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WHERE LEADERS ARE MADE Volume 40, Issue 3

September 2012

D ISTRICT 26 D IALOGUE

I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E :

Calendar of Events 2

News & Notes 2

Energize Your Club with Mentor Buddies

3

Last Chance TLI a Huge Success

3

International Convention Re-port

4

Marketing is a TEAM Sport … Join the TEAM.

4

Toastmasters and Spellbinders Collaboration Continues

5

More News & Notes 5

Head Injury and the Occasional Miracle

6

Musings from the Editor 7

The District 26 Dialogue is

published monthly to keep

the members informed about

events happening in the dis-

trict and to present educa-

tional and motivational mate-

rial to help in the mainte-

nance of clubs and the ser-

vice to our members. Unsolic-

ited articles are encouraged.

Submissions should be news-

worthy, informative, thought-

provoking and of district-wide

appeal. Include web links if

available. For more details go

to http://

d26Toastmasters.org/WP/

news-events/district-26-

dialogue/.

‘TRAVEL BEYOND …’ APPLICATION OF LEADERSHIP SKILLS Bea Garcia Macliz, DTM District 26 Governor 2012-2013

When was the last time you used

your Toastmaster leadership

skills at work? During a recent

business trip to Thule Air Base,

Greenland, I was provided this

wonderful opportunity several

times.

My practiced skills of planning

and organization began before

departing on this journey. I

provided the team with all the

necessary guidance to travel

overseas. Along with the usual

travel arrangements from hotel

to air, I ensured they

accomplished the necessary

actions for security clearance

approval. To ensure we

accomplished our mission

objectives, I collaborated with

each team member to create our

10-day schedule of events.

Without this pre-planning and

organization we could potentially

have been unable to enter the

country, wasting funds and hin-

dering our mission accomplish-

ment. The team was fascinated

with my skills and remarked they

would like to have me on all of

their future trips.

My practiced skills of time

management and critical

thinking were used while

accomplishing my mission. With

the limited time on location, I

had to complete two

performance audits with two

separate contractors within two

days each. This task typically

takes at least five 10-12 hour

days to accomplish. My

methods include reviewing

documents and conducting

interviews with employees.

Using my communication skills, I

was able to draw out the

information needed to validate

each contractor’s performance.

At the end of the audit, the

contractors commented how

impressed they were by my

ability to gather the information

provided and manage my time

effectively.

How have you used your

Competent Leadership Skills in

your work environment? Are you

already using these skills?? If

not, what is holding you back??

How will you journey to your next

challenging destination??

District Governor Bea Macliz Travelling Beyond in Greenland

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SCH E D U LE O F E VE NT S

SEP 1—Reminder: Clubs to

submit membership dues

renewals online

SEP 11—District Executive

Committee Conference Call

SEP 30—Smedley Award

membership building

contest ends

SEP 30—Dues are due

See the district calendar

(below) for area contest

dates

Calendar details

NEWS & NOTES

Early Thoughts on the Convention

The Toastmasters International Convention

held in Orlando Florida was beyond

spectacular. The amount of Education that

was shared from 116 countries is exciting to

comprehend.

The first two days were dedicated to high

level of training for the District Governors, Lt.

Governors Education & Training and Lt.

Governors Marketing. Learning from

countries around the globe. We found that

we shared similar concerns for our

members’ needs. We have learned some

new ways we can improve the member

Experience too. Sitting at one lunch table

was Alaska, Hawaii, Taipei Taiwan, New

Zealand and Denver. I was in awe of how

everyone asked about the Fires in our area

and how they thought our part of the world

was so exotic & wanted to visit. Be prepared

I gave out many club names to kind souls

around the world.

Tom Hobbs, DTM

Lt. Governor Education & Training

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From the convention. Can you name these people? Answers on page 6

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Mentor Buddies gets your members

learning as teams, building strong

relationships, and energizing your club!

Let’s explore the Why, Who, How and When.

Many clubs have a strong mentor program

for new members and some clubs have no

mentor program. It may have been years

since some had or were a mentor. Mentor

Buddies can fill the gap. The program

begins as all members pair off as Mentor

Buddies and begin reviewing ALL the pages

of the Competent Communicator and

Competent Leader Manuals. They complete

the steps they have not yet completed or

they complete the manual a second time.

