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DISTRICT 24 DOUBLE DOZEN<br />

NEWSLETTER<br />

District News and Events<br />

District 24<br />

April/<strong>2018</strong><br />

INSIDE THIS ISSUE<br />

News from the<br />

Trio<br />

Information on<br />

Upcoming Events<br />

District Highlights<br />

Page 2<br />

New Pathways –<br />

Are You Ready for Something<br />

New?<br />

Page 3<br />

New Pathways –<br />

New, Yet Familiar<br />

Page 4<br />

New Pathways –<br />

What Path Will You Take?<br />

Page 5<br />

Update on Pathways<br />

Page 6<br />

Time for Election of Club<br />

Officers<br />

Page 7<br />

News Pathways in Division C<br />

Page 8<br />

Division D Funletter<br />

Page 9<br />

Three Social Media Platforms to<br />

Grow Your Club<br />

Page 10 - 12<br />

Pre-Conference Session<br />

Information<br />

Page 13<br />

<strong>2018</strong> Proxy Form<br />

Page 14<br />

Conference Raffle Information<br />

Page 15<br />

District Mini Calendar<br />

Only a Short Time Left to Register for the Annual<br />

Conference!<br />

The District 24 Annual Conference is April 20 – 22 in Kearney, Nebraska at the Younes<br />

Conference Center. This will be a conference full of excitement! There are two incredible<br />

speakers on the agenda for this conference. 2005 World Champion of Public Speaking, Lance<br />

Miller, will be the Featured Speaker. Lance will bring his exciting speaking style to District 24.<br />

Toastmasters International Director, Region 4, Monique Levesque-Pharoah, will be the Keynote<br />

Speaker at the conference! What an incredible opportunity to learn from two outstanding speakers!<br />

The conference begins Friday, April 20 with a workshop titled Change Management from<br />

conference Keynote Speaker Monique Levesque-Pharoah followed by the District 24 Table Topics<br />

Speech Contest. The District International Speech Contest will be Saturday afternoon. The<br />

educational sessions will cover Pathways, Social Media, Leadership for a Championship Club, and<br />

How to Promote and Market a Toastmasters Club. The day will end with a banquet and awards<br />

ceremony. The Keynote Address is The Power of Mindset given by Monique Levesque-Pharoah.<br />

After the banquet, there will be Bunkhouse Karaoke.<br />

Friday night after the Table Topics contest, there will be a Toastmaster Talent Showcase. If you<br />

have a talent such as storytelling, singing, hula-hooping, or dancing, send your name and hidden<br />

talent to John Paul Arias (jpablo_arias@yahoo.com) to become part of a new tradition. The<br />

Toastmaster Talent Showcase setup is at 9 pm with the show starting at 9:30 pm Friday evening.<br />

Check out the conference webpage for all the events:<br />

http://www.d24tm.org/<strong>2018</strong>_Conference.html<br />

To close out the weekend there will be a special breakfast on Sunday, April 22 with Toastmasters<br />

International Director, Region 4 Monique Levesque-Pharoah and Region 4 Advisor Pat Hannan.<br />

Registration for the conference is open and can be done on-line using this URL:<br />

https://district24-<strong>2018</strong>-annual-conference.eventbrite.com<br />

District 24’s newest club,<br />

Tech Talk Toast (T*3)!<br />

Cost for the conference is $49 until April 15. Non-Toastmasters can attend for $60 a person.<br />

There are five meals at the conference, Friday evening, Saturday morning, Satuday midday,<br />

Saturday evening, and Sunday morning. Meals are priced separately or if you like, you may<br />

purchase the full meal deal for $120.<br />

The host hotel is the Fairfield Inn & Suites at 501 W. Talmadge Rd in Kearney. The block of rooms<br />

has been released but call the hotel direct (308-236-4200) and tell them you are with District 24<br />

Toastmasters. If rooms are available, the room rate may be honored.<br />

Interested in helping with the conference? Contact the Co-chairs for the conference John Paul<br />

Arias, DTM (jpablo_arias@yahoo.com) and Shellie Pointer, DTM (shellie24tm@gmail.com). They<br />

will have many volunteer opportunities available.


