"Replace expectation with appreciation.
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...Appreciate yourself.
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.....Appreciate your desire to grow.
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.......Appreciate the process without expectation."
- Heather Maio
"Appreciation is contagious"
- Unknown
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Time Passes Quickly
Greetings Fellow Toastmasters,
How is it possible that February is already here? We have 5 months left in this program year that ends June 30, 2023.
In 1877, Pierre Janet, a pioneering French psychologist, physician, and philosopher proposed that time seemed to speed up as we aged, because each new experience was a smaller fraction of a very natural measuring stick - the length of our own lives. I'm not sure how much credit to give to Janet here. Long before I heard of him (last week), I wondered whether the issue might have something to do with the ratios.
When you're five, a year represents 20% of your life. When you're fifty, it's a measly 2% of your life. Regardless of the ratio, time is passing. We need a sense of accomplishment to feel good about ourselves.
What can you and your club accomplish in the next 42% of this year?
Kate Olsen, DTM, PDG
District Director, 2022-2023
For questions contact Kate Olsen
by email klolsen@rochester.rr.com
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District Incentives
OPEN HOUSE INCENTIVE January 1- May 15, 2023
The District 65 Quad believes that it is important for all our clubs to work on membership building.
We have decided to incentivize all clubs to hold two OPEN Houses between January 1, 2023, and May 15, 2023.
For each Open House a club holds in District 65, they will receive a $25 TI Gift Certificate.
Please send the following information after you have held your Open House to District Director, Kate Olsen, at klolsen@rochester.rr.com in one email communication.
- Club must show proof of advertisement
- Provide date of event
- Club name and Club number
- Name and address of member who the certificate is to be mailed.
- Number of guests and new members from event
Last date to submit information is May 31, 2023.
DISTINGUISHED by April 1, 2023
Clubs who are Distinguished or better by April 1, 2023 (after submitting membership dues) will receive a $25 TI Gift Certificate.
Please send the following information after you have held your Open House to District Director, Kate Olsen, at klolsen@rochester.rr.com in one email communication.
Send verification that your club has met the DCP goals and membership requirements to District Director, Kate Olsen, DTM,PDG.
The verification email must contain:
- Club name and club number.
- Member name and address where certificate is to be mailed.
Verification email must be received via email by 4/7/2023.
Kate Olsen, DTM, PDG
District Director, 2022-2023
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Time is Short
The contest season is upon us. Tall Tales and International are the contests this year. The 2022-2023 Speech Contest Rulebook is your guide for holding a quality speech contest. Please be proactive and contact me if you have questions about contest rules and eligibility. If you are the contest chair, immediately following a speech contest, please complete the Notification of Contest Winners (form 1182) and email it to the next level Area or Division Director and me so we may verify eligibility for the next level contest.
International contestants must have completed level 2 in their path or have a DTM. There is no speech requirement for Tall Tales. All contestants must be paid members and their club must be in good standing in order to complete.
Best of luck to all contestants!
Sam Otto, DTM
Program Quality Director
For questions contact Sam Otto
by email TheRealSamOtto@gmail.com
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FreeToastHost Training
If you are interested in expanding your knowledge and more fully utilizing all features of FTH, join us on Tuesday 2/21. It will be 6-7pm for club member basics and 7-8pm for system administrators and club officers wanting to do more with FTH. See you there!
Presented by Gloria Gibbon
Meeting ID: 868 0995 2457
Passcode: 219324
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Calling all Bloggers
Learn how to write a compelling blog and get Pathways credit for doing so!
February 25th, 2022, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Presented by the Pathways Committee
Meeting ID: 826 4103 3191
Passcode: 838665
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Upcoming Area Speech Contests
Friday February 3rd
Saturday February 4th
Saturday February 11th
Saturday February 18th
Saturday February 25th
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Pathways: Start to Finish
A comprehensive look at Pathways. There will be separate breakout rooms for choosing your first Path, navigating through the screens, ideas for projects at the higher levels, approving education awards, and more!
Led by the Pathways Committee.
Monday, March 27, 2023
6:30pm - 7:30pm on Zoom
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2023 District Conference
Friday April 28th (evening)
Conference Kickoff & District Tall Tales Speech Contest
Saturday April 29th
Annual Business Meeting, District International Speech Contest, Induction of District officers, and much more!
