2009 Fall Conference videos NOW ONLINE!

Will — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:30:11 +0000

Well this is Tim Bolger’s finest hour, over 12 hours of video from last weekend’s District 30 Fall Conference can be viewed here. Most notable include both the Evaluation and Humorous Speech Contests, won by Rahsaan Brown of South Suburban #5534 and Bob Chikos of Crystal Lake #2724 respectively. Many of the educational sessions can be viewed, including one by Ed Hearn, the 2006 World Championship of Public Speaking who was also the Master of Ceremonies for the entire conference. Special non-Toastmaster guests include Illinois State Representative Lou Lang, whose district includes the conference site and presented the state proclamation at the Friday night festivities, plus George Van Dusen, the mayor of Skokie who was the 2009 District 30 Communications and Leadership award recipient.

One video that I enjoyed which I was not present for was the DTM ceremony. As in a previous post, I was concerned about how they can fit 12 new DTM medal recipients in a short time. Well they opted for the “high-five” ceremony where the new DTMs run down the front of the stage high-fiving the other DTMs as if they were introduced as starters for the Chicago Bulls!

Tim mentioned when I was there that he was planning to start putting videos up late this week, I replied that he should not make these promises public unless he’s definite that they’ll happen. Well he supposedly not made any guarantees to the crowds unlike the last conference and he actually delivered his work very quickly. Way to go Tim!

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2009 Fall Conference videos NOW ONLINE!