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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…

  • “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.”

  •  In this issue: Founder’s District International Speech Contest winner, Josephine Lee. LACE Summer of 2016 Speaker to Trainer Why Take On Leadership Ops Tips For Membership Building … and More! The Founder/2010-2019/Founder Vol 53 Iss 4 Jun 2016-16.pdf

  • 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,…

  • 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…