Nordic Division Report
No 2 Editor : David Gelkin +358 50 326 3282
Göteborg SUCCESS for G-force District 95 District Governor Kees Broos, Germany
Lieutenant Governor Education & Training Tuire Vuolasvirta, Finland
Lieutenant Governor of Marketing Michal Talaga, Poland
AREA Division G – Nordic Countries Our Division comprises 7 Areas. Each Area has its own Area Governor. Each Area Governor (AG) will have their own support team, that each AG hand picks themselves. The AG's support team, have the titles such as Assistant Area Governor Education & Training, Assistant Area Governor of Marketing, Assistant Area Governor of PR, etc. However this is only historical. You are free to be creative, and use your own support team titles if you choose. Support team titles are unofficial Toastmaster roles. Meaning no official credits, or recognition awards are defined for the supporting team. However, these roles are usually grooming roles, for future AG's, and District leadership positions. All assistant roles, are the Area Governors support team, and known as the Area Council. Typically the Area Council arranges the Area contests, and speech contests. As well as actively, and proactively supporting clubs reach full Distinguished Club Program points (DCP points). Area Governor List: G1: Roseline Olomina, Stockholm International G2: Svetlana Breum, Aarhus TM G3: Liselotte Kolmberger, Lundby TM G4: Jesper Caron, Borås TM G5: Josephine Andersson, Göteborgs Talarklubb G6: Matilda Smeds, Helsinki TM G7: Luis Garcia, Virtual Speakers Division Governor: David Gelkin Asst.Div.Gov Edu &Training: Leena Rantala Asst.Div.Gov of Marketing: Matteus Åkesson Asst.Div.Gov Treasurer: Dhiraj Paryani
Incoming Division council kickoff report: We had a wonderful attendance at our kickoff event in Göteborg. A lot of content, and knowledge was transfered and many questions were answered, and created!!
your Area Distinguished. Once you have selected your Area council members. Please let me know so I can add them to the Easyspeak pages, for everyone to find.
I have been sent a document from the District called Much of what was discussed and agreed upon in “Division G COT report”. This is a document on the Göteborg, will be directly implementable in your role dropbox share in the DOT folder. as Area Governor. We are required to add each area's exact details for One point which was raised during the event was the your Club Officer Training (COT). When it's planned initial introductions, and getting to know each other. to happen, Who are the trainer's and Who attended. This is such a simple task that was overlooked. I hope everyone got to know each other a bit better Some Areas have already had their first COT training anyway? session. So all the information can be added to this form immediately. We had a lot of content which needed to be covered. And for some, this was a bit of information overload. If your COT is still to come. Please add as much The learning curve is steep. However I believe that detail as you can. due the the fact we have done this training session now. When we meet in Bremen Germany. For our This is a District document so please be as accurate District sponsored educational session, every AG, of as you can with your entries. This document will be Division G will have an easier more enjoyable the results sent to the District as the Division results. experience. This is the club DCP point results. If you have any questions, please let me know. We had a division council vote for inclusion of Swedish as a language for the Fall conference contests. This was agreed by the majority and needs to be told to your Area club presidents.
“It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.” ― Ernest Hemingway
EVENTS District, Division, Area and Club level events to inform your club Presidents, and VPE's about. August Club Humorous Speech and Table Topics Contest September 13-14th, District Officer Training, Bremen Germany September Area level Contests October 4-5th, Fall Division Conference, Tampere Finland
We had a budget session also. That went into a lot of details and explanation as to your clubs wishes for the coming year. How and what they need division budget for. We agreed that the deadline for all Area governors to submit there budget requests was August 1st.
November 14-15th, District Conference, Frankfurt Germany February 7-8th 2015, District Officers Training
Easyspeak access and usage was a large part of our training session. Some AG's had issues logging in at the time. I hope this issue has now been resolved. If you still have access issues please let me know asap so we can get this sorted out.
In closing, I would like to thank each of you for your March Club International Speech Contest and attendance in Göteborg. You have shown your the Evaluations contest right person for the role. Your Area has a great April Area International Speech Contest and dedicated, and committed leader in you. Evaluations Contest I look forward to this journey together over the next One of the action points for each Area was to create May 2-3rd 2015, Division Spring International year. Have a Happy relaxing summer -Daveyour own Area council. These are a group of Speech Contest (To be confirmed - ) Toastmasters who will help and assist you in making
Club Contests Preparation, and planning will inbox from me. The theme of the define your areas club speech district this year is planning early. contests as complete successes. This is really true when planning Each year the highlight of the a contest. The earlier you book Toastmasters calendar, is contest the date, venue and team to help time. run it. The easier your run-up work load will be. Each club competes champion against champion. Raising stars, This is an ideal event activity to burn bright, as they dazzle the work with your assistant AG audience with jokes, anecdotes, team. and whimsical humor. The new aspect this time, is that Helping your clubs run a Swedish will be a contest successful event. Helps you language also. develop as a knowledgeable leader. In addition to earning Please ensure all clubs know this potential assistance for planning information. and running your own area contest event. Contests are a great method to attract outside attention, and If you have never chaired or been generate potential new a part of a speech contest before. membership growth initiatives. Do not worry. Help is at hand. A well made contest flier, or All instructions, guides and events page can make a world of howto material, are available on difference to a clubs membership Easyspeak, Toastmasters.org and levels. to arrive shortly into your email
Feel free to invite local business to attend also. This is a great opportunity to build initial local business contact that could be useful in the future for event sponsorship or corporate club building activities. The one key to remember is to have fun. If you would like a guest speaker from another area, or from the Division Council, I recommend ordering their time early. PRIZES!! Awards, and trophies are a really nice and longterm memory of preparing for a contest. Ordering of awards, trophies and prizes need to be planned as much as 8 weeks ahead. This is due to shipping time. A good speaking resource book, is a great prize idea, as well as a nice printed certificate in a frame. Your imagination is huge! -Dave-
May 22-24th 2015, District Spring International Speech Contest, Borås Sweden May 24, District Officer Training, Borås Sweden
To Do Right now I would need each Area Governor to create a years budget plan for their own areas expenses. Deadline : August 1st. Each Area Governor should be looking for at least one assistant, to help with your role as AG. Please let me, David Gelkin know your assistants name for adding to Easyspeak. Planning: Club officer training preparations need to be already underway. This will enable the new club officers to know, and understand their own roles before they have the first club meeting. Trainings need to happen before clubs start meetings in August.. Club humorous, and Table Topics speech contest. The date in August needs to be planned, and announced to club members. You may need to contact club presidents directly for a date. Area Speech contest preparations, and committee involvement for finding a suitable location, and creating an interesting agenda needs to be ready for September. Area Governors need to set the precise date ASAP. Inform Clubs about Swedish contests also.