2016 July Voices! by Phyllis Harmon

One Community Many Voices District 7 Toastmasters July 2016

Dream Team: Focused on the Future

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CONTENTS 04

EDITORIAL Moving Forward

by Phyllis A. Harmon, DTM

COVER STORY Dream Team: Focused on the Future

by Leanna Lindquist, DTM District Director

Have You Assigned Your Club Proxy for the Annual Business Meeting Yet?

Letters to the Editor: Focusing on Feedback. . .

AS I SEE IT. . . Leadership Lessons by KLeanna Lindquist, DTM District Director

09 FROM THE DESK Happy New Year!

JOURNEYS The Definition of a Toastmasterâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; PJ Kleffner by Brinn Hemmingson, ACG, CL

13 TOASTMASTER LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE SCHEDULE

by Donna Stark, DTM Program Quality Director

10 FROM THE DESK Tearmwork Strengthens Our Future! by Cathy French, DTM, Club Growth Director

BURIED TREASURE Eugene Club #145 by Harvey Schowe, DTM District 7 Historian

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TLI - Another Successful Event

by Phyllis Harmon, DTM - D7 Public Relations Manager

SUCCESSFUL CLUB Fun in the Morning with Yaquina Toastmasters by Marisa N.C. Litz, CC Secretary, Yaquina Toastmaster

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20 Allow me to Introduce. . . by Michael (Mick) Taylor, CC, CL Capital Toastmasters

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28 2016-17 District Executive Commitee 40 WELCOME NEW MEMBERS 40 New club forming: Toastmasters for Introverts by JIm Wolak, DTM - Area 31 Director

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Did you know. . .

PUBLIC RELATIONS Who is Your Public? by Phyllis Harmon, DTM District 7 Public Relations Manager

FUTURE STARS The Youth Today. The Future Tomorrow byHanin Najjar

25 PERSPECTIVES “But I am not funny!” by Shannon Milliman, CC

STRIVE2THRIVE Congratulations!

HONORING EDUCATIONAL AWARDS

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TRIPLE CROWN AWARD PINS HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO JULY CLUBS

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR DISTINGUISHED CLUBS

District 7 Surpasses Goal for Number of Distinguished Clubs by Leanna Lindquist, DTM - District Director

TELL ME A STORY Pocket Angel by Marnie Loomis, CC

Where Leaders are Made!

JULY - AUGUST CALENDAR

D7 Celebration of Communication and Leadership

by Patrick Locke, DTM - Area 75 Director

by Alison Bennett, ACS, ALB Club Coach Coordinator

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EDITORIAL

Moving Forward by Phyllis A. Harmon, DTM Editor/Publisher

I love the beginning of a new Toastmasters year. The end-of-year, frenetic acitivities of signing up those last needed members, submtting the last educational awards, and getting club officer names recorded at Toastmasters International are done. Give yourselves a round of applause for a job well done! As with each new year, we review what we accomplished the prior year, build on our successes and learn from our almost wins. The same is true with Voices!. Each year, I look at what we published the prior year, and try to determine which columns to continue and which to drop. Your help in making those decisions is requested and appreciated. Beginning with this issue, I’m asking for your feedback. I’ve included a Feedback Form link, asking you to rate the columns you’ve read. I’ve also included a comments section so that you can share your views. Also beginning with this issue, you will find “Focusing on Feedback”—a letters to the editor page where I will share your comments and offer responses. The column “Journeys,” which highlights someone from the District each month, will be written by Brinn Hemmingson. If you or someone you know should be highlighted, please add your suggestions in the comment section of the Feedback Form link. I’ve added a Public Relations column which will focus on tips to help you publicize club events, member awards, great speeches, and member accomplishments both in and out of Toastmasters. Some other ideas I’d like to incorporate include an author’s corner for books written by Toastmasters, more articles written by members of the worldwide Toastmasters community, and perhaps a column dedicated to members helping members with tips and techniques to help us improve our communcation and leadership skills. I am also researching how to make the magazine easier to access on mobile devices and searching out opportunitites to develop a wider audience using online resources. Thank you for contributing to the success of the magazine. I ‘ve been told that it is one of the best privately published magazines within the Toastmasters community. I’m grateful and humbled by your support.

