by Kyle Hall Have you considered the benefits of stepping outside your club? Now is the time to take the next step! Right now District 32 is looking for members to serve in the next Toastmasters year (2020–2021) in the following roles: Area Director (Do you like...

-by Ginny Grabowski No, I don’t want you to post a “then and now” selfie. I do want you to consider how different you are today than you were back at the end of 2009. We get very caught up in what’s happening right now and don’t often (or at least not often enough, in...

by Carolyn Curley The following clubs are in the running for a drawing of $150 District Bucks! (Read more HERE!) Clubs that complete 5 or more goals in the Distinguished Club Program by December 31, 2019 are eligible for the drawing in each division: CHI Franciscan...

I'm Sandy Allnock, and I'm a Speech Contest Junkie. I admit it. I've competed, yes, but what I really love is helping to run a great contest that brings out the BEST in every participant! Let's face it, competing is new for lots of Toastmasters. Your club may even...

by Carolyn Curley The Evaluation Speech Contest and the International Speech Contest are scheduled for our district, concluding at the D32 Annual Conference May 1-3, 2020. What do you need to know? Rules for each type of speech contest are available for download from...

Most clubs are aware of having an open house as a way of building membership, but not every club has engaged in an incentive contest to achieve the same goal. Sometimes the toughest problems require creative solutions. A membership building contest is exactly what it...

by Ginny Grabowski, District Director Any time of year is a great time to consider gratitude. Making a practice of being grateful for things in our life…struggles included…changes our internal atmosphere. Gratitude changes our vibrations and can turn even the most...

by Laurie McKeown, DTM Are you looking to earn your Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM) award? Or to help others on their journey to DTM? If the answer is yes, we want to let you know about a newly-formed DTM Coaching Committee that will meet on a monthly basis. As a...

By Stephanie Lee As we speed towards the holidays, some clubs can see a downturn in member involvement and attendance. This can lead to less engaging meetings and a lack of guests or potential new members. But as with every obstacle, if you reframe your view, it can...

Is your club getting ready for the seasonal celebrations to come? It's a great time to change things up and host a themed meeting, invite the community, and inspire your club to think outside the box! A special club event can be as simple as establishing a theme for...

By Alex Mayo While most reading this article will never set foot behind prison walls, far too many will.  And yet a few of us will do what might seem unthinkable: voluntarily go to prison. So it was on October 16th when I joined Prison Club Sponsors Jim &...

By Carolyn Curley How can we support happy, healthy, vibrant clubs? D32 leaders proposed incentives to encourage clubs, officers, and members through the use of District Bucks. What are District Bucks and incentives? District Bucks are awarded by the district for...

by Sheryl Watkins The calendar is about to turn the page to 2020, so let's savor the sights of 2019 one last time.  Email photos of your club's activities during calendar year 2019 by December 1 to be included! Please identify the date and type of event and...

Hello there, I'm Sandy Allnock - and I'm excited to be the Editor of The View from 32 this year! I thought it might just be time to introduce myself, chat a bit about the changes we've made in the newsletter so far - and how you can interact with the District through...

By Michael Maddox, VP Membership, Professionally Speaking “First timer” . . . that was me at this year’s Toastmasters International Convention in Denver. It even said so on my name tag ribbon. When Toastmasters CEO Daniel Rex asked how many of the hundreds gathered in...

by Kyle Hall, Immediate Past District Director I have heard from a few long time Toastmasters that: "Pathways is not as good as the Legacy System.""I love the manuals.  If I can't do them, I'll just give non-manual talks.""In Pathways Toastmasters has lost its...

by Stephanie Lee, Club Growth Director Imagine three guests come to your next club meeting - one had been a member years ago in a different state, one was told to find a Toastmasters club by her supervisor, and one is the co-worker of your current Area Director....

by Kyle Hall As you may know, at the end of each Toastmasters year we announce a series of awards, generally referred to as “Of The Year” awards. After much consideration, here is our “Of The Year” Awards for our 2018-2019 year! (The recipients of these awards have...

According to Kyle Hall, Past District Director, DTM and long time teacher of evaluations skills, the 3 most common evaluation mistakes are: Repeating the Speech Many evaluators make the mistake of repeating or summarizing the speech we just heard.  Our job is...

by Kyle Hall Years ago, in my old home club of GoldenBell Toastmasters, our Meeting Toastmaster was kicking off the meeting and reviewing that morning's players.  When he came to the Table Topics Master, he told us that my clubmate, Charlie, had that role.  Charlie's...