Stay tuned for more announcements!
The conference will be entirely on Zoom this year.
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Talk up Toastmasters
Contest season is the perfect time to Talk Up Toastmasters and build up your club's membership.
Starting today, February 1 - March 31, you have the opportunity to earn an extra incentive with this Toastmasters membership building program:
* Add five new, dual, or reinstated members between February 1 and March 31, the club receives a special Talk Up Toastmasters ribbon to display on the club banner. Qualifying clubs can earn a special discount code for 10% off their next club order. (This discount code expires six months from the date of issue and is not valid with any other offer).
All members' applications and payments must be received at World Headquarters no later than March 31. Please Note: transfers and charter members will not count toward the Talk Up Toastmaster's credit.
* Toastmasters International (TI) will reveal online the winning clubs within a few weeks of the submission deadline. United States recipients allow up to 10 business days to receive the award, and up to 21 business days outside of the United States.
WOW, just think what 5 new, dual, or reinstated members from the Talk Up Toastmasters membership incentive program will do for your club.
Now is the time to begin talking up Toastmasters, inviting friends and colleagues to visit your speech contests and introduce them to a great group of people who continue to learn and grow while having fun through the Toastmasters program.
An unknown author wrote, "We can do this, I can do this, we must do this." Imagine what will happen when each of us take time to Talk Up Toastmasters!
Betty Brewer Johnson, DTM
Club Growth Director
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Monkeys, Sweet Potatoes, and... Toastmasters?
Have you ever heard of the “100th Monkey Effect”? Are you wondering how this relates to Toastmasters?
The name refers to a scientific study conducted on a chain of islands off the coast of Japan in 1952. The scientists gave the monkeys sweet potatoes covered in sand, knowing that monkeys liked the taste of sweet potatoes but not sand.
Soon, one monkey learned to wash the sweet potato in a nearby stream. This monkey showed another one what she had learned and soon the knowledge spread. The fascinating part of this study is that the knowledge eventually spread to other islands, even though the monkeys did not have the ability to swim or otherwise travel to the other islands.
How did this happen? How did the idea spread? Scientists still cannot fully explain it, but we all know how rapidly ideas and trends can spread around the world once there is enough awareness of them.
Imagine if every Club in District 65 took one action step to promote Toastmasters. What kind of impact could that have?
Keith Flint
District 65 Public Relations Manager
FlintK11@msn.com
315-396-7490
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February Club Anniversaries
1993........Lyceum Club...................2/1/1956
794497....Talk the Talk ...................2/2/2006
2251028..Equitable Talkers............2/6/2012
1444942..Assured Communicators.2/9/2010
4514848..Rhetorical Roar...............2/24/2015
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Dear Patty
Dear Patty,
I recently opened my level 4 to Engaging Humor and noticed I have the option to Write a Compelling Blog. I think this is an awesome opportunity. It shows me how up-to-date Toastmasters International tried to be with the Pathways Education Program. Unfortunately, I still have questions after reading through the program.
How do you sign up for a blog site? What do you write about? Are eight posts enough? Can you piggyback on the club’s website if you want to write about Toastmasters or your specific club?
Bogged down,
Bill
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Dear Bogged down Bill,
Wow, Bill, you do have questions. I shared your questions with one of our experts in Writing Compelling Blogs. Hopefully, they have contacted you already; for you present too many questions for me to satisfactorily respond in the space allowed.
For others who may have the same hurdle, the Pathways Committee scheduled this topic for their special online training on February 25th at 2 p.m. Come see what you can do with blogging.
Happy Blogging,
Pathways Patty
P.S. Anyone interested in helping people like Bogged down Bill in any higher-level path, please contact The Pathways Committee at D65Pathways@gmail.com. We would like to have a few more people than just the committee to refer to.
We have the names of those who helped Keith Flint out last fall when he presented the material for Creating a Podcast.
Last month, I alluded to a review of the duties of Base Camp Managers for this month. It turns out that the March presentation will be a general review; therefore, I chose to save my response for March. Again email D65Pathways@gmail.com with any questions or if you would like one of the Pathways Committee members to present at your club.
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You can find:
- A calendar of District events
- When and where all District 65 Clubs are meeting
- Information about upcoming trainings
And more!
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