New Section Added to District Website

District 10 has now added a new section to the district website. Click on the Toastmasters in Action link to view how fellow members are using their acquired leadership and communication skills in their personal, professional, and social lives.

January 2012 Edition of Leaders & Lecterns Newsletter now Available.

Hot off the Press! - Our latest edition of Leaders & Lecterns is now available on the District10 website. Current members will have also received a copy in their email inbox.

District-Sponsored Mid-Year TLI Training is Just Around the Corner!

Saturday, January 21, 2012
Registration & Breakfast: 6:30a
Institute will begin promptly at 8:00a – Please view agenda for further details
Crowne Plaza Hotel – Independence
5300 Rockside Road (Off I-77)
Independence, Ohio 44146
Walk-In’s welcomed but pre-registration is required for breakfast by January 18, 2012.
Click here to register.
Contact Deonna Moore dgmdtm@gmail.com for information.

District 10 Member Celebrates 60 Years as a Toastmaster!

William S. Hewett has been a member of Club 637 (Canton, OH) since 1952.

Bill was Vice President and Branch Office Manager of Hayden Miller & Co in Ohio. He was also a registered stock broker. Using his Toastmaster skills he has lectured to many civic groups and has conducted many classes in stock investment. Additionally, he did personal land development which turned into 100 lots. He was Club 637 President three times and held all the other offices multiple times. Bill won six speech trophies at various Toastmaster events. He has written three books, “Common Stock for the Uncommon Man,” “Explore Ohio State Parks” and “The Deist.” He has been married to Evelyn for 63 years. They have five children and 13 grandchildren. He graduated from Wooster College in 1949 and has studied at the University of Minnesota and the University of Mexico. Currently, he lives at Copeland Oaks in Sebring, Ohio, where he is an enthusiastic spokesperson for the wonderful community.

District 10 is now on Twitter!

We have a new way of communicating with the world on what is happening within the district.

Please follow us on our official channel: Follow @ToastmastersD10

District 10 Completes Another Successful Conference

The district had a successful fall conference in Westlake, Ohio and would like to thank all members and guests that attended. A conference survey is available here to help make the spring conference a bigger success.

A Big Thank You to Our Speakers at the Fall Conference

District 10 would like to thank our keynote speaker, LaShunda Rundles and also our guest speaker, Phil Barth for their excellent presentations. These two speakers helped make the fall conference even more enjoyable and rewarding.

Congratulations to Award Recipients at the Fall Conference

• John Niles (Area Governor of the Year)
• Charles Kramer (Division Governor of the Year)
• Rose Sloat (Toastmaster of the Year)

Congratulations to Fall Conference Speech Contest Winners!

Table Topics:

• Kirsten MacEwen (1st)
• Susanne Alexander (2nd)
• Pat Church (3rd)

Humorous Speech:

• Sherwood Shoemaker (1st)
• Joseph Millicia (2nd)
• Marsha Friedman (3rd)

Conversion of FreeToastHost Websites

All club websites utilizing FreeToastHost must be converted to the new re-branded format by February 17, 2012.
Two Power Point presentations are available from the district to help with converting club websites over to the new format.

• FreeToasthostMemberBootCamp.pptx is a powerpoint designed for a club representative to give a presentation to his or her club members on how to use the new website.
• Setting up your new Freetoasthost website.pptx is geared toward club webmasters to help them through the transition to version 2.0.

New Advanced Club

Click here for more information.