DISTRICT 24 DOUBLE DOZEN<br />

NEWSLETTER<br />

News from the District Director<br />

New Pathways!<br />

Are You Ready For Something New?<br />

Submitted by: George Volz, District Director<br />

This year the district will launch into a<br />

new era. I know that some members<br />

are filled with anxiety. Some are filled<br />

with hope. Some have struggled to<br />

understand our current system and feel that the<br />

new system is more complicated. I am here to tell<br />

you that it will be exactly that. To quote James<br />

Allen, “Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so<br />

you shall become. Your vision is the promise of what<br />

you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of<br />

what you shall at last unveil.”<br />

To the cacophony on this new venture, my feelings<br />

are this--Pathways will change us. I believe<br />

Pathways will help us grasp the vision of being the<br />

best that we can be. A new perspective and a new<br />

centering on the core principles of the visions of<br />

Ralph Smedley. I know that we will grow with this<br />

new opportunity.<br />

Have you attended a Pathways guide visit? If you<br />

missed it, visit with your fellow club members about<br />

the visit, go to the Toastmasters website. Explore<br />

the PATHWAYS tab.<br />

If your club still needs a visit, work with your team<br />

to schedule one soon.<br />

Fellow Toastmasters, I challenge you with this idea.<br />

Dedicate this month to become focused on using<br />

the tools we have and prepare to embrace a new<br />

Pathway. It is exciting times, we have the luxury of<br />

both the old and the dawning of the new. What a<br />

great chance to grow, explore new ideas! Climb to<br />

new heights!<br />

James Allen said, “You will become as small as<br />

your controlling desire; as great as your dominant<br />

aspiration.”<br />

When new ideas come along, I first process them<br />

with my old idea mindset. Then I resist. Eventually<br />

I will adjust. We each carry a personal bias, a<br />

filter, that adjusts the way we see things. This bias,<br />

this paradigm, influences how we react. Our<br />

mindset dictates how our mind will adapt. The time<br />

we spend resisting and rebelling against the new<br />

idea is contra-productive. Why? First and foremost,<br />

new ideas help us grow. Pathways is designed to<br />

help us grow. Second, externalizing the new —<br />

declaring it as “that” prevents us from owning it. As<br />

we dive into Pathways, we will discover that it is our<br />

Pathway, my Pathway. What a great thing! A<br />

transition from “the program” to “my program.”<br />

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New Pathways!<br />

New, Yet Familiar<br />

Submitted by: Glenn Williams, Program Quality Director<br />

Your initial Pathways thoughts may be a<br />

combination of hesitation, skepticism,<br />

misinformation, and sometimes fear. I<br />

understand those thoughts.<br />

Pathways is all that you love about Toastmasters, in a<br />

different format. You love the Ice Breaker speech. It did<br />

not go away. You love the DTM as the capstone. This<br />

remains. You wanted mentoring, you have it<br />

prominently featured. All of these things are familiar to<br />

you if you have been in Toastmasters for a long enough<br />

time to have become acquainted with what I just<br />

mentioned.<br />

For the veteran Toastmasters, this provides a whole new<br />

experience to try. You have so many more<br />

competencies that you can learn compared to the older<br />

more limited educational plan we are phasing out of.<br />

The expansion is not final, there may be new additions<br />

that occur over time. If there is a manual that<br />

specializes in something you like that you don’t see yet<br />

in the new program this, too,<br />

could be added in.<br />

What will not be added back<br />

is the Competent Leadership<br />

manual. I know some of you<br />

loved that, but most people<br />

never really explored what<br />

that manual could do for<br />

them. Instead, most of the<br />

leadership skills learned in<br />

them are incorporated into the Pathways program.<br />

You can still do the current educational program until<br />

June 30, 2020. You can finally earn your CC, CL, ACB,<br />

ALS, ACS, ACG, and DTM in what we have now.<br />

You won’t be able to transfer a CC or other designation<br />

into Pathways to continue from there. Your old<br />

designations will still be a part of your name and record,<br />

though. You can transfer unused for credit leadership<br />

roles into the new Pathways. Let us say you were an<br />

Area Director last year but you never submitted it for<br />

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NEWSLETTER<br />

News from the Program Quality Director<br />

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credit. This can be applied to your eventual DTM in<br />

