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Conference Sessions
Learn about all the sessions being offered this weekend including Keynotes, Workshops and Special Events. You can learn more about each of our speakers on pages 33-38
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2022
Opening Session Keynote - 8:00 PM
Past International President - Deepak Menon, DTM
Workshops - 12:00 PM
Designing Your Success In 3 Steps
Heather D. Mahoney, DTM
Join Distinguished Toastmaster Heather D. Mahoney, your Partner Navigator, on a journey to rediscover your passions and reset your dreams. A professional speaker and trainer, Heather will lead you through a simple 3-step process to design a roadmap for your journey to the fulfilling life you were meant to live.
Speaking To Secure The Bag
Anastarcia Palacious
Do you love public speaking? Do you have a message deep in your belly that you want to get out to the world? Have you enjoyed transforming audiences only to feel frustrated when your abilities do not translate into dollars at the end of the day? If so, you are not alone. Public speaking is my purpose. It is the thing I am most passionate about and desirous of. Yet, I found myself continuously frustrated by the lack of opportunity to do so in a meaningful way while also being paid. This all changed for me as I discovered the power of coaching, community, and consistently showing up on social media. Toastmasters has revolutionized speaking for nearly a century, so learning the Science of Speaking from “The Secret” teacher Lisa Nichols further enhanced my capacity. Today applying those techniques has helped me grow my social media following and my international network of followers and fellow coaches, many of whose stages I speak on around the virtual world. We have the power to live our public speaking dreams truly and to maximize influence, impact, and income to secure the bag and our happiness. First described in the urban dictionary in 2019, the term “secure the bag” refers to intentional actions designed to increase monetary gain and capitalize on influence. If this sounds like something you are interested in, if this sounds like the opportunity you’ve been waiting for, if this sounds like a personal call to fulfill all you know you can be, I’d love to see you!
First Impressions Reimagined
Marlene Smith, DTM
First impression, those scary moments when you are starting that important person to person communication connection. Palms sweaty, lump in the throat, butterflies in the stomach moments. Within seconds, the first impression is over. For both business and personal communications, the first impression sets the tone for the entire encounter or meeting. Will the audience listen, be engaged, or screen-out? Did you connect with the audience? Was there communication? Learn the nuances of the first impression and change those first scary moments into exciting times. Different communication venues demand different first impressions. However, the same formula applies in each conversation. Every presenter, moderator, educator, and communicator gives a first impression. Make it a lasting first impression. Put yourself on the path of a successful outcome with a great first impression. Bring your questions, comments, and queries to this informative, interactive session on First Impressions Reimagined.
Transforming The Mind: The Connection Between Life & Toastmasters
Accredited Speaker - Forrest Tuff
Are you ready to become a better leader and speaker? This keynote will help you identify limiting beliefs that may hold you back from achieving your goals. Whether you are looking to deliver impactful presentations at work, with organizations, or become a paid professional, this talk is for you.
FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 2022
Workshops - 11:00 AM
Leading With Clarity, Confidence & Commitment
Nina Obier, DTM
Has the past couple of years with all the ups & downs have you feeling uncertain? Are you “busy” focusing on what is going on in the outside world to a fault? These past couple of years have many of us going into a tailspin, forcing us to reflect on who we are, what we do and how we impact our corner of the world. Imagine what it would feel like to lead with clarity, confidence & commitment in both your personal & professional life. Move from uncertainty by learning to shift your perspective from what you’re doing to who you’re being. Within each area you will learn the strategy, system and solution that will lead to the end goal of having absolute genuineness, complete certainty, marvelous mindset, unshakeable boundaries, and total trust. MAKE Every Day a Day Worth Celebrating!
Change The World By Speaking Everyone's Language
Dennis Paul
More than 7,100 languages are spoken in the world today. We may speak the same language. Yet, we do not always understand or accept what is said. Many times, this leads to family disputes, legal battles, or broken relationships in business or in marriage. What if there was a solution? Beginning with you taking the initiative to understand how you communicate. Then, using a process that helps you understand how the other person communicates. This solution exists and is the Science of Messaging. Imagine giving a Toastmaster presentation where your message struck chords. Not a few. But all the chords where one hundred percent of your audiences comprehended? Imagine negotiating, where you read your opponent and then send a clear, readily accepted concept. Or, how about a family relationship where the walls of rejection were removed, and mutual acceptance restored harmony. This presentation is for four types of personal values. The first, seeks freedom, opportunity and thrives on competition. The second type likes to build relationships, harmony in teamwork and expand their own personal growth. The third is logical, enjoys learning and uses expertise in technology. And the fourth is firmly planted with structure, planning and processes. This leads to the question. “How do all four of these types communicate effectively?” Attend this presentation for the answer and to learn who you are. Then Imagine how humanity would appear if we communicated in one world language. One that would keep the world a diverse and beautiful place.