CC and CL manual completion helps their

club in the Distinguished Club Program and

helps members double the benefits of the

entire Toastmaster program. Answers to

many questions about how to speak, what

meeting roles mean and how to become a

Distinguished Toastmaster are in the CC

and CL manual. It is a great teaching tool,

reference and refresher. As mentor buddies

read the why and how in the manual they

have great material for a speech that

inspires their club members. They could

even guest speak at some of the smaller

clubs in the CLASS program that sends

guest speakers to smaller club Open

Houses.

Now that we know the basic Why, Who and

How… NOW is the time to create Mentor

Buddies. Contact us for help, let us know

when you begin, and share your success at

LGM1213@d26toastmasteers.org. Buddies

Build Bigger Clubs!

ENERGIZE YOUR CLUB WITH MENTOR BUDDIES Linda Rhea, DTM Lt. Governor Marketing

LAST CHANCE TLI A HUGE SUCCESS Joyce Feustel, DTM – Excelsior member and D26 Social Media Chair

Ever have a party, invite a lot of friends, and

then hope they will actually show up?

Excelsior Advanced Toastmasters club hosted

the Last Chance Toastmasters Leadership

Institute on Saturday morning, August 25,

and we were delighted that over 30 club

officers showed up for our “party.”

Many of the participants were from

Lakewood, where we held the training at our

club’s regular meeting place at Lutheran

Church of the Master, 14099 West Jewell

Ave, 80228. Others came from as far as Erie,

CO and even Vail, CO.

Nathan Silver, our club’s SAA, led off the

training with a lighthearted, yet informative,

approach that set the tone for the morning.

Other Excelsior members who presented

were Secretary/Treasurer Judy Lloyd, VPPR

Linda Rinehart, VPM John Altenhofen, and

Immediate Past President Betty Chavira

doing the VPE training.

We invited Darryle Brown, who has led both

Simply Speaking and Aurorators to

President’s Distinguished while club

President, to cover the President’s training.

In one of the most inspiring speeches I have

ever experienced, Darryle stressed that the

President must be a visionary leader and

should encourage every club member to

stretch themselves as speakers and leaders.

Amy Brown, our Excelsior President, did a

masterful job of emceeing the event and

reviewing the aspects of club leadership that

apply to all club officers.

Past District Governor Bob Baxter

demonstrated how to use the Club Central

feature on the Toastmasters International

website. I talked about the value of

Facebook groups and pages for Toastmasters

clubs.

These club officers left our training very

excited about serving as club leaders and

filled with helpful information to take back to

their clubs.

FYI, our advanced Toastmasters club meets

on the 3rd Saturday from 9:15 – 11:15.

Excelsior Toastmasters

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INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION REPORT Linda Rhea, DTM Lt. Governor Marketing

The Toastmasters International Convention is

always inspiring. There is plenty to do

starting with the walking club at 5:30 every

morning and singing until 1:30 AM. (Did

singers walk at 5:30 AM? Not this one!)

TRAINING: Bea Garcia-Macliz, Tom Hobbs

and Linda Rhea (The Trio) attended District

Officer training for 2 days before the

conference. The training was exceptional.

OPENING CEREMONIES: The grand entry of

the flag of every country with a Toastmasters

Club starts every convention. It is

breathtaking to see the flag bearers, often

wearing their native dress. Our District

Governor, Bea Garcia-Macliz, DTM, carried

the flag of The United Arab Emirates in the

Opening Ceremony.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Joel Manby, President

and CEO at Herschend Family Entertainment

(manager ofElitch Gardens in Denver) was

the Keynote speaker. He introduced us to

his book, Love Works, which outlines 7 time-

tested principles of leadership. Joel went

undercover on TV in Undercover Boss.

ACCREDITED SPEAKER: Only 65

Toastmasters hold the designation Accredited

speaker. They earn a substantial part of

their income from speaking and exemplify the

best of the profession. 2 members made it

to the audition. Both were awarded the

designation

EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS: Several

Educational Sessions on a wide range of

topics delighted attendees. Networking,

Speech writing by a senate speech writer,

How to win the World Championship is 35

years or less by last year’s winner, Jock Elliott

and many more sessions were available.

