Events in February 2023
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30 January 2023
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31 January 2023(1 event) 9:00 PM: Reminder: Nominations Open! – Reminder! Nominations are Open!Nominations are open for elected District 53 officers: You can read more about the nominations process on the District Leadership Committee (DLC)'s page. The Deadline for nominations is 9:00 pm Eastern Time on Tuesday 28 February 2022. Contact DLC Chair Akihiro Ishii for more information at nominations@d53tm.org |
1 February 2023(2 events) All day: Talk Up Toastmasters! All day Talk Up Toastmasters is a membership building event sponsored by Toastmasters International every year. If a club gets five new members between February 1 and March 31, they qualify for a special ribbon and discounts in the Toastmasters Store! See the news from District Club Growth Director Bettyann Peck, DTM, or contact her for more details at cgd@d53tm.org. This news will be repeated throughout the membership campaign. 7:00 PM: Monthly Members Education Program – Join Program Quality Director Patti Walter and a range of recurring guests from 7:00 pm to 8:00pm on the First Wednesday of each month from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm for a rotating range of topics chosen by you, the members!
Take the Survey!Do you have topics you'd like to see covered and discussed? Take our survey, and the Monthly Members Education Program staff will review your requests, and help find subject matter experts to present on these topics. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/D53-MMEP-Ideas
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2 February 2023
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3 February 2023
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4 February 2023(2 events) 9:00 AM: Club Officer Training – Club Officer Training event Clubs can get credit for Goal 9b of the Distinguished Club Program, by having four or more officers attend training during the winter season of club officer training. This training runs three hours, from 9:00 am to noon on Saturday, February 4, 2023! 12:00 PM: FebFest 2023 – FebFest Online is a fun and free event for all Toastmasters District 53 members. This year's event will feature the following activities at the approximate times shown below. Pecha-Kucha is a speech-a-thon where each speaker presents 20 PowerPoint slides and each slide is shown for exactly 20 seconds, for a total time of 6 minutes 40 seconds. The slides advance automatically, and when they’re done, YOU’re done! The challenge is to deliver an effective speech based on your automatically advancing slides. If you want to present a Pecha-Kucha, click the Pecha-Kucha box below. If not – just come and watch! The Speech-a-Thon is an opportunity to present your next Pathways speech to a broader audience and have it evaluated by someone outside your club. If you want to be a presenter, just click the Speech-a-Thon box in your registration! If you sign up to present a Pecha-Kucha or a Speech-a-Thon speech, we will contact you with additional information. The Table-Topics Marathon is an opportunity to practice your impromptu speaking skills with a broader audience. No need to sign up as this opportunity will be available to all participants. For more details about FebFest Online 2023, please go to our FF2023 webpage. |
5 February 2023
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6 February 2023
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7 February 2023(1 event) 9:00 PM: Reminder: Nominations Open! – Reminder! Nominations are Open!Nominations are open for elected District 53 officers: You can read more about the nominations process on the District Leadership Committee (DLC)'s page. The Deadline for nominations is 9:00 pm Eastern Time on Tuesday 28 February 2022. Contact DLC Chair Akihiro Ishii for more information at nominations@d53tm.org |
8 February 2023(1 event) All day: Talk Up Toastmasters! All day Talk Up Toastmasters is a membership building event sponsored by Toastmasters International every year. If a club gets five new members between February 1 and March 31, they qualify for a special ribbon and discounts in the Toastmasters Store! See the news from District Club Growth Director Bettyann Peck, DTM, or contact her for more details at cgd@d53tm.org. This news will be repeated throughout the membership campaign. |
9 February 2023(1 event) 7:30 PM: Club Coaches Roundtable – The District 53 Club Coaches Roundtable meet every month throughout the year. We bring on new coaches, update progress with existing coaches, and exchange ideas on how to best motivate and educate Clubs and their members to achieve Distinguished status. Serving as a Club Coach is an option for credit towards the Distinguished Toastmaster Award, and a terrific Leadership role. Become part of this highly motivated team of seasoned members, and ask to be assigned a Club that needs your help. To learn more, visit your own Base Camp and search under “Tutorials & Resources" for “coach” to find the "Club Coach Module". Complete that training to get started, and contact the Club Growth Director, CGD@d53tm.org, or the Club Coach Chair, Steve Lanning: clubcoachingchair@d53tm.org Via Zoom:
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10 February 2023
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11 February 2023(1 event) 9:00 AM: Areas 52 and 55 Contests (Combined) – Division E Director Beth Van Kempen and Area 52 Director Mary Howard invite you to attend the Area 52 Tall Tales and International Contests on February 11, 2023, at 9:30 am
Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 876 8195 7252 |
12 February 2023(1 event) 8:30 AM: District Director's Coffee – Monthly Coffee Hour with the District Director, John Hogan DTM. Bring your questions, comments, concerns and ideas to a round-table discussion together! This will be every second Saturday, November, 2022 through June, 2023, from 8:30 am to 9:30 am. https://tinyurl.com/DD-Coffee-Hour |
13 February 2023
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14 February 2023(1 event) 9:00 PM: Reminder: Nominations Open! – Reminder! Nominations are Open!Nominations are open for elected District 53 officers: You can read more about the nominations process on the District Leadership Committee (DLC)'s page. The Deadline for nominations is 9:00 pm Eastern Time on Tuesday 28 February 2022. Contact DLC Chair Akihiro Ishii for more information at nominations@d53tm.org |
15 February 2023(3 events) All day: Talk Up Toastmasters! All day Talk Up Toastmasters is a membership building event sponsored by Toastmasters International every year. If a club gets five new members between February 1 and March 31, they qualify for a special ribbon and discounts in the Toastmasters Store! See the news from District Club Growth Director Bettyann Peck, DTM, or contact her for more details at cgd@d53tm.org. This news will be repeated throughout the membership campaign. 7:00 PM: Call for Presenters Deadline The District 53 Toastmasters Conference Committee is looking for presenters for the May 6, 2023 Conference in Springfield, MA! The Deadline for proposals is February 15, 2023! More information is on the Call for Presenters page. 7:00 PM: VPPR Officers' Forum – The VPPR Officers Forum is a quarterly occasion for Vice Presidents to meet together from clubs all around the district. We'll discuss marketing plans, developing advertising, brand recognition, and campaign development. These are a chance for you to work with one another to build a plan for YOUR club with best practices and ideas from your colleagues in other clubs. Forum key: D53-Forum The VPPR Forums will occur on 8/24/2022, 11/17/2022, 2/17/2023, and 5/17/2023 |
16 February 2023(3 events) 12:00 PM: Talk It Up Toastmasters: Open House – Talk It Up Toastmasters, club #8045, will host an Open House on Thursday, 16 February 2023, from 12:00 noon to 1:00 pm EST. The event will be online. You can find them here on Toastmastersclubs.org or on Find-a-Club at Toastmasters.org Please contact Steve McGuinness, VPPR, for additional information: stevensnewemail@gmail.com 6:00 PM: Areas 31, 32, and 35 Contests – Division C Director Chad Babcock and Area Directors Selina Tourjee, Aimee Soucy and Sugan Kumar invite you to attend the Tall Tales and International Speech Contest for their Areas on Thursday 16 February 2023, from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm.
