Category: News
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A New Year To Focus On Leadership
The holiday season is upon us — a time to share and celebrate with our family and friends. But it is also a time to reflect on what we’ve accomplished in 2014, to take a look ahead to what we want to do in 2015. And, to make some plans for the New Year to…
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Gustavo Arellano
Founder’s District is proud to announce the 2014 Fall Conference Communication and Leadership Award recipient, Gustavo Arellano. Gustavo will deliver his acceptance speech during the Hall of Fame Lunch on Saturday November 8, 2014. Gustavo Arellano is the editor of OC Weekly, an alternative newspaper in Orange County, California, author of Orange County: A Personal…
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2014 Fall Conference and Evaluation and Humorous Speech Contests
Our District theme this year is “Elevate Your Potential“. I am thrilled to see the many ways our members have stepped out of their comfort zone and up to participate in Toastmaster activities around the District. We are three months into the Toastmasters year and our first BIG event is now just three weeks away…
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Big Takeaways At the 2014 Summer Marketing Workshop
Over 75 of the District’s most ambitious members attended this sold-out event of the semi-annual Founder’s District Marketing workshop to learn and explore all that the Toastmasters leadership program has to offer such as building new clubs, sponsoring clubs, mentoring, and coaching.
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Patricia Fripp: Founder’s District Keynote Speaker
{youtube}xbWriHQrcfY|500|380{/youtube} Are you an ambitious speaker in Southern California? If so, you must be at the Toastmasters Founder’s District Conference November 7-8, 2014.
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Spring Conference Review
What recent Founder’s District Event combined eating birthday cake, extoling the virtues of procrastination, frolicking with a 160 pound wolf, staring at the Mona Lisa, and mingling with 214 Toastmasters members and guests (not necessarily in that order)? If you guessed our Spring Conference, then you would be absolutely correct! On May 3, 2014, Toastmasters…
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Good Luck Victoria
Our beloved past District Governor, Victoria Dotson, DTM, is relocating to the state of Washington and this will be our last chance to enjoy her company and say our goodbyes. Second Stage Club #3742 is hosting an Open House party on Saturday May 10 in the honor of Victoria. The party is located at the…
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Only Two Months Left!
THERE ARE ONLY TWO MONTHS LEFT IN OUR TOASTMASTERS YEAR! We’ve accomplished so much in those first nine months and yet we still have a lot of work to do.
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Discovering the Roots of the Founder’s District
The Founder’s District began in a squabble. In 1944 the first Toastmasters district, District One (which still exists along the west side of Los Angeles) covered much of Southern California, a vast area. The need to divide this district to provide better club support came before the Toastmaster International Board. The problem was everyone wanted…
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Invest for Success
Warren Buffet, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway has a net worth of $63.1 billion and is ranked the fourth wealthiest man in the world according to Forbes. His gift of $2 billion in Berkshire stock to the Gates Foundation in July, brought his lifetime giving to $20 billion. What was the secret to his success?