HALL OF FAME: Bea Garcia-Macliz

represented District 26 in the Hall of Fame.

She received the Excellence in Training Award

for successfully completing the educational

and training goals as Lieutenant Governor

Education and Training.

GOLDEN GAVEL: John Maxwell, author of

over 70 books on leadership was the Golden

Gavel awardee. His speech was high energy

and entertaining.

INTERNATIONAL SPEECH CONTEST: The

semi-final contests on Thursday named the

finalists. Ian Humphrey was at the top of his

game in the contest and made us VERY

PROUD ! Colorado State University grad Ryan

Avery of Portland, Oregon was named World

Champion of Public Speaking. Ryan’s wife

Chelsea’s parents live in Morrison and he

promises to let us know when he is in town.

ELECTION OF OFFICERS Your District Officer

spent two days meeting and interviewing

candidates for International Office. The

energy and ideas of those who run for these

offices is contagious. The TRIO came home

with many ideas and resources from these

candidates and the training.

MARKETING IS A TEAM SPORT … JOIN THE TEAM. Linda Rhea, DTM Lt. Governor Marketing

A Professional Sports team needs many

teams to get the TEAM on the field: Players,

Coaches, Trainers, Scouts, Equipment,

Facilities, HR, Front Office, Ticket Sales,

Public Relations, Travel Arrangements, etc.

Team Marketing District 26 also needs

many teams to support club activities:

Edification, New Club Kick Off Meetings

(formerly Demos), New Club Sponsors, New

Club Mentors, Club Coaches, Dues

Committee, Corporate Club Creation, Club

visit support, Member Retention Team,

Market Research Team, Phone committee

(yes, we still use them), Social Media

Outreach, Incentives, Speech Craft Team

(Speech Boot Camp), Moments of Truth

Team, etc.

Which Team is for you? Perhaps one area

sounds like something new you can do to

support the Toastmasters program that has

given so much to us all. Can you give 2

hours a month, 2 hours a week or even

more? Every activity relates to a manual

step toward your Toastmaster advancement

goals. Chairing a Committee can be a High

Performance Leadership Project with a built

in support. Decide which area is for you

and get in on the ground floor by sending

the Marketing Team an email at

LGM1213@d26leaders.org.

Still wondering what these teams do?

Good! Look for answers coming your way in

future editions of the District 26 Dialogue,

at d26toastmasters.org, and on LinkedIn,

Facebook and Twitter.

Better yet, send an email to the TEAM

at LGM1213@d26leaders.org and GET

IN THE GAME today! D26

Toastmasters Marketing Team wants

YOU to help shape the dynamic District

Marketing Success!

District Governor Bea Macliz receives

Excellence in Training Award from

International President Michael Natoro

District Governor Bea Macliz,

Past International Director Beth Boaz,

And Past District Governor Tina Hubis

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Celebrating 10 years or

more in September!

Parker Toastmasters

#4881 – 46 yrs.

Artfully Speaking

#8404 – 21 yrs.

Orbiting Toasters Club

#6656 – 17 yrs.

Please see the D26 website for a

complete list.

Send a photo with your club name to

pro1213@d26leaders.org and we’ll

feature you on the D26 website. ▪

TOASTMASTERS AND SPELLBINDERS COLLABORATION CONTINUES Ray Mohr, DTM

Mapping the Way

The August, District 26 Dialogue contained

an article written by District 26 Public Rela-

tions Officer, Luc Moens, ACB, about a devel-

oping partnership between Toastmasters and

Spellbinders to bring the storytelling art back

to many adults and to encourage the fading

inter-generational tradition of seniors telling

kids stories as part of their education. On

July 14, the leaders of both organizations

gathered at the Daniels Fund Building to

begin a conversation about how this kind of

partnership could work and make a differ-

ence both in kids lives and the participants in

this project as well.

It was agreed that this is a great opportunity

to make that kind of difference where the

speaking skills of Toastmasters and the

storytelling skills of Spellbinders would be

woven together in presentations made to

various community service organizations and

seniors groups to encourage more adults,

especially seniors, to consider becoming a

volunteer storyteller in a school; and, to

consider using Toastmasters and

Spellbinders to accomplish this.

