Watch this space for free GREAT Events throughout the year. Events include webinars and workshops on communication and leadership topics.
GREAT Event – English Unlocked! Grammar Skills For Effective Communication
Host: Solarzar Dellaporta (DTM)
Date: Fri Dec 6, 2024, 6-7 PM PT
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Session Description:
Do you ever feel like your message isn’t as clear or impactful as you want it to be?
Are you unsure if your pronunciation affects how others understand you?
Do you wonder how to emphasize the right words to make your ideas stand out?
This workshop is designed to help you refine your communication skills by focusing on three key areas: grammar, pronunciation, and emphasis.
Through practical tips and exercises, you’ll learn how to express yourself with clarity and confidence, ensuring your ideas are heard and understood. Whether you’re speaking in professional, academic, or personal settings, this session will give you the tools to communicate effectively and leave a lasting impression.
GREAT Event – Speech Judge Training
Cost: Free!
Date: Fri December 13, 2024, 6-7:30 PM PT
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Session Description:
How to be a great contest judge
The Speech Contest Judges Training is a seminar that helps define and refine a Toastmasters speech contest and refine a Toastmasters speech contest judging skills.
It’s important that all speech contests are conducted properly and good judging is vital to this. Good judging imparts a feeling of fairness to contestants and the audience and that the right choice was made.
Past GREAT Events
GREAT Event – Train the Trainer
Cost: Free!
Date: Wed Nov 13, 2024, 6-8 PM PT
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Date: Fri Nov 22, 2024, 6-8 PM PT
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Session Description:
Being an effective workshop facilitator is quite different from being an effective speaker. In this fast-paced workshop the best best practices to add to your communications toolkit will be shared. Whether you know nothing about training or want to brush-up on your skills, this session will help you learn the invaluable skill of how to conduct a session to promote sharing the knowledge and experience with others.
GREAT Event – The Magic Wand to Successful Clubs: Benefits of Moment of Truth and How to Conduct One
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Panel Speakers: Cam Hoang (DTM), Francoise Muller (DTM), and Solarzar Dellaporta (DTM)
Moderator: Hrishikesh Gokhale (DTM)
Date: November 14, 2024 from 6:00 – 7:00 PM, PT, Online
Cost: Free!
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Fellow Toastmasters, does your club face challenges of adding new members? Is your meeting attendance low? Do you wonder why guests do not return?
The answers to these questions, and many more, lie in an underutilized tool known as “Moment of Truth”, the very best of Toastmasters learning tools. In essence, it is a framework that helps you troubleshoot issues and come up with easy solutions to improve your club quality and enhance members satisfaction, resulting in membership growth and education excellence.
What is the Moment of Truth (MoT) and how to conduct one? D101 Club Growth Team is hosting a panel discussion, where our experienced panelists will lead you through step by step to teach the essential frameworks and share the “know-hows” so you can use and master the tool more quickly.
In this 1-hour interactive session, you’ll learn
- What is MoT?
- How to plan and Organize a MoT?
- Benefits of conducting MoT in your home club?
- Easy tools and tips to revamp your club for growth
- Q&A
Please join us! Learn about the tool, apply it to help your club succeed, then take the skills to solve real life problems!
Register for the event to receive the recording link and materials. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Questions? Contact:
Hrishikesh Gokhale, Club Coach Chair, D101
clubcoaching@d101tm.org
GREAT Event – Don’t Take That Bait – Interactive Cybersecurity Session
Presenters: Neethish Pathak and Venugopal Vadapalli
Date: October 24, 2024 from 6:00 PM -7:00 PM, PT, Online
Cost: Free!
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We will cover the following:
- Phishing 101: Understand the basics of phishing and how these attacks work.
- How to Recognize Malicious Messages: Learn how to identify phishing emails, texts, and even phone calls that seem trustworthy but are traps.
- Protect Yourself: Explore practical steps you can take to safeguard your personal information and prevent attacks.
- Advanced Phishing Threats: Dive into the world of evolving phishing tactics, including the use of Generative AI tools that create even more convincing scams.
The session will conclude with a live Q&A where we’ll answer your burning questions.
Don’t miss this opportunity to become phishing-proof in a constantly evolving digital world!
This session is essential for anyone (including non-Toastmasters) looking to enhance their online security awareness. Please share it with your family and friends.
GREAT Event – The Speechcraft Series: How to Effectively Plan and Conduct a Speechcraft Series
Speaker: Anne Golden, DTM3, D38 Club Extension Chair
Moderators: Sachin Pandhare and Wendy Fan
Date: October 19, 2024 from 9:00 AM -10:30 AM, PDT, Online
Cost: Free!
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Are you passionate about your path to DTM? Are you dedicated to boosting your club membership but lack the right tools and resources? Are you ready to grow as a trainer and educator of public speaking and leadership skills?
Coordinating a Speechcraft project can help you achieve all of the above and more. Speechcraft is Toastmaster’s best kept secret, a blended learning program for anyone interested in improving their communication and leadership skills. It is a powerful tool for clubs to add new members and re-engage existing members. Toastmasters members who become coordinators can earn DTM credit.
The key to a successful Speechcraft series is planning and organizing. D101 Club Growth is delighted to host Anne Golden, a three-time Distinguished Toastmaster, top-rated and passionate trainer to provide an in-depth step-by-step guide on how to plan, organize, and conduct your Speechcraft series.
