Year: 2016
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Division J
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Division I
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Founder’s District Gets Audacious
It was fitting that outgoing 2015-16 Founder’s District Director, Pan Kao, set the tone for a fun and varietal Founder’s District Installation Dinner for the new district council as Founder’s District found itself back at the Knott’s Berry Farm Hotel in the 9th floor ballroom. He instructed each audience member to fold up blue pieces…
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“Be a Practitioner, Not a Theorist” – Year End Reflection
Time flies! You are probably curious about what I have learned this past Toastmaster year as the first District Director of the Founder’s District. I’ve learned that in order to become a successful communicator and leader, one needs to “be a practitioner, not a theorist.”
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Founders Gone Cosmic
The free pizza proved to be the 2nd best part of the experience. Members from clubs that achieved 5 new members during the Talk It Up Toastmasters event in March and February walked in to find pizza from such establishments as Pepz and Valuetina’s among others wondering what else was in store for them. Then,…
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2016 Spring Club Alignment Proposal
2016-17 Founder’s District Alignment Notes 2016-04-23 Last fall this body approved the formation of District 100 and Founder’s District, along with the creation of ten divisions, A through I. Since the fall conference… 7 new clubs were built. 6 prospective clubs may charter soon 14 clubs have stopped meeting 15 clubs are unpaid as of…
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2016 Spring Business Meeting Consent Agenda
In order for us to utilize our time more effectively at the Business Meeting on Saturday, April 30, we have put together some of the routine items discussed into a Consent Agenda. These routine items are packaged and accepted as a group. In this package are items that do not need any discussion or a…
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Evaluation, or … Criticism
Kate McKay said in an essay:“It is not pleasant . . . to be criticized. . . (but) we really ought to congratulate ourselves every time we learn of a new fault . . . To know of a fault . . . should be instantly to challenge its continuance.”
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The Stage is a Visual Aid
Using the stageCompetitors at speech contests move about the stage to facilitate their communication. That is, they use the stage as a visual aid. Usually, there’s lots of room available, but you, as a speaker, must abandon the lectern. Three major reasons for a speaker to move about the stage are create a timeline, structure…