Publisher Phyllis Harmon, DTM

Associate Publisher Brenda Parsons, ACB, ALS

Senior Editor Phyllis Harmon, DTM

Associate Editors Leanna Lindquist, DTM Donna Stark, DTM Cathy French, ACG, CL

Layout/Design Phyllis Harmon, DTM Curtis Low

2016-17 Officers District Director

Leanna Lindquist, DTM

Program Quality Director Donna Stark, DTM

Club Growth Director Cathy French, ACG, CL

Finance Manager Jill Ward, ACB, ALB

Administrative Manager Rodger Cook, ACB, ALB

Public Relations Manager Phyllis Harmon, DTM

Voices! is published monthly by District 7 Toastmasters. First issue published August 2014. Submit articles via email at voices@ d7toastmasters.org

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Dream Team: Focused on the Future by Leanna Lindquist, DTM - District Director

The path to Distinguished started on May 21st in Turner, Oregon. That’s the day the Dream Team was born. A Dream Team is defined as “a team of people perceived as the perfect combination for a particular purpose.” As the Trio, the Division Directors, and the Area Directors came together for a training retreat, it was quickly apparent—the Dream Team was in the room.

Collectively we have a huge amount of leadership experience. Some who served as Area Directors and are now serving as Division Directors. Others have led organizations; while others are leaders in their work place. All have the desire to serve the members of our District to the best of their ability. They are excited to build new clubs. How will this year look differently than it has in years past? We are committed to becoming a Distinguished District. Directors have been contacting and visiting clubs early in the year. The Area and Division Directors are meeting to lay out plans for the year. Monthly conference calls with the Trio and Directors will begin at the end of the month. As a team we will decide if our goal for the District remains at Distinguished or if we should set a higher goal. This will not be an

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emotional issue. It will be based on history, club strength and projected member success. Once the decision is made we will come together as a District to achieve it. A Distinguished District means our members’ needs are being met. When all our members’ needs are being met distinguished clubs a district naturally follow. We will promote individual achievement. It all begins with well-trained directors and club officers. Emphasis will be placed on clubs implementing and carrying out good mentor programs. This will help with member retention. It is often cited as one reason people stay in Toastmasters. We are not without our challenges this year. The first is a dues increase taking effect October 1, 2016. Dues will increase by $9 every six months. For many, it won’t be an issue. For others, we hope you will be able to find the additional funds to continue your commitment to your personal growth. In spite of the increase there is no better value than Toastmasters. Our second challenge will be the elimination on October 1st of what we have come to call the “grace period.” If your dues are not submitted to World Headquarters by September 30th you will no longer be a Toastmaster. More information will be coming from Toastmasters as to how that will affect our clubs. For clubs who struggle to submit dues on time it’s not too early to formulate a plan. Membership growth is big on the agenda this year. We started the conversation about how to bring millennials into our clubs at Toastmasters Leadership

Institute. Social media outreach is a great way to attract a younger age group. We will offer events aimed at millennial interests. Toastmasters will have an increased presence at community and career events. We have many new clubs in the works. A club in Salem should charter this month. Others are working to reach the 20 members required to charter. Many leads are being cultivated. Contests and incentives will be in place this year to encourage and reward increased membership. The best way to attract new members is person to person. Invite someone you know who will benefit from Toastmasters to visit your club. We will continue with Voices!, our district eMagazine, now in its third year. If you are reading this article you know what an outstanding effort it is. I know of no other District with this caliber of monthly outreach to its members. As your new District Director I feel confident about the new year. Your Trio has been meeting and holding conference calls. Donna, Cathy and I are proud to serve all of you this year. We have an outstanding leadership team willing to work hard on your behalf.

Work hard, have fun, and Be Extraordinary!

