From your editor Fresh from the excitement of the Sligo conference, we have current year leadership teams completing this yearâ€&#x;s tasks while next yearâ€&#x;s prepare their goals for the next year. Exciting times indeed! In this edition is: p. 2-5 As we near to the end of the Toastmasters year the focus is on getting last awards registered and clubs chartered. The District team tell us how we have done and what still needs to be done.
Erick Rainey wins the International Speech and Jane Cameron the Evaluation contests At the amazing Sligo Contest, we were treated to feasts of speaking at the highest level. Not only did the 2001 World Champion of Public Speaking, Darren LeCroix wow us and educate us with his tips on how to take our speaking to the next level, but we also had our two speaking contests - the International Speech and Evaluation contests. The speeches in the International Speech contest yet again raised the bar in terms of what our District can achieve. The eight contestants inspired, motivated and amused us in equal portions. The winner was Erick Rainey of Division E (pictured above) was the winner. In second place was Gayna Cooper from Division G. In third was Iain Upton from Division H. On the Sunday morning, our brave Evaluators took to the stage, despite several being spotted dancing into the small hours the night before. There were two shocks that morning. Firstly our target speaker, Sue Sander, came dressed in bright purple leg warmers! Secondly, four of the contestants went over time! However, we had three worthy winners. Jane Cameron of Division E (pictured) was the winner. In second was Caroline Edwards and in third was Laura McCracken. Congrats to everyone and to the team at Sligo for a great conference!
p. 6-7 Jason Peck shares his experiences of going to Toastmasters clubs in the Chicago area. He tells us of the lessons that clubs on both sides of the pond can learn from each other p. 8 Initial details to get in your diaries on the Dublin Inspire Conference p. 9 - 10 News from around the District p. 11-15 Keep up with leadership responsibilities and see who has already managed to achieve awards this year! This will be my last newsletter. I have greatly enjoyed putting this together this past year. Our new District PR Officer, Lucia Hughes, has exciting ideas for how she would like to continue improving it. Please continue to encourage her and provide ideas and input in the same way that you have with me this past year. I look forward to seeing you all soon. Freddie Daniells District 71 Public Relations Officer M: +44 7977 465983 E: freddiedaniells@gmail.com
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