Pathways.<br />

I do hope that all Pathways Guides and Ambassadors<br />

have been great facilitators to you. This means listening<br />

and observing you more than just talking. This means<br />

highlighting information in any booklet or PowerPoint,<br />

not dryly going through it word for word.<br />

You take an assessment that allows you to choose one<br />

of three paths or choose another not listed. You can opt<br />

for the materials delivered online. It is a free delivery, it<br />

is within hours not days, and it doesn’t require paper. If<br />

paper is your thing for its tactile nature of holding it, print<br />

the pages of the online option. You can still do that.<br />

Opportunities surround you all the time, you just have to<br />

choose a path and try it. We are here to get you<br />

unstuck.<br />

Before Pathways launches on May 3, <strong>2018</strong>, please go to<br />

the Pathways Beyond the Guide breakout session led by<br />

Jacob Lawson at the <strong>2018</strong> District 24 Annual<br />

Conference on April 21 at the Younes Center in<br />

Kearney, Nebraska. Jacob will<br />

have George Marshall by<br />

remote video. District 57<br />

Pathways Chief Ambassador<br />

George Marshall was in the first<br />

district in the world to launch<br />

Pathways. You can get<br />

misinformation dispelled and<br />

restore your comfort level about<br />

what Pathways will mean to<br />

you by attending.<br />

You owe it to yourself to get the facts straight from a<br />

knowledgeable and experienced source, George<br />

Marshall. See what he has to say. You will feel much<br />

better coming out from that session than you did going<br />

in.


DISTRICT 24 DOUBLE DOZEN<br />

NEWSLETTER<br />

News from the Club Growth Director<br />

New Pathways!<br />

What Path Will You Take?<br />

Submitted by: Linda Wilson, Club Growth Director<br />

It’s almost here! The new<br />

Toastmasters Pathways learning<br />

experience will finally launch in District<br />

24 in early May. What does it mean to<br />

each one of us as Toastmasters?<br />

What are the opportunities?<br />

By now, many of us have heard a presentation by<br />

one of our District 24 Pathways Guides. Some may<br />

have also obtained information through blogs,<br />

webinars, online learning forums, or websites for<br />

districts that are already using Pathways. This<br />

information has highlighted the positive aspects of<br />

the new program and provided some tips to begin<br />

preparing for the transition.<br />

There have been discussions about the improved<br />

features, with five core competencies and 10<br />

dynamic learning paths made up of 60 projects,<br />

with over 300 transferable competencies. The<br />

advantages of individualized learning, convenient<br />

on-line accessibility of resources and projects, and<br />

mastering real-world transferable skills have been<br />

highlighted. There have also been many questions<br />

and concerns.<br />

Yes, there will be major changes, and for many of<br />

us, change isn’t easy. On the other hand, as<br />

Benjamin Franklin so aptly stated, “When you’re<br />

finished changing, you’re finished.”<br />

All of the benefits that drew us to Toastmasters and<br />

continue to keep us as members will remain the<br />

same with Pathways. They remain true to the club<br />

mission and core values envisioned by Ralph<br />

Smedley in 1924 when he first started the program<br />

for the purpose of helping members improve their<br />

communication, public speaking and leadership<br />

skills.<br />

As far as club growth, by reflecting more up-todate,<br />

real-world communication and leadership<br />

scenarios, the new Pathways learning experience<br />

will appeal to potential new clubs, particularly<br />

corporate clubs, as they look to augment their<br />

current training programs. Likewise, Pathways will<br />

offer enhanced benefits as we support all clubs in<br />

membership retention.<br />

As we prepare to embark on this major change with<br />

the potential for new opportunities and growth, this<br />

quote by Charles Darwin comes to mind, “It is not<br />

the strongest or the most intelligent who will survive<br />

but those who can best manage change.”<br />

With the plethora of possibilities provided by<br />

Pathways, one question remains: What path will<br />

you take?<br />

While the current educational program will continue<br />

to be available to club members during the next two<br />

years as we transition to Pathways, the new<br />

program will provide even more opportunities for<br />

club members to learn and grow, to develop<br />

communication and leadership skills. Members may<br />

complete their current goals and embark on a new<br />

exciting journey with Pathways!<br />

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DISTRICT 24 DOUBLE DOZEN<br />

