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| The District 12 webteam is proud to present to you the new & improved District website! Please let us know of any ideas you may have for our website. Enjoy your stay. Go District 12!
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Articles by this Author
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Tentative Guidelines for Speaker's Bureau
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To provide a venue for advanced Toastmasters to further hone their skills for audiences outside the Toastmaster club environment.
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Speaker's Bureau Operational Guidelines
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The District 12 Speaker's Bureau will exist to help speakers perfect their speaking skills for audiences outside the Toastmaster's Club.
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The Vision for District 12 Speaker's Bureau
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To provide professional quality speakers to service organizations, community groups, Toastmasters training, and others at no charge.
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Speaker's Bureau Values and Goals
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Our success depends on exceeding our customer's expectations
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Inland Empire Speaker's Bureau
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District 12's Inland Empire Speaker's Bureau is inviting you to join us! Come one, come all, and discover the talent that resides in District 12.
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Help to maintain our correctional facility Toastmasters clubs!
 We are asking for your help as a Toastmaster within District 12 to join in our efforts to maintain and expand our Toastmaster program in the correction facilities throughout our District.
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District Executive Committee Meeting Minutes
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Below you will find documents containing meeting minutes for District 12's District Executive Committee meetings. Official District business and issues were discussed and voted on at these meetings. Therefore, these minutes are provided for the benefit of all District 12 Toastmasters.
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The Mission of the District
The Mission of the District is to enhance the performance and extend the network of Clubs, therby offering greater numbers of people the opportunity to benefit from the Toastmasters education program by:
- Focusing on the critical success factors as specified by the District educational and membership goals;
- Insuring that each Club effectively fulfills its responsibilities to its members;
- Providing effective training and leadership development opportunities for Club and District officers.
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The Founder of Toastmasters
Learn about the man that started the Toastmasters program. Who was Dr. Ralph C. Smedley and why did he start our organization?
Toastmasters was the brainchild of a Midwesterner named Ralph C. Smedley. In 1903, after graduating from Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Illinois, Smedley took a job as director of education for the local Young Men's Christian Association. Realizing that the older boys who visited the YMCA needed training in communication, he began a public speaking club
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Website links
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We have provided links to the official Toastmasters International website and the Region II website. Let us know if you have come across a website that would be beneficial to the District 12 Toastmasters family! We can add it to this list of website links if appropriate.
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District Administrative Bylaws
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Toastmasters International ® District Administrative Bylaws used by District 12 are published here for reference. This section details Articles I thru XVII and their contents.
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District Procedures Manual
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DISTRICT 12 PROCEDURES MANUAL
as of May 2006
This portion of the procedure manual is intended to provide District Officers with a reference source for the procedures and standing rules of District 12.
The information provided in this part of the document provides historical information, and general procedures and standing rules, which are in consonance with the Administrative Bylaws, but provide additional detail needed to operate the District.
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Find a club near you! Search for a Toastmasters club now!
So you're ready to find a club! You're probably in luck -- there are almost 100 Toastmasters clubs in District 12. Our great District covers the area of Southern California from Diamond Bar to Temecula, from Indio to Barstow, which includes San Bernardino, Riverside and East Los Angeles Counties.
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District 12 Officers
Toastmasters International empowers people to achieve their full potential and realize their dreams. Through our member clubs, people throughout the world can improve their communication and leadership skills, and find the courage to change.
Who are the dedicated individuals that have volunteered to lead our great District? In this section, we list the District 12 2006-2007 Officers & Staff.
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Make your Club meetings successful!
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There is no better way to recruit new Toastmasters members than to consistently deliver a powerful, professional, and fun meeting each and every time. After all, it's easy to get visitors in the door, but getting them to come back will depend on the quality of your meetings.
In addition, great meetings retain membership. Keep your meetings organized and entertaining and your members will look forward to attending month after month and year after year.
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What is Toastmasters all about?
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The Toastmasters program will help develop communications skills to provide opportunities for your personal and professional life. Instead of laboring in an academic setting, or spending thousands on costly seminars, you learn in a self-paced, friendly atmosphere.
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Speech Contests
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In order to provide a stage for people who enjoy competitive speaking, and in order to showcase the best, Toastmasters clubs hold speech contests every year. Each contest starts at the club level and works its way up through Area and Division to the District. The District speech contest winner competes against seven other contestants at the Region II Conference. The winner of the Region II contest then competes at the World Championship of Public Speaking held at the Toastmasters World Convention each August.
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Membership Building 101
As District 12 Membership Chair for 2002-2003, I was pleased to conduct a lively 15-minute brainstorming session on membership building. While the dozen membership building ideas shared are not new, they have all been proven to be effective means of building membership.
With a grateful assist from the area and division governors for their feedback and suggestions, here are one dozen membership building ideas listed in order of submission along with my own comments.
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Treasurer Tips
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Serving as Treasurer is a great opportunity. You are responsible for keeping clear and accurate financial records and for seeing that the Club remains financially stable. You will learn and practice budgeting and money management skills that you can use in all aspects of your life.
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Member Retention
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We recommend that you look at each one and pick out those that you think will work for you, adapting them as you wish. We hope that they will help your Club grow and become strong. Happy Toastmastering!
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Tips for building your club website
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Website Help, Tips and Guidelines for District 12. Creating a web page for your Club can be challenging and enjoyable. Hopefully, it will also be a productive means of providing information to your club's members and prospective members.