Have You Assigned Your Club Proxy for the Annual Business Meeting Yet? Toastmasters clubs hold the most important voting power in the organization. This month, club presidents, secretaries and liaisons will receive proxy information via email for the August 2016 Annual Business Meeting. Make sure your club members review, discuss and decide how their vote should be cast for the international officer and director candidates and Proposals A and B: Amendments to the Bylaws of Toastmasters International. A club can assign their proxy in one of three ways: 1. If a member of the club is attending the Annual Business Meeting, they may carry the club’s vote. 2. If no one from the club is attending the Annual Business Meeting, the club may designate the 2016-2017 District Director as the club’s proxyholder. The district director will ensure the club’s vote is cast as instructed at the meeting. If (and only if) the district director is not in attendance, the next senior district officer attending the Annual Business Meeting will act as your club proxy. 3. If no one from the club is attending the Annual Business Meeting, the club may choose as its proxyholder an active Toastmaster from another club who is planning to attend. If your club has not yet assigned their proxy, please log into the Toastmasters International website to Club Central and do so as soon as possible. https://www. toastmasters.org/My-Toastmasters/profile/ club-central The information for the above article was gleaned from the July issue of The Leader Letter and the Toastmasters International Proxy FAQs webpage at https://www.toastmasters.org/Footer/FAQ/Proxy

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Letters to the Editor

Focusing on Feedback. . . Dear Editor--

Dear Editor--

Someone from our club spoke to me about the article in the June Voices titled ‘Prison Toastmasters Clubs Teach Skills Useful for Job Search’. While I’m sure the author of the article did not intend to offend anyone in prison, there is a part that actually does. One section feels like it stereotypes prisoners as being unable to think for themselves and unaware of what teamwork is. In my experience, that is not the case for everyone, which hopefully you know from your own experiences with our club. Yes, for some it is, just like it is for some people who are not incarcerated. Then there are a lot of incarcerated people that do have a wide array of skills. As a result, I’ve written a response article that I’m submitting for the next issue of Voices as I think it could be beneficial in terms of sharing more with people about prison clubs and people in prison. I could tell that the author is passionate about helping people in prison learn new skills and that is fantastic. While she is passionate, I feel like there is more that could be said about prisoners that the average person would not know, and thus my article.

I highly recommend reading this edition ( June 2016) cover to cover. Find out how Toastmasters can boost your career. Does your name appear on the Triple Crown Award list? Did you register for TLI? Is your club on the Distinguished list? How does our District 7 historian do it? I find its always a pleasure to read what our talented members have to say. Leanna Lindquist, DTM (Facebook) Ed: Thank you!

Your feedback is very important! Please send us your ideas, what improvements you would like to see in the magazine, or comments on the articles usuing the Feedback Form link. We are always looking for ways to make the content more engaging, interesting, and full of information you can use. [Editor]

Ron Edgemon, DTM (AIC) President Capital Toastmasters Club Ed: The inset article was from another part of the country, not from Oregon. Thank you for your feedback! Your rebuttal article will appear in the August 2016 issue.

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AS I SEE IT. . . Leadership Lessons

by Leanna Lindquist - District Director As I see it. . . the only way for District 7 to go is up. We ended the last year and started the new year with renewed energy and enthusiasm. If you were at Toastmasters Leadership Institute (TLI) on June 23rd, I’m sure you sensed it too. Frank Hupp shared that the Astoria Club was Presidents Distinguished—after 10 years of working towards that goal. That is huge for a one-club town! They earned 7 Educational goals. Members recruited new members. Officers fulfilled their duties. Being Presidents Distinguished is a source of real pride. I ancitipate it will become a permanent part of their club culture. I can only imagine how proud they must feel. The Dalles Club achieved Distinguished club status at the end of the year. Congratulations! Members are working together, setting goals, and signing up new members. What will you do to this year to Be Extraordinary? If you are a club officer, #1 on your list should be TRAINING. Many businesses require specific training before starting a new job. We owe the members who are counting on us the same high standard. As a club member strongly encourage your officers to attend training. Your members will miss out if your officers aren’t performing all their duties correctly. Set a stretch goal and push yourself. Make a declaration to your club members as to which awards you will earn this year. Visualize your goal. Will you be earning your Advanced Communicator Bronze? Imagine a name tent with the initials ACB after your name. Purchase a frame for the certificate Toastmasters International will mail you. Don’t put it off any longer. You have 53 weeks to Be Extraordinary. What are you waiting for?

