Congratulations to our new Contest Champions!
If you attended District 60’s recent Conference, you witnessed some outstanding contests. Here are our new District Champions.
International Speech Contest
1st place: Fanar Hakami, The Impossible Odds
Arjun Chakrabarti, Contest Chair, and Andrew Horberry, District Director, present Fanar with her trophy.
2nd place: Brian Fernandes, Say Yes
3rd place: John Andrews, TRUE Champions
Fanar goes forward to the Region quarterfinals, which will be judged in June. We send her our very best wishes, and hope that we’ll see her on stage at the semi-finals in Anaheim in August.
Evaluation Contest
1st place: Brian Fernandes
Gin Aldeguer, Contest Chair, and Andrew Horberry, District Director, present Brian with his trophy.
2nd place: Nigel Noronha
3rd place: Scott Lidbury
Table Topics Contest
1st place: Janet Heidker
Nicole Galang, Contest Chair, and Andrew Horberry, District Director, present Janet with her trophy.
2nd place: Sharon Champagnie
3rd place: Mara Svenne
Grow the Family (and your club could win US$200!)
Attracting guests benefits everyone – meetings are more fun, guests experience the energy of a better-attended meeting, and many choose to become full members.
From now until June 30, use these 5 simple steps – and your club could find itself with lots of new members, and win US$200 to spend in the Toastmasters International store!
![]() | Make it easy for guests to find you! |
![]() | Greet potential guests quickly! |
![]() | Have fun promoting your club! |
![]() | Count your guests! |
![]() | We’ll track your new members! |
Your club can score points for easy activities that will make your club even more attractive to prospective guests and members. This is a great opportunity to involve ALL your members – some might want to take on related projects that will help them complete a Path.
Click here for all the initiative details and Grow the Family today!
Pathways is evolving!
Enhancements to Pathways are planned.
We now know that:
- These changes are scheduled during 2024;
- The Path you’re already working on, or begin before the changes are implemented, will continue to be available with no interruption or change.
To find out more, please click here.
From Region 6 to Region 5
You belong to a club that belongs to an Area that belongs to a Division that belongs to District 60!
What you may not know is that District 60 belongs to one of 14 Regions worldwide, and for the last few years that Region has been Region 6 which currently comprises 10 Districts.
Announced at the International Convention in August, the fourteen Regions that span the Toastmasters world will change their boundaries on July 1, 2024 – please click here for more information.
District 60 will become a part of Region 5, which will be more west-east than our current Region 6’s north-south configuration.
Using Prepared Speeches for Career Success – Panel Discussion
Senior management of a corporation will often ask its workforce to improve communication skills. Communicating effectively and with confidence is highly valued in the workplace. Prepared speeches at Toastmasters are a great way to learn to present a message that is simple yet effective and impactful, one that will differentiate you in the workplace.
At the Using Prepared Speeches for Career Success – Panel Discussion hosted by District 60, the following three topics were discussed:
- Benefits of Giving Prepared Speeches to Career Success:
- How to make speeches less effort and more fun
- How to make Pathways works for you
The distinguished panel comprised of the following:
- Andrew Mertens, DTM, 2022/23 District 60 District Director
- John Ribeiro, DTM, Certified Leadership Coach
- Mthabisi Mhlanga, Winner of District 60 2022 International Speech Contest and Quarter-finalist at the 2022 World Champion of Public Speaking.
The panellists shared many personal career success stories which they felt were due to the skills learned through prepared speeches. The overarching message was: If we are at Toastmasters to learn to communicate effectively and with confidence in the workplace, then it is important that we give as many prepared speeches as possible.