Toastmasters District 66

Central Division Speech A Thon

May 17, 2010

If you need to complete an additional speech to earn an education award; reserve your slot at the:

Date: June 17, 2010
Time: 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Place: Blackfinn American Saloon
1001 Haxall Point, Suite 100 Richmond, VA 23219 (view map)

Free Refreshments

• Limited to Central Division Clubs and guest.
• Modified meeting to focus on Speeches & Evaluations.
• Bring brochures to showcase your clubs for potential members.
• All speeches will be time (5 to 7 minutes) & 1 minute oral evaluations.

Reserve your slot now. RSVP’s to the Central Division Governor no later than June 9, 2010. For additional information contact: Martha Stevens, Division Governor CentralDiv@District66.org

Are you on target?

April 20, 2010

Whether you are in business situations or doing volunteer work with an organization, productivity in your team produces exceptional service. As Toastmasters, we are given tools to help us along the way. The challenge comes in finding those crucial elements of competitiveness to keep your team productive each year. Have you examined your overall productivity for the year?

Where did spend your time this past year? What did you do at home, at work; leisurely, socially and spiritu-ally. Were your dreams and goals fulfilled so far for the year? If it’s less than 95%, maybe you want to ex-amine what worked and what did not work.

The First and Second Place Winners Compete at the District Level in May

April 19, 2010

Congratulations to the Central Division Contest Winners for 2010 !!!

International Speech Contest

Table Topics

Stuttering no longer obstacle for Dinwiddie County woman

An article about Shannon Taylor and how Toastmasters helped her conquer stuttering was recently published in a local newspaper. You can view the article here.

From the Central Division Governor

Every person has different reasons for joining Toastmaster’s. The reasons can vary from person to person. We want to keep each Toastmaster wanting more and self motivated to learn new skills at every meeting, contest, and conference. We are challenged to create a Club environment in which people are motivated to work on the DCP priorities. Quality and variety can be the key for making District 66 clubs successful this year.

What is your motivational center? How do you stay motivated as a Toastmaster? Well the answer is a simple one. Your club’s success and your individual success depend on your definition of what and what values you hold for yourself. Your personal goals can be as simple as one sentence or a whole page.

Success can be accomplished in 2010 for our District 66. We only need to focus, learn from our past, and put our ideas and plans to work. Make it happen. We have our framework for significant success. We just need to put them into action.

Martha Denise Stevens, ACB, ALB
Central Division Governor