Inquiries from contestants and their assistants should go to the Contest Chair; inquiries from judges and functionaries should go to the Chief Judge. 7:00 PM: VPM Club Officer Forum – The Vice President of Membership Forum is an occasion to meet with fellow VPMs from across the district, and address the challenges of advertising, marketing, and closing the sale on membership renewals. We'll review how to help members set and achieve goals, and communicate with members who are working with mentors and proteges for success. The VPM forums will be held on 8/23/2022, 11/16/2022, 2/16/2023, and 5/16/2023 event key: D53-forums |
17 February 2023
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18 February 2023
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19 February 2023
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20 February 2023
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21 February 2023(1 event) 9:00 PM: Reminder: Nominations Open! – Reminder! Nominations are Open!Nominations are open for elected District 53 officers: You can read more about the nominations process on the District Leadership Committee (DLC)'s page. The Deadline for nominations is 9:00 pm Eastern Time on Tuesday 28 February 2022. Contact DLC Chair Akihiro Ishii for more information at nominations@d53tm.org |
22 February 2023(1 event) All day: Talk Up Toastmasters! All day Talk Up Toastmasters is a membership building event sponsored by Toastmasters International every year. If a club gets five new members between February 1 and March 31, they qualify for a special ribbon and discounts in the Toastmasters Store! See the news from District Club Growth Director Bettyann Peck, DTM, or contact her for more details at cgd@d53tm.org. This news will be repeated throughout the membership campaign. |
23 February 2023
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24 February 2023
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25 February 2023(1 event) 9:00 AM: Area 53 and Area 54 Contests (combined) – Division E Director Beth Van Kempen, Area 53 Director Robert Zitowsky and Area 54 Director Adebola Elefontuyi invite you to attend the Combined Area 53 and Area 54 Contest on February 25, 2023, at 10:00 am. The contest will be online. Elizabeth Keeling is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Area 53/54 Speech Contest Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 873 7771 4094 |
26 February 2023
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27 February 2023
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28 February 2023(1 event) 6:00 PM: Area 21 & Area 23 Contests (Combined) – Join Division B Director Paul Terman, Area 23 Director Ann McGuire, and others, for the Tall Tales and International Speech Contests for Areas 21 and 23! Contact Contest Master Ann McGuire at ann mcguiremaher at gmail |
1 March 2023(2 events) All day: Talk Up Toastmasters! All day Talk Up Toastmasters is a membership building event sponsored by Toastmasters International every year. If a club gets five new members between February 1 and March 31, they qualify for a special ribbon and discounts in the Toastmasters Store! See the news from District Club Growth Director Bettyann Peck, DTM, or contact her for more details at cgd@d53tm.org. This news will be repeated throughout the membership campaign. 7:00 PM: Monthly Members Education Program – Join Program Quality Director Patti Walter and a range of recurring guests from 7:00 pm to 8:00pm on the First Wednesday of each month from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm for a rotating range of topics chosen by you, the members!
Take the Survey!Do you have topics you'd like to see covered and discussed? Take our survey, and the Monthly Members Education Program staff will review your requests, and help find subject matter experts to present on these topics. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/D53-MMEP-Ideas
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2 March 2023
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3 March 2023
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4 March 2023(2 events) 9:00 AM: Area 11, 12, 15 Contest (Combined) – Division A Director Jackie Kessler and Area Directors Melanie Lee, Devaki Krishnan, and Brenda Palumbo invite you to attend the Tall Tales and International Speech Contests for Area 11, Area 12, and Area 15 online on March 4, 2023
for more information. The contest will be ONLINE, and a Zoom link will be forthcoming. No Link is available at this time. 10:00 AM: Area 51 Contests – Division E Director Beth Van Kempen and Area 51 Director Elizabeth Keeling invite you to attend the Area 51 contest on April 4, 2023 at 10:00 am. Please contact Area Director Elizabeth Keeling for additional information. Meeting ID: 831 1514 2461
Passcode: 654412
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5 March 2023
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