42tm.org by February 28th, 2019.

Entries will be evaluated and members will be contacted by the middle of March.
Conference Details and Keynote Speaker!
SUPER EARLY BIRD RATE OF  $200.00  
ENDS FEBRUARY 17th


Are you from Alberta and want to go but don't have a ride?
Join us on the Conference Bus from Calgary! Use the registration link above to get more information and reserve your spot!

Registration Includes :

  • Educational Sessions--NEW poster session (for questions or to submit a poster proposal email springchair@d42tm.org).
  • Be inspired by Four Speech Contests (International, Humorous, Evaluation, and Table Topics)– come learn from observing proficient speakers.
  • Enjoy Saturday evening Gala & Dancing!
  • Make new connections and renew others with ongoing networking opportunities
  • Learn at the District 42 Business Meeting.
  • Find out more about Pathways Education Experience and DTM 2020.
  • Full registration includes the following meals: Friday dinner, Saturday breakfast, lunch & Gala dinner, and Sunday breakfast.
  • Full Conference rate February 16th - March 23rd, $230.00; March 24th - May 3rd, $250.00
Introducing our Keynote Speaker!
Larry Marik, DTM
International Director, Region 4

Click on Mr. Marik's picture to see the Conference Flyer with full details!
Building Leadership Muscles!
How do you build your leadership muscles? By working to strengthen those muscles!
 
Leadership training begins with club meeting roles: start by learning how to listen as the grammarian, timer or evaluator; strengthen those feedback muscles as the general evaluator or speech evaluator; and finally take your leadership to the next level by becoming a club officer. Each club officer position strengthens different leadership muscles, for example, as the Vice President of Education you will build your planning, organization, scheduling and delegation muscles; as the Treasurer you will build your budgeting, financial reporting and money management muscles.

The next step in leadership training could be to venture outside the club by serving as an Area Director or Division Director. As an Area Director you will strengthen your skills by learning to plan, motivate, encourage and inform across clubs that have their own unique culture. As a Division Director, you will build muscles by supporting Area Directors as well as the Club Growth, Program Quality and District Director.
 
Are you interested in building your leadership muscles? How do you want to grow? What skills do you want to gain? For more information about leadership contact Leadership Chairman Jacquie Schnider, DTM PID at Jacquie.schnider@d42tm.org
Program Quality Corner
Highlights from your Program Quality Director, Dunstant Taylor
Please Welcome!
Let us all welcome our new Logistics Manager, Ned Alnahawa i to the PQ Team! For any questions regarding the logistics side of your events, please email him at logisitcis@d42tm.org .
Pathways Information!
Base Camp Managers and Club Executives, check out the District 42 website, under the Pathways tab, to find how-to videos, tips and tricks, and other relevant information to support your growth in Pathways. While you are there, check out the list of Pathways Assistants, as per your Area or Division, so you can contact them for help and support.


Pathways Assistants, Base Camp Managers, Club Executive contact the Pathways Chief Coordinator (Grant Hanna) for any training needs support at PathwaysAssistants@d42tm.org .
Encourage, Engage and Embrace new members in your club's on-boarding process, to sign up for their Pathways immediately, to gain the value of the program. 

To continue to get support and request information for the Old Education System, please email Ray Mulvihill DTM 2020, at AD17@d42tm.org , or the Program Quality Director at Dtaylor@d42tm.org .
Club Growth Post
Announcements from your Club Growth Director, Christina Kruis
WELCOME SOUTH HEALTH CAMPUS
TOASTMASTERS TO DISTRICT 42!

Thanks to the tremendous commitment by sponsors, Jocelyn Hastie and Randy Maus, for chartering SHC Toastmasters in January. Meetings started last summer, and members are engaging and participating in Pathways. Club Mentors, Cindy Hoerger and Mark Bredin, continue to support the club on Thursday afternoons at the SCH hospital. Congratulations to all members. Enjoy your TM journey!
Thank you!
Thank you to Mark Kolke, Jacquie Schnider, Christina Kruis and Aparna Verma for facilitating the Let’s Get it Together Workshop on January 5, 2019 at Fluor. Highlights included how a club works as a team to constantly grow membership, assessing your club’s on-line presence, brainstorming who would benefit from our program and a quick and easy quality check to decide future action. Feedback included comments “I wish my whole team was here”, “This information is so valuable”, “What is an induction?” and “I am going to check our club website as soon as I get home.” Thank you to the presentation team for sharing their wisdom and experience. We look forward to seeing stronger quality clubs in District 42.
REMINDER!
District 42 will be hosting the  2019 OPEN HOUSE "Month" from January 28 to February 28, 2019. Find out how your club can be promoted to the public directing guests to your club meeting. Talk to your Area Director for more information. Register your OPEN HOUSE 2019 on our events calendar to be included on our list of Clubs Hosting an Open House in our Social Media blasts. Click on the image to the right for our Promotional Poster!

