Enrichment Sessions
The following is subject to last-minute change.
| Leadership (Freedom Room) |
Club Development (Kitty Hawk) |
Personal Growth (Horizon) |
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| 9:00 | Let Your Life Speak: Leadership in Action |
Tour de Web | Multigenerational Dynamics: “Can’t we just all get along?” |
| 10:00 | I Want to C.L.A.P. | Finding, Hooking, and Landing New Members |
Teaching at Borders |
| 2:45 | Theory of Toast-O-Nomics or T-Cubed |
Body Shop 201 | Impromptu Speaking |
9:00 Sessions
Let Your Life Speak: Leadership in Action — In this interactive workshop, Billie Jones DTM, will share from her life experience, what makes a positive leader. Audience participants will brain-storm how an individual becomes an informal or formal leader in various aspects of life: career, student, family, and Toastmasters. Come and learn how others became leaders and go away with strategic ways you can become a positive leader.
Billie Jones DTM, PDG has been a member of Toastmasters since 1980. She has served in all offices of Toastmasters as well as Library and Storytelling organizations. She led District 15 to Distinguished when she served as District Governor 1994-1995. She is currently a candidate for International Director, Region I.
Tour de Web — Need resources for speeches or club management? Want to see your personal history of Toastmasters? Let our tour guides show you just what’s in store for you as you traverse both the District 39 and Toastmasters International web sites. No tickets, advance reservations or passport required and especially no long wait for security check-in. You will find hidden treasures, learn how to instantly update your club information and find how the web is a hidden magnet for prospective members. Souvenir guidebooks will be available for tour participants.
Mark Holtz, AC-B, is the District 39 Web Wrangler (webmaster). He has been a Toastmaster for almost 3 years and is a member of 5 clubs. He works as a technical support engineer at Cisco-WebEx when he’s not doing Toastmasters. Louise Houdelette, DTM, is the District 39 Toastmasters Leadership Institute Coordinator and Distinguished Club Program Encourager. She has been highly active in the District for the past 13 years sharing her talents and knowledge. Louise has been a presenter at Regional and District 39 and 57 conferences and TLI. Louise also belongs to several clubs besides Downtowners, her home club.
Multigenerational Dynamics-Can't we just all get along? — For the first time in history, four generations are working together in today's marketplace. While the creative upside to this diversity is apparent, the confluence of these different age groups all working together can pose unique challenges. This break-out session will provide vital information to help you better understand each generation - value systems, communication styles, motivations and more. More importantly, you'll learn different techniques to bridge the divide and maximize the assets that all generations bring to the table. This unique session will get through the superficial aspects and open your eyes to how intergenerational relationships can be as complex as intercultural relationships.
10:00 Sessions
I Want to C.L.A.P. — This is an educational session to aid you in finding your inner communication and leadership skills you possess. Here you will find techniques to improve your talents to become a more productive and effective communicator, leader, and person. So come join us for a fun and fulfilling adventure into your inner self and find out the potentials you possess and let them be exposed for all to share.
Robin Mason ATM is the current Area 82 Governor, VR-PR for Progressive Talkers and an active member of several Toastmasters Clubs. Over the years he has moved up the ladder of success with the tools he will share with you today.
Finding, Hooking, and Landing New Members — This workshop will be an interactive exploration of where to look, and how to hook and land new members. Attendees will get tips on where to find new members, how to get them to your meetings and how to get them to come back. We’ll also share ideas about how to keep our “veteran” members active.
Earleen Norris, DTM, Division Governor, Lt. Governor of Marketing, Lt. Governor of Education and Training and District 57 Governor. As a member of the top 3 team, she sponsored more than ten new clubs and helped to increase club membership throughout District 57. She lives in Truckee, CA and enjoys book clubs, bridge and playing golf and of course, Jibboom Street Toastmasters.
Teaching at Borders — Have you thought about teaching at Borders Books Stores and need to understand the process and opportunities? We will answer your questions and give your helpful tips on preparing your material. We will also cover Borders Guidelines and the opportunities you will have to advertise both your personal business and Toastmasters as part of your presentation.
Suzan Hawbaker AC-G CL, is a member of 4 clubs and the Public Relations Officer for District 39. She not only worked to create the relationship with Borders but also has taught several classes at Borders since February. Her classes range from “Your Body Speaks” to “Resume’s that Work”. She is introducing a new class in May on the importance of humor in your life. Suzan has been in Toastmasters since 2004 and her home club is Mather Toastmasters. Brenda Roper DTM, is a member of the Raconteurs Toastmasters Club and currently serves as the District’s Speakers Bureau Chair. As part of the District’s PRO team, she was instrumental in securing presenters for the Borders classes and continues to work with Toastmasters who are seeking opportunities for public speaking. She is the past President of two advanced Toastmasters Clubs, a charter member of two clubs, and has been an active Toastmaster since Fall 2004. In addition, she has presented twice at the District Conferences.
2:45 Sessions
Theory of Toast-O-Nomics or T-Cubed — Tevis presents the lessons gathered during his journey from new member to International Director. His message will raise your District 39 Power of Positive Thinking Index while showing each one of you can achieve Toastmasters Balance. Understand the growth you can achieve and the confidence you can attract for yourself and other in the comfort of your club, area, division, district, region and the world. Use Tevis’s inspiring words to make a difference as “We Shape Ourselves and Shape the World”.
Tevis Thompston DTM, International Director joined Toastmasters in 1997. He has earned 3 Distinguished Toastmaster Awards and numerous Competent and Advanced Toastmaster Communicator and Leadership Awards. Tevis was chosen District 57 Area Governor and District 57 Toastmaster of the Year. He also served as District 57’s District Governor. Tevis has over 38 years of challenging and rewarding corporate financial management, graduate school teaching and entrepreneurial leadership experiences.
Body Shop 201 — You “auto” bring your “chassis” to this Body Shop for a “tune-up” to make sure you’re running on all “eight cylinders” effectively and efficiently. You will have an opportunity to explore ways of improving your body language when speaking to any group, and you will have a chance to interact with other “mechanics” during the presentation.
Dianne Bish DTM is a member of Roseville Toasters since 2003, and am also a member of Foothill Toastmasters and Traveling Trainers. This year, I’m the Assistant to the Lt. Gov. of Marketing – my husband, Joe Velky. I’ve been a club Secretary, club President, Area 61 Governor, and presenter at TLI, District 39 conferences, and Region 1 conferences, as well as at other conferences. I’ll be presenting an educational session at this year’s Region 1 conference (“Laugh a Little, Learn a Lot!”) Since retiring as City Librarian for the City of Roseville on January 31, I’ve been creating my own company as a professional speaker, trainer, and communications coach.
Impromptu Speaking — One misunderstanding held by many speakers is that impromptu speaking skills can't be practiced in advance of actually speaking at a meeting when in fact they can. This workshop will teach participants how to prepare for impromptu speaking including effective organizational patterns and practice strategies. Delivery techniques will be discussed. Individual coaching & feedback will also be offered (if of size of group and length of workshop allow).
John Chapman graduated from University of California at Santa Cruz and has been teaching English at Tokay High School in Lodi for 18 years. John developed the speech program at Tokay High which includes Beginning Public Speaking and coaches the Tokay Speech & Debate team. The Beginning Public Speaking classes were developed to help students master the skills of public speaking and to specifically prepare students for the Senior Project Oral Boards. He is currently the VP of Public Relations/Members for Lodi Toastmasters.