Events in January 2024

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9 January 2024(1 event)


9 January 2024

When You Are the Judge

Interactive judges' training to support conducting excellent speech contests.Whether you have never been a speech contest judge, or you have lost count of how many times, join us for a discussion of how to judge objectively using the criteria and scoring sheets.  There will be an opportunity to hear contest-style speeches, fill out the judges' ballots, and discuss the experience. We will also discuss pitfalls to watch out for.  You will come away from this training prepared to be an excellent judge.  Let's conduct our best speech contests yet!!

Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 870 6757 6214
Passcode: 259701

Hosted by District Chief Judge Beth Van Kempen.January 9 at 7pm

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13 January 2024(1 event)


13 January 2024

Club Officer Training (Winter Season) has started and will conclude at the end of February. Several sessions have been scheduled throughout the period for your convenience. District 53 has recruited a great selection of officers from high-performance clubs to facilitate and guide your workshop sessions this year. In your sessions you’ll…

  • Attend a breakout session based on your officer role.
  • Experience quality time with other officers in the same role, sharing strategies that work.
  • Work with diverse officers in many roles across the district to get proven tactics for membership, club quality, contest programs, open houses, and other club operations.
  • Attend at least 80% (120 minutes) of any 2.5 hour session to receive training credit.

The schedule of available training dates is as follows:

  1. Wednesday, November 29, 2023, 6-8:30pm
  2. Thursday, December 7, 2023, 6-8:30pm
  3. Saturday, December 9, 2023, 9-11:30am
  4. Saturday, January 13, 2024, 9-11:30am
  5. Wednesday, January 24, 2024, 6-8:30pm
  6. Saturday, February 3, 2024, 9-11:30am
  7. Monday, February 19, 2024, 6-8:30pm

To register for any District 53 Club Officer Training event, use the link below. All training sessions are online by Zoom. The Zoom link is provided at the end of the registration page and is also included in your registration confirmation email and the reminder email that will be sent two days before the event.

Register Here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/D53COT-Registration

If you’d like to know which officers still need to attend officer training, you can view the current TI training report for District 53 at this link. The deadline to attend a Club Officer Training (COT) is the last day of February.

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20 January 2024(1 event)


20 January 2024

Area Directors Steve Lanning and Sabely Peralta invite you to join them on Saturday, January 20th at the Westfield Library at 6 Elm St. from 9 am to 12:30 pm for the Area 43 and Area 44 Speech Contests in Evaluation and International Speeches.
Location:
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AD for D43: Steve Lanning   d43@d53tm.org    (413) 575-9401
AD for D44: Sabely Peralta   d44@d53tm.org   none given
6 Elm Street
Westfield, 01085
United States

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21 January 2024
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24 January 2024(2 events)


24 January 2024

Club Officer Training (Winter Season) has started and will conclude at the end of February. Several sessions have been scheduled throughout the period for your convenience. District 53 has recruited a great selection of officers from high-performance clubs to facilitate and guide your workshop sessions this year. In your sessions you’ll…

  • Attend a breakout session based on your officer role.
  • Experience quality time with other officers in the same role, sharing strategies that work.
  • Work with diverse officers in many roles across the district to get proven tactics for membership, club quality, contest programs, open houses, and other club operations.
  • Attend at least 80% (120 minutes) of any 2.5 hour session to receive training credit.

The schedule of available training dates is as follows:

  1. Wednesday, November 29, 2023, 6-8:30pm
  2. Thursday, December 7, 2023, 6-8:30pm
  3. Saturday, December 9, 2023, 9-11:30am
  4. Saturday, January 13, 2024, 9-11:30am
  5. Wednesday, January 24, 2024, 6-8:30pm
  6. Saturday, February 3, 2024, 9-11:30am
  7. Monday, February 19, 2024, 6-8:30pm

To register for any District 53 Club Officer Training event, use the link below. All training sessions are online by Zoom. The Zoom link is provided at the end of the registration page and is also included in your registration confirmation email and the reminder email that will be sent two days before the event.

Register Here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/D53COT-Registration

If you’d like to know which officers still need to attend officer training, you can view the current TI training report for District 53 at this link. The deadline to attend a Club Officer Training (COT) is the last day of February.

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24 January 2024

Henry Kudisch, Area Director, and Division D Director Mark Wing invite you to attend the joint program for Evaluation and International speech contests on January 24, 2024 from 6:00 to 8:45 pm.
LOCATION:
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  • Briefing: 6:00pm
  • Contest Begins: 6:30pm
Aviva
1 Hamilton Heights Drive
West Hartford, CT 06119
​860-899-1763
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3 February 2024(1 event)


3 February 2024

Club Officer Training (Winter Season) has started and will conclude at the end of February. Several sessions have been scheduled throughout the period for your convenience. District 53 has recruited a great selection of officers from high-performance clubs to facilitate and guide your workshop sessions this year. In your sessions you’ll…

  • Attend a breakout session based on your officer role.
  • Experience quality time with other officers in the same role, sharing strategies that work.
  • Work with diverse officers in many roles across the district to get proven tactics for membership, club quality, contest programs, open houses, and other club operations.
  • Attend at least 80% (120 minutes) of any 2.5 hour session to receive training credit.

The schedule of available training dates is as follows:

  1. Wednesday, November 29, 2023, 6-8:30pm
  2. Thursday, December 7, 2023, 6-8:30pm
  3. Saturday, December 9, 2023, 9-11:30am
  4. Saturday, January 13, 2024, 9-11:30am
  5. Wednesday, January 24, 2024, 6-8:30pm
  6. Saturday, February 3, 2024, 9-11:30am
  7. Monday, February 19, 2024, 6-8:30pm

To register for any District 53 Club Officer Training event, use the link below. All training sessions are online by Zoom. The Zoom link is provided at the end of the registration page and is also included in your registration confirmation email and the reminder email that will be sent two days before the event.

Register Here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/D53COT-Registration

If you’d like to know which officers still need to attend officer training, you can view the current TI training report for District 53 at this link. The deadline to attend a Club Officer Training (COT) is the last day of February.

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4 February 2024