DID YOU KNOW?

* FAC, First Alliance Church , in SE Calgary is sponsoring a new Toastmasters club. Thanks to Roger Sutherland, Robert Chisholm, Katrina Aburrow and Leonard Quitly for their leadership. Recently the club elected an executive team and members are already presenting speeches and taking leadership roles. Plans to charter are in the works and we look forward to welcoming them to the TM family.

* Spanish speakers and those who want to improve their Spanish are preparing to start a new Spanglish Toastmasters Club. The first meeting to design and organize the second bilingual club in Canada was a great success. Quieres saber mas? Contact Christina Kruis at ckruis@d42tm.org .



* Do you know anyone that would benefit from our Toastmasters program? Help us connect and share the value of new confidence and building a leadership tool box. Everyone can be a Toastmaster!

* Speechcraft and Youth Leadership programs are excellent learning grounds to develop new skills for participants and facilitators. Get involved today and make a difference! Contact us to find out more.

* For ideas on talking about Pathways Evaluations with guests check out Using Evaluation for Club Attraction – Robert Chisholm and Christina Kruis – 14 Jan 2019
To find out more on membership, please email Christina Kruis , Club Growth Director anytime!
Public Relations Update
from your Public Relations Manager,
Open House Month – to save your club time, several properly branded templates for you to download & edit are available on our District Resources page  – when filled in email your poster to prm@d42tm.org -
All Open House events will be listed on our Open House Month page. Every morning a social media post will be going out featuring these posters and YOUR Open House.

Do you have a TM success story? Your Story? Why not share it with the world in JOURNEYS – our D42 Journeys blog where the world gets to hear. Submit your story to prm@d42tm.org

Club Website – It is your virtual club that works for you 24/7/365.
If you need assistance with your FreeToastHost or EasySpeak website, please contact Terry @ prm@d42tm.org  

Calling all club VP Public Relations execs!
Want to learn more about how to market your club and Toastmasters?
Want to learn all about using social media? Then request to join our
D42 Public RelationsTEAM Facebook page.
Attend a Toastmasters Event Near You!
There is more than just club officer training, contests and a conference taking place in our Toastmasters Community...

Check out our  Event Calendar on the  District 42 website regularly for information about upcoming events around the District!

Don't forget to register! Online registration is now available for Area and Division events. 
Upcoming Events:
Judges and Contest Officials Training, Session #1
We are calling all Judges and contest officials for training, to support the International Speech and Humorous Speech Contest. Learn the rules, process and “why’ in contests.
February 2, 2019, 9:00am – 12:00pm
North Glenmore Park Community Association
For details and registration link, click here!

Coach Club
February 3, 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
Co-Op Meeting Room, 8818 Macleod Tr SW, Calgary
For Details, click HERE!
Would you like to participate in Coach Club in your community? Please contact Christina Kruis at ckruis@d42tm.org for details on this new initiative.

Club Coach Webinars – Coaching Strategies from Successful Club Coaches
February 5, 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Webinar access, click HERE!

Prepare for Competition! Workshop with Division B
February 9 - 12:00- 4:00pm
Unitarian Fellowship Centre
2700 College Avenue 
Regina, Saskatchewan S4T 1V1
For details, click HERE!

Coach Craft – I Didn't Know it Would be this Hard!
February 10, 6:50 - 8:30 p.m.
Co-Op Crowfoot, 35 Crowfoot Way NW Calgary
Information and details, click HERE!

2018-2019 Division & Area Director Training
February 22 & 23, 2019
Calgary and Regina
District Leaders, please refer to your emails for the NOTICE of TRAINING and DEC MEETING sent out January 26th, 2019.

Effective Listening Skills Workshop
February 27, 5:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Location: Crowfoot Public Library,
8665 Nose Hill Dr NW, Calgary
Information and details, click HERE!

Promote Your Event!
Did you know...

You can fill out the form  here and email it to administration@d42tm.org  to be included on the District 42 Event Calendar and to receive a Registration Link.

The District 42 Event Calendar is a central place to promote Area and Division events . Event details will be posted within three days of receiving your request form.
 