you a blessed, joyous, giving holiday season!<br />

NEWSLETTER<br />

Merry Christmas!!<br />

Update on Toastmasters Pathways<br />

Submitted by: Kathy Henvey, Chief Ambassador<br />

In March’s Chief Ambassador Update from<br />

Toastmasters International, the following<br />

Pathways information was received.<br />

News on Pathways<br />

rollout this year. Materials will be provided in HTML format,<br />

in English only and will not include the Pathways<br />

assessment or Base Camp. Videos in Base Camp<br />

currently do not support closed captioning; however,<br />

watching them is not necessary to complete Pathways<br />

projects.<br />

Rollout updates<br />

The Pathways rollout continues with regions 1 and 11<br />

scheduled to launch on March 20. Regions 4 and 13<br />

Pathways Guides are in the process of visiting clubs ahead<br />

of the anticipated rollout on May 3; and region 8 and 9 club<br />

visits are already underway before the final rollout on May<br />

15. Our District 24 is in Region 4. Our rollout date was<br />

moved from April 24 to May 3 because transition from the<br />

World Headquarters office in California to the new office in<br />

Colorado occurs the week of April 24.<br />

Adoption report<br />

In the regions where Pathways has launched, district<br />

leaders are reporting that the transition has been much<br />

smoother than anticipated and members are enjoying the<br />

new educational content. As of March 15, in districts where<br />

Pathways has rolled out:<br />

More than 45,772 members have enrolled in<br />

Pathways — representing 29% of the members<br />

where Pathways is available. The usage rate in<br />

districts that were part of the program pilot is 42%.<br />

<br />

<br />

More than 48,852 paths have been initiated.<br />

99.5% of all users chose an online path instead of<br />

working in printed materials.<br />

Survey Results<br />

Toastmasters International always is eager to hear member<br />

feedback, especially when it comes to their experiences<br />

with Pathways! A recent survey conducted by the World<br />

Headquarters research team found that the majority of<br />

members in regions where Pathways has rolled out are<br />

overwhelmingly satisfied with the program. When asked<br />

what they like most, their top answers included the variety<br />

of choices offered by the paths, being able to access the<br />

program online and the wealth of extra-educational<br />

resources at their disposal.<br />

Common Member Question<br />

Does Pathways offer accessible educational materials for<br />

visually-impaired individuals?<br />

Answer: All Pathways projects and electives soon will be<br />

available for visually-impaired members after the last region<br />

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Common Chief Ambassador Question<br />

When is the last day to submit an application for an<br />

education award in the traditional education program?<br />

Answer: If the Pathways rollout remains on schedule and<br />

the last phase rolls out in May <strong>2018</strong>, then the final day to<br />

submit an application for a traditional education program<br />

award will be June 30, 2020, the end of the 2019-2020<br />

Toastmasters program year.<br />

Members who serve as a club or district leader or as club<br />

coach through June 30, 2020, may receive an exception to<br />

use this as credit toward a traditional education program<br />

award that is also submitted on June 30, 2020. The role<br />

must be the final requirement for the award to receive<br />

recognition and these exceptions will be reviewed on a<br />

case-by-case basis. Please be aware that members who<br />

use the role to complete an award such as ALB or ALS in<br />

the traditional program will not be able to transfer the work<br />

to an award in Pathways.<br />

Members who are seeking a DTM but are unable to<br />

complete all requirements by June 30, 2020 may be better<br />

served by applying their club and district leadership roles to<br />

a Distinguished Toastmaster award in Pathways.<br />

Please email the Education Services team with any<br />

questions about your best course of action.<br />

Pathways Learning Experience FAQ page<br />

“How many projects are in a path?” “Is Pathways only<br />

available online?” “How will I receive recognition in<br />

Pathways?” Find answers to these and other Pathways<br />

questions on Toastmasters.org website, Pathways tab,<br />

Learn More, then go to the bottom of the page, and click on<br />

Pathways FAQ. More information about Pathways also is<br />

available on Toastmasters.org by visiting<br />

https://www.toastmasters.org/Pathways-Overview<br />

Furthermore, you can visit the District 24 website,<br />

d24tm.org: Go to the Pathways link on the left column of<br />

the home page; and to Public Downloads and access the<br />

Toastmasters Pathways folder. If you have questions on<br />

Pathways, you may contact me at<br />

kathyhenvey@gmail.com.


