Saturday, Jan. 21,
2012 Toastmasters Leadership Institute at Texas Wesleyan University offers a dozen (yes,
count ‘em: twelve!) educational and leadership growth sessions! Not only can all
incoming Club Officers attend designated training to learn about their new
roles, but twelve elective classes will warm up a cold winter’s day and send
you away enlightened and empowered!
1. Advanced Leadership Training: For those
who have served in their elected office previously, we offer a great alternate
leadership class with motivational speaker and personal growth coach Aldean
Pearson. You’ll be REDEFINING LEADER
in this advanced class.
2. Motivating Achievement: You’ll learn about opportunities for growth available through the
Toastmasters International Communication and Leadership tracks and membership
programs. What’s not to like?
3. Attracting New
Members to Your Club: You know you need ‘em! Every club needs new
members, not only to maintain numbers for the DCP, but because you want to
share the good news about Toastmasters with everybody in the whole wide world!
Hey, what if you never had attended a Toastmasters meeting or joined up? What
would you be missing (besides sleeping in on a Saturday morning while we’re out
here having fun)? Here’s how to get ‘em in the door and make ‘em want to stay!
4. Member
Retention: It’s a fact: About 40% of Toastmasters members disappear from our rosters every year.
How can we keep members from disappearing? What if we could keep members
excited about their own growth and involved in our clubs? Attend this session
to find out how close the back door!
5. Marketing
Training: This
is a “twofer,” with discussion devoted both to pre-charter (demo) meeting
training and Club Sponsor/Mentor/Coach. Hey, you can’t go wrong with two great
topics like that!!
6. Update Your
Website: Hey,
your FreeToastHost website is going bye-bye unless you switch to 2.0 soon . . .
very soon!! Our technical wizard hired right off the set of Harry Potter
tells you how to convert!
7. Here Come de
Judge!
WE
WANT YOU for contest judge duty! We’re even offering a doorbuster
special: a 1 hour update
for experienced judges seeking to renew their certification. (Judge
certification is good for 2 years. Is it time for YOU to renew?)
8. Contest Quality
Training: Don’t
you just love contests? The excitement of competition? The energy of the crowd?
The free snacks? You want your club, area, and division to put on THE BEST LITTLE CONTEST IN TEXAS, don’t
you? This session is for all you contest chairmen out there, and anyone else
who wants to know how to make your contest the BEST!
9. Strange but
(Not) So True: The Tall Tales Contest: This Spring’s fun-for-all is the Tall Tales
Speech Contest. You’ll be all ears as you get ready to dig down deep, cook up a
different kettle of fish, get cracking, shoot the moon, and wow the crowd, in
this amazing, (not) true workshop session.
10.
The Most Important Speech You’ll Ever Give: The Eulogy/Memorial
Speech is not only comforting for your loved ones and closest friends, but also
challenges every Toastmasters skill you have attempted! Learn practical ways to
deliver a Memorial/Eulogy that helps people when they need your speaking skills
most. Be original, profound, humorous, inclusive, healing, and tactful as
you prepare a memorable speech on short notice.
11. Speakers Bureau
and Accredited Speaker Program: Thought about extending your speaking arena
beyond the club or contest level? SB and AS provide opportunities to go beyond
the club, to share your areas of expertise with others, and even to become a
professional speaker.
12. Leadership
Opportunities: Our Lunch and Learn,
led by International Director David McCallister, tells us how to develop our
leadership skills through involvement in District 25. Hey, the new tag line is
“Toastmasters International: Where Leaders Are Made.” ID David will help us
realize that vision!
