Area 33 Director, 2024-25

  It is Toastmaster contest season.  This is a great opportunity to see excellent speeches and evaluations and to learn from the best. This Saturday, March 25, is the Area 31 and Area 32 International speech contest and Evaluation contest.  Briefings are at 8:30.  Registration:  https://d106tm. org/event/area-31-and-32- speech-contest/?instance_id= 937   You will receive the Zoom link immediately after registering.  Please let Eric Blomgren, contest chair, know if you are available for a role.  Saturday April 22 is the online Division D contest.  Registration:  https://d106tm. org/event/division-d-speech- contest-6/?instance_id=917   Please let me know if you would like a role. May 12-13 at Duluth are the hybrid District 106 contests.  Register for the Spring convention here:   https://d106tm.org/event/ district-106-annual- convention/?instance_id=838    The early bird promo code is still available and great...

When I first became an area director in 2014, I was advised "Join a leadership club."  The district has a number of clubs which focus on leadership.  In Divisions B and D, we have Spirit of Leadership, The Leaders and Leadership Summit. While an area director, I became a club mentor.  My leadership development was in overdrive. I was over-committed so didn't initially renew at Spirit of Leadership.  However, in 2016 when I became a division director, I felt I needed a support network.  I have been a member of Leadership Summit since. Leadership clubs have much to offer, including some exceptional members who exemplify "leadership." Colleen Hamilton, a member of two leadership clubs, likes the "higher standards" that specialty clubs provide. "The Leadership Summit Toastmasters Club is a Leadership Development club. Our meetings feature advanced training seminars and panel discussions. If you are a Toastmaster who aspires to become a better leader, ...