Lessons Learned

A few weeks ago, Bill Bishop put an entry in LinkedIn’s The Official Toastmasters International Members Group on the following: Is it Toastmaster International official policy that contest judges are to remain anonymous? He actually put forth this question to research for Addressing the Opposition speech in the Persuasive Speaking manual he gave at one [...]

I would consider the last District 30 Spring Conference to be the most disappointing among those I’ve attended over the years, and that included the one which I was humiliated as Contest Chair.  Not because there wasn’t a “Tea Party” victory in which the rejected candidates did get elected to the Top 2 positions for [...]

The District 30 Spring Conference will be taking place this Friday and Saturday at the Holiday Inn in Elk Grove Village.  In my 11 years in Toastmasters, this is the latest the Spring Conference is being held relative to the start of the calendar year, in part due to the loss of the Regional Conferences [...]

Not long after the District 30 Spring Conference, it appears work is now under way for the Fall Conference coming up on November 13th and 14th.  After last Thursday’s North Suburban meeting, one member who was on the Spring Conference committee mentioned that he will be the Publicity Chair for the Fall Conference.  He also [...]

I went to the North 42 Area Contest tonight, which includes the North Suburban club, serving as Chief Judge.  Interestingly enough the Northwest 4 Area Contest, which includes the Arlington Heights club, was also held tonight, but I went to North 42 as the Area Governor also belongs to North Suburban and I wanted to [...]