On Saturday, September 8, the group that

met in July will reconvene. This meeting will

be to map the journey in more detail that we

will be taking to achieve this vision. This

meeting at the Daniels Fund building will

focus on the details of both the message that

will be brought to these groups and the

details of how the partnership will actually

work. The meeting will be begin at 9 am and

finish at noon. If you are interested in being

a part of this partnership and sharing your

skills and knowledge you are welcome to

attend. To get the background materials and

other details for this meeting, please contact

Ray Mohr, DTM at mohrs@comcast.net Ray Mohr, DTM

MORE NEWS & NOTES

Opportunity

The District 26 Fall Conference will be here

before you know it. Besides the humorous

speech contest and the evaluation contest,

there will be a district counsel meeting and

several educational sessions.

If you are working on your Advanced Commu-

nicator Gold this is an opportunity to com-

plete one of the Success Communication or

Success Leadership modules (You’ll probably

have to trim them to fit the available time).

If you have any other topic that would be of

value to Toastmasters, such as “How to Avoid

Death by PowerPoint,” this is an opportunity

to work on your presentation skills with a

longer presentation.

Don’t delay! Contact Lt. Governor Training &

Education Tom Hobbs

lget1213@d26leaders.org or the Conference

Team FallConference@d26Leaders.org for

more information.

We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.

~ Chuck Swindoll

Our problem in the immediate future will be not the lack of opportunities for the really motivated, but the lack of motivated people ready and able to take advantage of the opportunities.

~ Buck Rogers

The reason so many people never get anywhere in life is because when opportunity knocks, they are out in the backyard looking for four-leaf clovers.

~ Walter P. Chrysler

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HEAD INJURY AND THE OCCASIONAL MIRACLE David Bounds, CC, Area Governor D6

I awoke in a hospital bed not knowing how I

got there. My first indication that things

weren’t quite right was when I looked over to

a gentleman in another bed next to mine and

asked him what his name was. He took a slip

of paper out of his pocket and read his name

to me. Then he proceeded to also read me

the year and also the current president .

“You’ll have to know all three of these or the

staff won’t let you out of the room,” he said. I

had been the unlucky recipient of a

Traumatic Brain Injury. Due to post traumatic

amnesia I don’t remember the next two

weeks, but I was lucky to be at Craig Hospital,

a world class hospital for spinal cord and

head injuries in Englewood, Colorado.

In addition to the memory loss that caused

me to forget words like “cat,” I also lost my

ability to speak coherently. I worked with a

very good speech therapist who, upon

leaving the hospital, gave me some advice:

“David you’ve come a long way but you still

need a lot of work. There’s an organization

called Toastmasters that can help you regain

your voice. They are wonderfully supportive

and they’re cheap!” So I went to a club called

Simply Speaking and was scared to death at

first. Actually I sat in the back of the room for

weeks. Dana Morgan was the president and

she tolerated my fear for as long as she

could, but finally she asked if I would

consider being the Toastmaster for the next

meeting. “No, I don’t think so...” To which

she replied “OK, You’re going to be the

Toastmaster for THIS meeting! And she

proceeded to walk me up to the lectern and

spoon fed me everything I was supposed to

do.

That was seven years ago. And they have

been great years during which Toastmasters

has done so very much for me. And now I am

an area governor who has his mind (what’s

left of it) set on giving back to an organization

that’s been so good for me.

David can be contacted at

d61213@d26leaders.org

Guess who …

1 Tom Hobbs , LGET

2 Linda Rhea, LGM

3 Bea Macliz, DG

4 Beth Boaz, PID

5 Tina Hubis, PDG

6 Dana Morgan Barnes, PDG

7 John Barnes, PDG

8 Jennifer Bick

9 Ed Bick, PIP

Not shown:

Ian Humphrey

Cybele Antonow

Is your Toastmasters Club on facebook? If not contact Joyce Feustel, D26 Social Media Chair, at 303-570-9864 or socialmedia1213@d26leaders.org

and find out what it can do for your club.

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A B O U T T O A S T M A S T E R S D I S T R I C T 2 6 , R E G I O N 1

Our Mission

We strive to create a bond

among all the clubs of the

district by sharing our

experiences, resources, and

knowledge through an

interactive media.