DISTRICT 24 DOUBLE DOZEN<br />

NEWSLETTER<br />

News from Around the District<br />

TIME for ELECTION of CLUB<br />

OFFICERS<br />

Submitted by: Karen Watson, District 24 Parliamentarian<br />

To prepare adequately for the election of<br />

Club Officers, follow the timeline below (for<br />

clubs that meet yearly.) This information is<br />

taken from the Club Constitution for<br />

Clubs of Toastmasters International,<br />

Article VI: Officers (Sections 1-8), and Robert’s Rules<br />

of Order Newly Revised.<br />

1. TWO Meetings before Election The Club<br />

President appoints a Nominating Committee at<br />

least two (2) weeks prior to the meeting at which<br />

the election is to take place. The Chair will be<br />

the Immediate Past Club President. Ideally, the<br />

Nominating Committee consists of three people.<br />

2. ONE Meeting before Election The Nominating<br />

Committee presents it’s report at the meeting<br />

preceding the business meeting at which the<br />

election is to take place.<br />

3. At Meeting with Election Elections shall be<br />

held at the first meeting in May in each year.<br />

Following the Report of the Nominating<br />

Committee, further nominations may be made<br />

from the floor. All elections shall be by secret<br />

ballot.<br />

Controversy Over Secret Ballots:<br />

Technically, the bylaws state, “All elections shall be by<br />

secret ballot, unless a secret ballot is dispensed with by<br />

unanimous vote, with a majority vote of all active<br />

individual members present and voting necessary to<br />

elect each officer.” If there is only one candidate for one<br />

officer position, dispensing with the secret ballot seems<br />

a likely way to save time. Yet, there are democratic<br />

reasons why using a secret ballot is preferred. First, any<br />

active member in good standing may serve as an officer.<br />

Second, using a secret ballot allows any member to<br />

‘write-in’ the name of any member (including<br />

themselves) for whom they want to vote. Another way of<br />

saying this is: the right to ‘write-in’ a candidate is taken<br />

away when the secret ballot is ‘dispensed with’.<br />

Appointment of Tellers’ and subsequent Tellers’<br />

Report:<br />

Prior to an election, the President asks for volunteers to<br />

act as tellers who collect the marked ballots and count<br />

them. The first teller appointed is the ‘Head Teller’ who<br />

will read the Tellers’ Report before handing it to the<br />

President. The Tellers’ Report is entered in full in the<br />

minutes as an official record of the organization.<br />

Number of Votes Cast:<br />

Necessary for election: (majority, plurality, etc.)<br />

CANDIDATE’S NAMES<br />

Candidate A<br />

Candidate B<br />

Candidate C<br />

Illegal Votes:<br />

Results of the Election<br />

VOTES<br />

CAST<br />

TERM<br />

The results of the election are read twice; once by the<br />

Head Teller and once by the President. Doing so<br />

ensures that results are correct and accurate. The<br />

President then ‘declares’ those who are elected and<br />

congratulates them.<br />

As District Parliamentarian, I encourage every club to do<br />

elections with secret ballots to learn the procedures - as<br />

time permits in each club circumstances. Doing so<br />

keeps democracy alive. If there are any questions, do<br />

not hesitate to contact me.<br />

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NEWSLETTER<br />

New Pathways in Division C!<br />

Submitted by Doni Stoner, Division C Director<br />

Division C finds NEW PATHWAYS for<br />

success…<br />

Area C21 Winners…<br />

Table Topics Contest<br />

Area C23 Winners…<br />

Table Topics Contest<br />

Sjohn Watson (2 nd ), Kate High (1 st ), James Witter III (3 rd )<br />

International Contest<br />

Vera Porter (3 rd ), David James (1 st ), Brian Kokesh (2 nd )<br />

International Contest<br />

Dong Vo, Angie McAndrew (2 nd ), David James (1 st ), Kevin Nabor (3 rd )<br />

Douglas Kerns (1 st ), John E. Coffey (2 nd )<br />

Area C24 Winners…<br />

Table Topics Contest<br />

Area C22 Winners…<br />

Table Topics Contest<br />

Kee-En (Jony) Lim (1 st ), Tania Rugamba (2 nd )<br />

International Contest<br />

Kent Wolfe (1 st )<br />

International Contest<br />

Kent Wolfe (2 nd ), Lea Wroblewski (1 st )<br />

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Kee-En (Jony) Lim (1 st )<br />

Congratulations…<br />

Thank you to all members who participated in Club<br />

and Area Contests. All members of Division C are<br />

Champions!


