Our 70 Year Pipeline to Toastmasters International
Founder’s District is the “funnel,” that has been bringing the benefits and value of Toastmasters to all of us in Southern California, since 1944.
Founders District’s 70th Birthday/Anniversary is cause to celebrate. For 3,500 of us members, we are proud to be part of Founder’s District, whose birthplace in Santa Ana, California, is also the 1924 birthplace of Toastmasters International.
Founder’s District is the indispensible conduit between Toastmasters International’s World Wide Headquarters and its Orange County/Los Angeles members. For 70 years, Founder’s elected officers have guided and energized our progress through its Division Governors, who support our Area Governors, who in turn support the clubs by helping club officers meet the needs of each individual member. Success rests in the hands of the above mentioned stalwart members, who are willing to step beyond club level, to help Founders District’s top four elected officers uphold the integrity of Toastmasters Educational Program in Speaking and Leadership
There are countless fellow Toastmasters to appreciate, congratulate, and celebrate—who have given their time and talent serving us in Founder’s District leadership. Perhaps one of them is you!
In addition to celebrating 70 years of volunteers who have guided and guarded the quality of our experience in Toastmasters, there are “hands- on” skill development, professional growth opportunities for any member who steps into District work.
Founder’s District provides its 3,500 members with practical resume experience in management, with the opportunity to lead in governance positions , to create and collaborate in chairmanship positions, to work in District Television production(performance and/or technical), to organize and produce special events, to assemble project management components, to train and instruct, to oversee budgets and set funding strategies, to build teams, to mentor and coach, to judge speeches within Toastmasters and in community service organizations outside of TM, to grow as a writer/photo journalist in Public Relations, and to learn the art of “marketing and selling” by working with Human Resource Heads in corporate Club Development.
Involvement in any of the hundreds of District activities translates into generalizable and transferrable practical job experience.
Yes! There is much about Founder’s District to celebrate! The moment we to step out of our Toastmasters club and step into Founder’s District teamwork, we have opened our world to professional and personal skill development for every part of our life.
There’s a lot to celebrate! Founder’s District, 1944 to 2014: Seventy years of Bringing the Toastmaster Speaking and Leadership Skills Program to Southern California.
Founders District Photo and Video Documentarians, Richard and Linda Doherty, have captured and preserved for posterity thousands of the scenes and moments in Founder’s recent History. Perhaps you will find photos of yourself and Toastmaster friends by going to the Founder’s District Photo Gallery. Here’s to you, Founder’s District!