A registration survey can be created for all Area and Division related events upon request. A link will be provided which allows your attendees to register in advance. Event organizers will receive a link to a summary of registration data, and regular downloads of the detailed registration responses.
Journeys & District Spotlight
Please check out the JOURNEYS  webpage for the District's wonderful stories about our member achievements.
DISTRICT SPOTLIGHT
This website features a showcase of articles about our members and clubs under the DISTRICT SPOTLIGHT menu tab. The articles highlight, celebrate and congratulate members and their clubs and show best practices that support the District and Toastmasters mission and goals.  

Have you seen or do you know of someone who is doing an amazing job supporting Toastmasters clubs, their Area, Division or District?
 
Let us show our appreciation, gratitude and thanks for that person’s time, effort and talent.

Write and send your article to Arunima Bhattacharya for Division B , and the Program Quality Director - Dunstant Taylor
And the Award Goes to....
Educational Award Recipients 

Congratulations to all of our Educational Award recipients from the  month of December !

35 a wards  were submitted! Click on the table to the right to see the list of awardees. Congratulations to ou r first 2 Level 5'ers!! Jocelyn Hastie and Randy Maus!
 
Each month, ribbons for individual member educational achievements in the Old Education System are sent out from the District to the Club Presidents. These ribbons are to be presented to Club Members during a club meeting. The District has ordered more educational achievement ribbons, (currently on back order) and will send out the ribbons as soon as possible. 
Happy Anniversary!
Congratulations to our clubs celebrating anniversaries this month!  
See charter date listed beside club name. 
February 1, 1960
Meets Thursdays, Sept-June
6:00 pm - 8:15 pm
The Winston Golf Club
2502 - 6th St. NE, Calgary, AB
 
Circle T Club  | February 1, 1962
Meets Tuesday, 6:30 PM
All Saints Anglican Church
606 - 12th Street SW, Medicine Hat, AB
 
February 1, 1962
Meets Wednesday at 7:00 PM,
Saskatchewan PolyTech - Palliser Campus
Saskatchewan St & 6th Ave NW
Moose Jaw, SK
 
Treasure Chest Club  | February 1, 1983
Meets Wednesday at 7:00 PM, Sept-June
Parkland College Trades & Tech Centre
273 Dracup Ave. North, Yorkton, SK
 
February 1, 1983
Meets Monday at 12:00 pm
The Co-operators Life Insurance Co
1920 College Ave, Regina, SK
 
Westenders  | February 1, 1984
Meets Wednesdays at 11:50 a.m.
Husky Tower, 707 - 8 Ave SW, Calgary, AB
 
February 1, 1998
Meets Tuesday 12:05 pm
Nova Chemicals
2928 16th Street NE, Calgary, AB
 
Dynamically Speaking Club  | February 1, 1998
Meets Thursdays @ 7:00 am
Country Kitchen Catering
Lower level of The Keg Restaurant
1717 Mayor Magrath Dr S, Lethbridge, AB
Literally Speaking  | February 6, 2006
Meets Tuesday at 12:00 pm
Program Room Calgary Public Library Crowfoot
8665 Nose Hill Drive NW, Calgary, AB
 
Verve Toastmasters Club  | February 16, 2006
Meets Wednesday at 7:30 am
Sheldon M. Chumir Health Centre, 3rd floor
1213 - 4 Street SW, Calgary, AB
 
Speak Easy  | February 23, 2007
Meets Tuesday at 12:00 pm
TransAlta, 110 - 12th Ave SW, Calgary, AB
 
SAIT Sayers  | February 8, 2012
Meets Wednesday at 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
SAIT Polytechnic,
Room V128, Campus Centre Building
1301 - 16th Ave NW, Calgary, AB
 
February 24, 2012
Meets Thursday at 12:05 pm
3rd Floor Boardroom, Catholic School Centre
1000 - 5 Ave SW, Calgary, AB
 
February 1, 2013
Meets Wednesday at 12:00 pm
Fifth Avenue Place, West Tower
237 - 4th Avenue SW, Room 714, Calgary, AB
 
Civil Speakers  | February 24, 2014
Meets Thursday at 12:05 to 12:55 PM
Darlene Hincks Committee Room (Main Floor)
City Hall, 2476 Victoria Ave, Regina, SK
 
The Leader Letter
The Leader Letter is a monthly email sent to all Club Officers and District Leaders from Toastmasters International. The email contains information and reminders that keep all leaders up to date. 
Click Here for the most recent issue. 
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