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Division D Funletter<br />

Speech Contests in Division D<br />

Contest season is underway! This spring, paid members in clubs with 8 or more paid members are competing in<br />

International and Table Topics contests. Area contests held in March had these fantastic winners:<br />

D31:<br />

Table Topics 2nd Place: Marty Ertz<br />

Table Topics 1st Place: Ash Banaszek<br />

International 2nd Place: Ann Gentle<br />

International 1st Place: Ash Banaszek<br />

D33:<br />

Table Topics 2nd Place: Tom Colling<br />

Table Topics 1st Place: Meg Barr<br />

International 3rd Place: Robyn Glasser<br />

International 2nd Place: Janel Asche<br />

International 1st Place: Wendy Hicks<br />

D32:<br />

Table Topics 2nd Place: Gregory Brown<br />

Table Topics 1st Place: Sheron Ponnambath<br />

International 2nd Place: Rebecca Fegan<br />

International 1st Place: Sheron Ponnambath<br />

D34:<br />

Table Topics 2nd Place: John Farag<br />

Table Topics 1st Place: Jon Wood<br />

International 1st Place: Susan St. Cyr<br />

D31/D33<br />

winners<br />

w/ division<br />

and area<br />

directors<br />

D32/D34<br />

contestants<br />

and winners w/<br />

division and<br />

area directors<br />

First and second place winners from the area contests<br />

may advance to the Division D contest April 8 at 3pm<br />

at the main W Dale Clark branch of the Omaha library<br />

downtown. First place winners of the Division D contest<br />

advance to the District speech contests held during the<br />

District conference April 20-21 in Kearney, NE.<br />

Everyone is encouraged to attend the upcoming<br />

contests. If you aren’t competing, we’d love your help as<br />

a ballot counter, timer, sergeant at arms, or judge. To<br />

volunteer or for more information, contact Jessica Codr<br />

(jcake2@gmail.com). Learn more about speech<br />

contests from episode one of the District 24 Podcast<br />

found at d24tm.org,<br />

http://shoutengine.com/District24Toastmasters/, or<br />

downloaded from iTunes.<br />

Ongoing Success in Division D<br />

Division D’s own Kaylee Erlbacher is leading our entire<br />

District in number of awards earned this Toastmasters<br />

year with seven awards. Tom Colling is close behind<br />

with five awards. Overall, members have earned 56<br />

educational awards this Toastmasters year that they<br />

attributed to Division D. This outstanding<br />

accomplishment gives us the most awards of any<br />

Division in District 24! Keep it up!!<br />

We are up to seven out of 17 total Division D clubs with<br />

the 5+ goals required to be distinguished in the<br />

Distinguished Club Program (DCP). Of these clubs, Rail<br />

Talkers, Blue Ah Busters, Mutual of Omaha, and<br />

Speak Now also have the membership level required to<br />

be distinguished. Congratulations to these distinguished<br />

clubs and to all clubs working the program! Keep up to<br />

date with your club’s status at<br />

http://dashboards.toastmasters.org/Club.aspx?id=24<br />

Have news you’d like to share with Division D? Send it<br />

to Jessica Codr at jcake2@gmail.com.<br />

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DISTRICT 24 DOUBLE DOZEN<br />

NEWSLETTER<br />

From Around the District<br />

Three Social Media Platforms to<br />

Grow Your Club<br />

Submitted by: Jacob Lawson<br />

It’s now easier than ever to get your club in front of<br />

a broader audience. How? Through the power of<br />

social media. Social media platforms like Twitter,<br />

Facebook, and LinkedIn are changing how we<br />

communicate and redefining how clubs need to<br />

market themselves.<br />

Taking advantage of these free tools is key in<br />

helping your club to increase public awareness and<br />

encourage member engagement. Keep reading to<br />

learn how Capitol Voices Toastmaster Club in<br />

Lincoln sees the value of being social.<br />

Facebook:<br />

The purpose of our Facebook page is to post<br />

photos from our meetings to engage our members<br />

and catch the attention of potential new members.<br />

A photo of real members lets potential members<br />

know our club is personable, inviting, and most<br />

importantly, that our club cares about its members.<br />

Twitter:<br />

Twitter gives us a quick opportunity to showcase<br />

our Club and all that we do to a targeted audience.<br />

Toastmaster members are all over the world! And<br />

by using trending hashtags, it can put our club in<br />

front of a broader audience and potentially new<br />

members.<br />

As a minimum, our Club looks at one tweet per<br />

week, possibly summarizing our Club meeting,<br />

speaker, or sharing an interesting article but our<br />

tweets are relevant and with purpose, focusing on<br />

leadership or speaking. To date, we have over 133<br />

followers and growing!<br />

LinkedIn:<br />

LinkedIn is the best choice for most people who<br />

use social media for professional purposes. We use<br />

LinkedIn to position ourselves and the club as an<br />

industry thought leader by sharing relevant articles<br />

or links to boost our influence and reputation.<br />

LinkedIn is our newest platform we joined so we<br />

are building our audience with a minimum of one<br />

post per week.<br />

Good practice would be for each club to have a<br />

media strategy, i.e. what to release, where and<br />

when. We encourage our members to share and<br />

like the pages and have added them to our<br />

agendas. Experiment to find out which platforms<br />

work best for you and your club. Social media is<br />

guaranteed to create energy and enthusiasm<br />

among your members and visibility for guests.<br />

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DISTRICT 24 DOUBLE DOZEN<br />