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Learn How Gratitude Affects Your Bottom Line
Gaia Calcaterra, DTM
This past year has been stressful for many! Gratitude is a powerful tool that can help, not only to shift our mindset but also provide an impactful business strategy. Gratitude can positively affect both health and happiness because as we begin to view the world with a grateful heart, our perspective of the world changes. In business the simple act of showing appreciation or acknowledging our loyal customers or dedicated employees has an immediate impact, which then compounds over time. The presentation will cover actionable, and practical strategies that can easily and immediately be implemented in business and directly affect the bottom line. During The Presentation We Will Explore: • The Importance of Gratitude & The Science Behind It. • The Hedonic Baseline. • Gratitude - A New Way to Look. • Gratitude In Your Business or Workplace. • Reactive vs. Proactive. • Interactive Exercises to Cultivate Gratitude. Presenter Gaia Calcaterra is the founder of the Gratitude Project and will share her insights about gratitude and the positive effect that it has on entrepreneurs and business.
Rediscover & Explore New Horizons
Carl R. Culmer Jr.
Are you at a crossroad pondering your next career or personal move? Are the responses you are receiving filling you with doubt or courage? Sometimes, we overthink our next move so much that we miss the opportunity to reimagine ourselves beyond our current position. Join us as we discover practical and insightful tools you will need to explore beyond the horizon and arrive at the destination of your reimagined life.
Keynote - 6:30 PM
Deep Dive
Accredited Speaker - Joe Grondin
We all have hidden talents deep inside of us that we don’t realize we have. Individually we struggle to find those talents; however, together as toastmasters, we learn to dig deep to uncover and transform those hidden talents so we can become the butterflies we are meant to be. With the help of Joe’s Toastmasters family, he has learned to dig deep to find and transform what talents shine within him. Joe owes a depth of gratitude to Toastmasters because he realizes that he could not have transformed into the butterfly he is now on his own. Joe’s hope is that this keynote will inspire you to dig deep to fly high while starting or continuing your Toastmasters journey.
Laughing Yoga
Dr. Maurice Fuller Let’s Laugh! We can all use more laughter in our lives. Take charge of your well-being and get on the laughter train! Studies have shown that laughter has a number of beneficial effects on our wellbeing. Laughing Yoga is a unique practice and a great tool for improving health and happiness, where anyone can laugh for no reason without relying on humor, jokes, or comedies. Learn to laugh through the tough and challenging times and keeping up a daily laughting practice will help keep you resilient.
SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 2022
Workshops - 2:00 PM
Rediscover Life’s Humor
Dr. Toluleke Famuyiwa
Life is the quality that distinguishes a relevant and functional being from a dead person. This means whatever does not make us feel relevant and functional is deadly and should be avoided or eliminated. We allow disagreements, disappointments, and failures to keep us on the ground till we feel emotionally dead. We stay on the ground with clouded reasoning until we make a wrong decision. One wrong decision leads to more wrong decisions and eventually frustration and suicide thoughts. If we do not find a way to get back on our feet quickly we will be in a vicious circle. To address this problem, polled questions were given to random participants on Linkedin. Questions such as: How do you respond to a thoughtless and annoying question? Which method do you use for humor in the workplace? Why do you avoid humor in the workplace? were asked. This session will enable participants to rediscover life's humor by discussing answers to questions mentioned above, discussing relevant case scenarios, and engaging in joke testing sessions using the techniques learned during the session. Participants will learn how to reimagine and rediscover the funny moments that are in-built in life’s challenges from which they can draw strength in difficult times. Participants will become more aware of the opportunities to laugh at the daily inconsistencies in life instead of acting angrily on impulse. Participants will rediscover their humor roots by imaginatively rethinking and reinterpreting the meaning and essence of life.
Planning Your Pathway
Anna Whistler
PICTURE IT - butterflies fluttering frantically in your stomach, dry scales lining the roof and base of your mouth, and any semblance of water seems too difficult to travel down your stomach. Does this sound familiar? Everyone - regardless of his/her Toastmaster journey, experience with public speaking, or amount of awards - ALL deal with butterflies in the stomach. It's time to talk about it! Hi - I am Anna Whistler, author and creator of a 10-part inspirational video series called The Epic Zone. Through my Toastmaster Journey, I have not only realized my dream through The Epic Zone, but I am also one speech away from earning my Distinguished Toastmaster Award! Do I still get butterflies every time I step up to the stage? Well, don't we all? Come and find out for yourself how to reignite the excitement of Pathways and Public Speaking, and how to renew your passion for speaking and growth in the Toastmasters Program.
Workshops - 3:00 PM
Build Your Tribe With A Champion Culture
Ellis Mass
How will your club, business, or nonprofit achieve extraordinary results? Studies show again and again that organizations that emphasize building positive, healthy cultures strongly outperform those who do not. This action-oriented workshop will cover the 7 fundamentals of a "championship" culture, and will provide the 5 key actions your organization can start today to get there.
What's Love Got To Do With It?
Dominic M. Thompson
That is the question so many have yet to find the answer to. Come on a journey with me to discover the true essence of love and the role it plays in our daily lives and by extension how it motivates us to act. It is often said by many that “LOVE” makes one do crazy things. Is this truth, myth, or simply an excuse to not be held accountable for our actions? The Chinese author Han Suyin penned the words “Love Is Many A Splendid Thing” in her book under the same name speaks to the “Spirit” of love in its purest form. Let’s explore this adventure to determine what love is, how it brings us together as Toastmasters and how we can feed the passion of our love for Toastmasters to keep us engaged for years to come. So you ask…What’s Love Got To Do With It? And my response is…Join me for a very engaging and interactive session as we unlock the answer together!
