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CALLING ALL CANDIDATES
by Alexis Mason, DTM - District Leadership Chair
It’s that time of
year when members
of the district should
be thinking about
how they can make a
positive difference in their careers and personal
objectives. One of the ways to help yourself with
your planning is to consider how much your
Toastmasters membership is helping with your
career goals.
Through Toastmasters, you have learned
how to better express yourself, gained more
confidence in your ability to communicate and finances and human resources. Fortunately,
lead, and the organization continues to help you you have a team of district leaders to help you
improve your skills in those fields. fulfill these responsibilities. You must empower
But Toastmasters, like all organizations larger your district leadership team members to work
than a single person, cannot function without together toward the district mission, while
a leadership team in place. In our district, we supporting each one in his or her develop-
elect a new leadership team each and every year, ment as a leader. Together with your district
and it is time to start thinking about your role leadership team, you participate in District
in all of this. We need you and your leadership Leader Training, Mid-year Training and online
skills to help us continue to make District 7 one training via the District Leader Tutorials on the
of the premier districts within Toastmasters Toastmasters International website. To serve as
International. district director, you must have served at least
As seen by the list below, we have a number six consecutive months as a club president and
of offices that need to be filled before our new at least 12 consecutive months as a program
Toastmasters year begins on July 1, 2017. Please quality director, club growth director or division
look at the list and decide how you might director, or a combination thereof at the time
best serve the district during the 2017-2018 you take office.
Toastmasters year. Also consider other members
that you might know who would be a good fit for Program Quality Director—As the
a district office. program quality director, you are responsible
The Process for all aspects of education and training within
The D7 Nominating Form (found HERE) can the district.
This includes supporting quality club
be used to nominate yourself or someone else programming efforts, promoting the
for one or more district offices. There will also Distinguished Club Program and planning,
be an opportunity to announce your candidacy organizing and executing the district confer-
at TLI in January, 2017 or send an email to the ence. Together with your district leadership
District Leadership Chair (Alexis@alexisllc.com) team, you participate in District Leader Training,
to announce your candidacy. Mid-year Training and online training via the
The following positions will be elected at the District Leader Tutorials on the Toastmasters
2017 District 7 Spring Conference:
International website. To be program quality
District Director—As the district director, director, you must have served at least six
you are responsible for directly overseeing and consecutive months as club president and at
managing the district’s day-to-day operations, least 12 consecutive months as a program quality
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