NEWSLETTER<br />

Pre-Conference Sessions (Omaha)<br />

Registration via Meetup<br />

Registration via Eventbrite<br />

Registration via email to Floy Westermeier at westerm9@msn.com<br />

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DISTRICT 24 DOUBLE DOZEN<br />

NEWSLETTER<br />

Pre-Conference Sessions (Omaha)<br />

Registration via Meetup<br />

Registration via Eventbrite<br />

Registration via email to Floy Westermeier at westerm9@msn.com<br />

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DISTRICT 24 DOUBLE DOZEN<br />

NEWSLETTER<br />

Pre-Conference Sessions (Lincoln)<br />

Registration via Meetup<br />

Registration via Eventbrite<br />

Registration via email to Jony Lim at jonnypeace_tower@hotmail.com<br />

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DISTRICT 24 DOUBLE DOZEN<br />

NEWSLETTER<br />

Proxy Form for Business Meeting<br />

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DISTRICT 24 DOUBLE DOZEN<br />

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Conference Raffle Information<br />

Tickets will be available at all<br />

Division Speech Contests and<br />

Conference<br />

1 Ticket = $1.00<br />

6 Tickets = $5.00<br />

Silent Auction and Raffle Chair:<br />

Amanda Fintel<br />

(amandafintel@gmail.com)<br />

The Hand Made Quilt was<br />

donated by D24 Toastmaster<br />

Floy Westermeier.<br />

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DISTRICT 24 DOUBLE DOZEN<br />

NEWSLETTER<br />

District 24 Mini Calendar<br />

District 24 Dates to Remember – For more details check d24tm.org,<br />

District 24 Calendar<br />

April 1 – 15 – Division Speech Contests<br />

April 17 – Launching Leadership Success, 6:30 – 9:30 PM, Comfort Inn & Suites Ballroom, 70 & Grover, Omaha<br />

April 18 – Leadership University, 6:30 – 9:30 PM, Comfort Inn & Suites Ballroom, 70 & Grover, Omaha<br />

April 19 – Succeeding in an Adverse Environment, 10:00 – 11:00 AM, Regency A, Nebraska Union Building, UNL<br />

April 19 – Lib’Orators Charter Party, 5:45 – 8:00 PM, Tecumseh State Correction Institute, Tecumseh<br />

April 20 – 22 – District 24 Annual Conference and District Speech Contests<br />

For more information on these events, please go to the district calendar on d24tm.org.<br />

How to Submit Items to the District Calendar<br />

Is your club, area, or division hosting a special event or celebrating a special milestone? Would you<br />

like to publicize it on the District 24 calendar for all to see? Here’s how. Send an email to<br />

d24calendar@gmail.com with the following information:<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

Event Title and purpose<br />

Event Date along with Start and End Time<br />

Event Location with complete street address. If there is a building name, please include that<br />

information too.<br />

Contact name along with an email where questions can be sent. This is important especially if<br />

you want to have RSVPs to prepare material or refreshments.<br />

The email should be sent as far in advance as possible so anyone looking at the calendar will see it.<br />

If you have questions about how to submit an entry to the calendar, you can send them to<br />

d24calendar@gmail.com or prm.d24tm@gmail.com. Let’s fill up the calendar with all the special<br />

events in the coming months!<br />

DISTRICT 24 DOUBLE DOZEN<br />

NEWSLETTER<br />

About the Double Dozen<br />

The District 24 Double Dozen Newsletter is published on the 5 th of the month by the Toastmasters District 24 Public Relations Team. We welcome your<br />

suggestions for articles for future newsletters. Please submit your comments, articles, or ideas to prm.d24tm@gmail.com. Submission deadline for<br />

completed articles is the 25 th of the month. Include your contact information so we can verify the information.<br />

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