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FIELD NOTES

Calling All Candidates

2020-2021 District Leadership Nominations Now Open

A District’s success depends on the quality of the District 7 Spring Conference at the Annual promoting the Distinguished Club Program District Leader Training, Mid-year Training and
its leadership. This is the time of year when we Business Meeting April 25, 2020: and planning, organizing and executing the online training via the District Leader Tutorials
begin the process of identifying qualified leaders District conference. You are also responsible on the Toastmasters International website. To be

for the 2020-2021 Toastmaster year. District Director for promoting and supporting club quality and club growth Director, you must have served at
Serving as a District leader is a great As the District Director, you are responsible member retention. Together with your District least six consecutive months as club president
responsibility and an exciting opportunity. Your for directly administering and overseeing the leadership team, you participate in District and at least 12 consecutive months as a program
term of office is filled with chances for you to District’s day-to-day operations, finances and Leader Training, Mid-year Training and online quality Director, club growth Director, division

renew your perspective, practice teamwork and human resources. Fortunately, you have a training via the District Leader Tutorials on Director or area Director. Once you serve as club
develop your capacity to translate values and team of District leaders to help you fulfill these the Toastmasters International website. To be growth Director for a full year, you may not be
strategies into productive actions. responsibilities. You must empower your District program quality Director, you must have served re-elected to the same office for a succeeding
Members of the District team depend on leadership team members to work together at least six consecutive months as club president term.

you to help them develop their own goals and toward the District mission, while supporting and at least 12 consecutive months as a program
achievements. Clubs see you as a facilitator to each one in his or her development as a leader. quality Director, club growth Director, division Division Director
their success. You instill a sense of enthusiasm, Together with your District leadership team, Director or area Director. Once you serve as As division Director, your job is to lead and
fidelity and responsibility throughout the you participate in District Leader Training, program quality Director for a full year, you support the division through the supervision

District. Mid-year Training and online training via the may not be re-elected to the same office for a and support of the area Directors. One of your
If you are ready to use the skills you have District Leader Tutorials on the Toastmasters succeeding term. primary goals as division Director is to ensure
learned in Toastmasters to take your leadership International website. To serve as District that each club achieves its mission and fulfills its
experience to the next level, please consider one Director, you must have served at least six Club Growth Director responsibilities to its members. To achieve this,

of the District positions. Here is a link to the consecutive months as a club president and As the club growth Director, you are you coordinate division activities, set division
District leader competencies for each role. at least 12 consecutive months as a program responsible for all aspects of marketing, club goals and assist in the training of area and club
quality Director, club growth Director or division building and club-retention efforts within leaders. To serve as division Director, you must
The Process Director, or a combination thereof at the time the District. This includes defining an overall have served at least six consecutive months as

The D7 Nominating Form (found here) can you take office marketing strategy for the District, developing a member of a District council. The division
be used to nominate yourself or someone else outreach and retention efforts with existing Director may be re-elected to one succeeding
for one or more District offices. You may send Program Quality Director community and corporate clubs and penetrating term.

an email to Adelel O’Neal, District Leadership As the program quality Director, you are new markets. Additionally, the club growth

Chair (dlc@d7toastmasters.org), to announce responsible for all aspects of education and Director supports challenged clubs and helps
your candidacy. training within the District. This includes them to become Distinguished. Together with
The following positions will be elected during supporting quality club programming efforts, your District leadership team, you participate in

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