Attendees of this Great Event will learn:
✓ What Speechcraft is
✓ How to purchase the digital bundle
✓ Tips to organize your Speechcraft sessions
✓ How you can benefit from being a Speechcraft Coordinator
✓ Organizational tips to track your participants and team
✓ Q&A
Don’t miss this fantastic learning opportunity that will help accelerate the growth of your club, members, and most of all, you!
** Session includes valuable handouts
Register for the event to receive the recording link and materials! After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Questions? Contact: speechcraft@d101tm.org
Speaker Bio
Anne Golden, DTM3, Toastmasters Speechcraft Coordinator/Trainer, District 38 Club Extension Chair
Anne joined Toastmasters in 2015 and is a three-time Distinguished Toastmaster. She has held numerous club officer and district leadership roles and serves as the Club Extension Chair and Speechcraft Coordinator in District 38. She is also a past winner of the Toastmaster of the Year Award.
Anne is dedicated to helping others develop effective personal and leadership growth strategies.
GREAT Event – the Speechcraft Series: How to Attract and Convert Visitors into Members
Boost Your Club Membership with the Speechcraft Series
Speaker: Sheryl Roush, DTM
Moderators: Sachin Pandhare and Wendy Fan
Date: September 22nd, 2024 from 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM, PST, Online
Cost: Free!
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Need to brush up your marketing skills? Want to attract visitors? Gain new members and re-energize your meetings? Have an idea to launch a new club?
D101 Club Growth Team invites you to join this power packed session on Marketing Speechcraft, featuring award-winning Author, Accredited Speaker, communication and marketing expert, Sheryl Roush (DTM) as the speaker.
“Club’s #1 Membership Building Tool”, #Speechcraft is a 4- to 8-session crash course in public speaking where a team of experienced Toastmasters acting as presenters and mentors to teach the fundamentals of public speaking and leadership to program participants in an atmosphere similar to a Toastmasters club meeting. Mentoring participants creates a powerful opportunity for relationship building.
In this engaging 1-hr session you will learn:
- What Speechcraft is
- How hosting a series will benefit your club and members – including fundraising!
- How to plan, launch and market an effective Speechcraft program
- Design tips to attract visitors, and how to convert them into members
Who Should Attend?
- Aspiring DTMs
- DEC members
- Club officers and members completed 2+ Pathway levels
- Trainers and Educators
Bring your energy, curiosity and questions. Connect with Sheryl and leverage her four decades of experience and wisdom in marketing to help jet propel you and your club to grow!
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Questions? Contact:
Sachin Pandhare speechcraft@d101tm.org
Speechcraft Chair, D101
Speaker Bio
Sheryl Roush, DTM, Author, Accredited Speaker, and Past District Governor
Our speaker Sheryl brings four decades experience in event marketing and Toastmasters. She is the
youngest female to earn Toastmasters Accredited Speaker. Sheryl has authored five books on event
marketing including the Solid Gold Newsletter Design book, which has become a marketing course
textbook at the University of Ottawa. Her book, the Heart of a Toastmaster, received an International
Book Award. http://heartofatoastmaster.com/
More about Sheryl, please visit https://sherylroush.com/
GREAT Event – Marvelous Rewards of Club Coaching
Panel Speakers: Hrishikesh Gokhale (DTM), Cam Hoang (DTM), and Declan Shalvey (DTM)
Moderator: Wendy Fan, Club Growth Director, D101
Date: August 29th, 2024 from 6:00 – 7:00 PM, PST, Online
Cost: Free!
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Fellow Toastmasters and Leaders, are you on your way to reach the pinnacle of Toastmasters Education System, and earn the esteemed Distinguished Toastmaster title (DTM)? What are your roadblocks? If being a club coach or mentor is on your list, read on!
The benefits of club coaches extend far beyond earning a title. District 101 Club Growth team invites you to a workshop that is aimed to remove any of your concerns or roadblocks on becoming a successful club coach.
In this 1-hour interactive session, you’ll learn
- Benefits of club coaching – what is in it for me?
- Eligibility of becoming a club coach
- Paperwork and onboarding process
- Criteria of success, and how do I get there?
- Our vision and plans of empowering your success
Don’t miss this opportunity to discover the marvelous benefits of club coaching. Meet our Club Coach Chairs and learn how they can support you to succeed. Ready to propel your growth to the next level? See you on 8/29!
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Questions? Contact:
Wendy Fan growth@d101tm.org
GREAT Event – Open House Success Secrets
Panel Speakers: Wendy Fan, DTM, Shalini Kaushik, and Faye Yang, DTM
Moderator: Leena Ambekar
Date: August 14th, 2024 from 5:30 -6:30 PM, PST, Online
Cost: Free!
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Description:
Does hosting an open house seem daunting, stressful, and overwhelming? And often few guests show up and even fewer join? Fear no more. District 101 Club Growth team is conducting a workshop to help you host successful open houses.
In this hour-long interactive session, we will analyze and pinpoint key elements of an effective open house, provide practical tips, tool kits and resources, and entertain your questions and concerns. You will learn how to
- Create attention-grabbing flyers in minutes using templates
- Plan and execute a memorable open house meeting stress free
- Promote your event on social media with ease
- Close the sale quickly to add new members
Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from the district club growth team and take your club to the next level!
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Questions? Contact:
Open House Chair Leena Ambekar @openhouse@d101tm.org