Our goal is to make every

Toastmaster feel empowered,

appreciated and connected.

Please send your questions, tips, com-

ments, and articles to the editor, gordon-

savage@msn.com, by the 15th of each

month in order to appear in the next

issue. Visit the web site for submission

guidelines. All articles are subject to

editing to fit allotted space and submis-

sion does not guarantee publication.

District 26 Dialogue © 2010 All rights reserved.

Publisher / Governor

Bea Garcia Macliz, DTM

Home: 719-510-8905

Cell: 719-471-0068

Email: dg1213@d26leaders.org

Editor

Gordon S. Savage, DTM

36923 Forest Trail

Elizabeth, CO 80107-8126

Phone: 303-646-0547

E-mail: gordonsavage@msn.com

Public Relations Officer (PRO)

Luc Moens, ACB

Phone: 303-980-5332

E-mail: pro1213@d26leaders.org

Title & Design

Carol A. Harris, ACB

E-mail: thewriteniche@aol.com

WHERE LEADERS ARE MADE

MU S IN G S FROM TH E E D I TOR G o r d o n S . S a v a g e , D T M

District 26 includes Colorado, the Eastern Slope of Wyoming, and the Nebraska panhandle. It was formed

in 1948, with Gordon Merrick serving as its first district governor.

Four past District 26 governors have risen to the international level:

Don Paape was international director, 1966 - 68 and international president 1972 -73. It was during his

term that women were first admitted to Toastmasters International. Watt Pye was district governor from

1969-70 and international director from 1970 -72; Dorothy Chapman served as district governor, 1989-90

and international director from 1990-92; and Beth Boaz was D26 governor from 1995-96 and internation-

al director, 1997-99. Marilyn Boland served as the first female District 26 governor in 1975 -76.

In 2000, Ed Tate, a member of Cherry Creek Toastmasters, won the World Championship of Public Speak-

ing. Ed is now the principal of a professional development firm that provides keynote and endnote presen-

tations, workshops, and other training.

In 2007, Rory Vaden, also a member of Cherry Creek Toastmasters, was the first runner-up in the World

Championship of Public Speaking. He has since co-founded a multi-million dollar public training company

and been featured on Oprah Radio with Dr. Oz and in SUCCESS™ Magazine.

Byron Embry of Pikes Peak Toastmasters was a major league baseball pitcher before he became a finalist

in the World Championship of Public Speaking in 2009. He later founded Closing Remarks and has be-

come a keynote speaker and author. Ian J. Humphrey of Simply Speaking was in Toastmasters little more

than a year when he progressed to the final round of the World Championship of Public Speaking in 2010.

Ian is now an inspirational speaker who reaches out to youth at risk. ▪

VISIT US at

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Competent Leadership

The lead-off article this month

focuses on just a few of the

aspects of competent

leadership and what applying

them can do for you. If you are

like most of us, you joined

Toastmasters to improve your

speaking ability in some way,

but by now you’ve been

exposed to the leadership

program. The question is have

you started taking advantage

of it?

Just as you learn the speaking

part of Toastmasters by doing,

you learn about leadership by

hands-on experience. You

have a whole leadership track

with a manual to get you

started. If you look at the

projects in that manual, your

first thought may be “Boy,

that’s stretching.” Take

another look. Bea gave you

just some of the ways those

“trivial” skills can impact your

performance on the job and

off.

I belong to three clubs and

visit others when I get the

opportunity. Some clubs make

a concerted effort to

encourage working on the

projects in the Competent

Leadership manual. Most

seem to leave it up to the

member. It is your decision,

but if you don’t take

advantage of it, you’re missing

an opportunity. You need to

decide what you want to do

about it.

I recommend working on the

projects in the manual every

chance you get, and when you

finish a manual, start another

one. Those little bits add up

over time. What are you doing

with the manual? Did you

know that chairing your club

contests meets one of the

requirements? Pull that

manual out, dust it off, and get

to work.

The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between the leader is a servant.

~ Max Dupree

Even a two-car parade gets fouled up if you don’t decide ahead of time who’s going to lead.

~ Zig Ziglar