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PR Ideas
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Publicizing and promoting your club is much like public speaking, in that good public relations skills are not taught but rather are developed through regular practice. Good public relations can be defined as anything that produces a positive response and stimulates the reader or listener to do something, such as visit a club meeting or a club web site to learn more about Toastmasters.
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The Mission of the Club
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The mission of a Toastmasters Club is to provide a mutually supportive and positive learning environment in which every member has the opportunity to develop communication and leadership skills, which in turn foster self-confidence and personal growth.
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Toastmasters Promise
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As a member of Toastmasters International and of my club, I promise...
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2005 2006 Proposed Club Area Alignment
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Here is the District 12 Proposed Club Area alignment for the upcoming Toastmaster year. Find out what clubs are assigned to which Areas throughout our beautiful District.
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Chuck Weck Publicity Award
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The Chuck Weck Publicity Award is given in recognition of the publicity efforts of Toastmaster Clubs in District 12. It is named in honor of Chuck Weck, a past District 12 Governor. The club that wins the award receives a traveling trophy to display until the next Chuck Weck Publicity Award Contest. The winning club also receives a plaque that remains with the club.
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VPPR Calendar Checklist
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Are you looking for a great tool to help you plan your club's Public Relations activities? You found it! Refer to this calendar monthly and check off each item as it is completed. This is a great tool to keep your Public Relations activities ontrack for the entire year.
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Club Newsletter
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Wondering about how to start creating a Club Newsletter? This document incorporates advice from publishing software and is filled with Toastmaster flavoring. Download a pdf version of this file here.
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Photo Gallery
Check out our District Photo Gallery! Please be patient as we add photos from past events. We hope you enjoy viewing the many images taken throughout our great District.
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What is a club Mentor and Sponsor?
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 So you are working to earn your Advanced Leader (AL) credit and you want to know; What is a Club Sponsor and how do I get the award?
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Resources
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We have gathered an electronic library of resources that you can download and use. We are always adding new forms and templates to our library so check back often.
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How to be a Distinguished Club
 The new Toastmasters year has begun, the new leaders are in place, now the real work begins.
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Area & Division Governors of the Year
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Check out the names of these past winners of the Area Governor of the Year and the Division Governor of the Year awards. These names are written in the history books of District 12 forever!
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New Toastmasters Manual
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How the New Leadership Manual Fits Your Club
Make the most of the opportunites the new Competent Leadership manual affords your club! Learn all about this exciting new change!
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Penny Cole Achievement Award Winners
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Sometimes our lives are touched by someone special who makes a positive difference in the world we live. Penny Cole’s special strength was helping people recognize their untapped potential.
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"Way of the Coach" Training a success!
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The following individuals completed the first "Way of the Coach" training offered by District 12 on September 10, 2005 at the ESRI complex in Redlands, CA..
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2006-2007 Budget
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Annual Budget for District 12. For the period July 1, 2006 - June 30, 2007.
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Resource Allocation Plan
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Resource Allocation Plan for 2006-2007, Goals and Deliverables.
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Beat the Clock Winners
 We have received the following information from Toastmasters International; the following Clubs have been recognized as winning the "Beat the Clock!" award...
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Setup a FREE checking account
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 If your Toastmasters club is like most, your treasurery is probably not overflowing with an abundance of cash! Listed below are three steps to assist you when setting up a club's checking account.
Please remember that every Bank, Credit Union, Savings Union may have their own specific procedures. Some Financial Institutions will offer a free checking account if you do not exceed their monthly number of transactions.
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Chuck Weck Publicity Award
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 Enter your club to win! The Chuck Weck Publicity Award is given in recognition of the publicity efforts of Toastmaster Clubs in District 12. It is named in honor of Chuck Weck, a past District 12 Governor. The club that wins the award receives a traveling trophy to display until the next Chuck Weck Publicity Award Contest. The winning club also receives a plaque that remains with the club.
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New Club Sponsors, New Club Mentors, Demonstration Teams. By Lois Sicking DTM, PDG
 Who are they? What do they do? What’s the difference? Read on … for the answers to these and many more questions about these Very Important Toastmasters!
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Club Officer Training Materials
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Club Officers!
Check out these PowerPoint training presentations provided
by Toastmasters International.
Use the points in these training materials to help your
club achieve Distinguished or better!
(Right-click on a link below to save PowerPoints to your computer)
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Spring Speech Contest Planning Scripts
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Winning the Membership Game
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 If you are like most people you joined Toastmasters to improve your ability to communicate. If you are like me, you later learned about the incredible opportunity participation in the Toastmasters program offers to improve our leadership skills. Membership in a Toastmasters club offers both these things along with good fun and fellowship. The Toastmasters Vision also mentions finding the courage to change.
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Tribute to George Mitchell
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 It is with great sadness that District 12 announces the passing of one of our dear friends and fellow Toastmasters, George Mitchell, DTM; (a.k.a.: George “Georgy Porgy” Mitchell.)
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Blogs by this Author
06/5/2005
Fellow District 12 Toastmasters,This is your website! If you want to advertise a special event/meeting on the District 12 website Calendar, just zap us the information.We will be happy to...
10/24/2005
On Friday October 21, 2005 District 12's first club of 2005-2006 held their Charter Meeting in the beautiful meeting room of the Soaring Eagles at First American Title in downtown San Bernardino. ...
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