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FROM THE DESK Happy New Year!

by Donna Stark, DTM - Program Quality Director Whether it’s January or July, the beginning of a new year is a great time to evaluate where you are and set your goals for where you want to be. Now is the time to plan your club’s path to Distinguished status for the 2016-2017 program year. The Club Success Plan is the tool to get you there! It will help your club identify the resources, specific actions, and assignments necessary to meet each of the Distinguished Club Program (DCP) goals. The DCP and Club Success Plan (Item 1111) can be downloaded from the Toastmasters International website, complete with fillable .pdf forms. Need an added incentive to complete a Club Success Plan? Clubs that complete a Club Success Plan by August 31st, and submit it to me by September 7th, will be entered into a drawing for one of three $100 gift certificates for Toastmasters International. That could be a great boost to your treasury to order a banner, lectern, or club supplies! Scan and email your completed plans to me at PQD@ d7toastmasters.org. Enjoy not only the benefits of a plan for success, but possibly $100 worth of “stuff” from TI, too! Speaking of the DCP, one of the easiest goals to achieve is Goal 9 – trained officers. If you were not at TLI, don’t fret. Division Directors are planning additional officer training sessions. Check the D7 calendar and see when club officer training is scheduled near you. At a minimum, 4 club officers need to be trained by August 31st to receive DCP credit. Don’t settle Volume 3 Issue 1 - JULY 2016

for the minimum... clubs that have all 7 officers trained by August 31st will receive a little extra recognition. Congratulations to Portland Club, Babble-On, and Capital Toastmasters that have, as of this writing, joined the Lucky #7 club! Plan for success and next June you can raise your glass with a toast to your club’s Distinguished status! Important dates: • August 31st: Club officer training deadline • September 7th: Club Success Plan submission incentive deadline • September 16th: Club Humorous Speech/ Table Topic contest completion deadline • September 17th to September 30th: Area Humorous Speech/Table Topic contests • October 1st to October 22nd: Division Humorous Speech/Table Topic contests • November 4th-5th: District 7 Fall Conference

FROM THE DESK Teamwork Strengthens Our Future! by Cathy French, ACB, ALG - Program Quality Director 2016-2017: A new Toastmasters year! This year our focus is to “Be Extraordinary,” and I thank you all for giving me the opportunity to be your Club Growth Director in this Extraordinary year. I intend to serve the District 7 members and future members in all aspects of marketing, club building and club-retention efforts. I have a marketing strategy for the district, including developing outreach and retention efforts with existing community and corporate clubs and penetrating new markets. Additionally, I will support challenged clubs and help them attain reasonable club goals. Can I do any or all of this alone? Absolutely not! That is where all of you come in – to act and serve as a T.E.A.M. (Together Everyone Achieves More). I need every single one of you. We are going to succeed by Networking and Working together. My hope is that you will get more from your Toastmasters experience. Then your club membership will increase, and with every club increasing their membership, the District will increase too. As a member, a part of the team, you may ask: What’s in it for me if I participate as a T.E.A.M. member? Fellow Toastmasters, District 7 is prepared to offer several incentives throughout the 2016-2017 year. The following are a sample of some of the incentives: • For clubs we are offering BINGO for both halves of the year ( July 1 – December 31, 2016 and January 1, 2017 – June 30, 2017). You can get your own BINGO cards by clicking here. You will find as your club plays these games that the opportunities are growing experiences for you. The rules and awards will be posted on the website. • For individuals we are offering sponsor

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badges and mentor pins when they accept that responsibility. Identified coaches will receive a magnetic name badge. For individuals we will offer a “Spirit Award” as the occasion presents itself. For individuals we will offer an incentive for a New Club Lead that charters. For clubs we are offering a dues renewal incentive for both halves of the year. For newly chartered clubs we will offer a personalized Club Banner. • For Area Directors we are offering a TM messenger bag to the first AD in each division to submit all of their AD Visit Reports for both halves of the year. • A special award to 9 outstanding individuals, 1 in each of the 9 Divisions of the district. These winners will have completed a series of suggestions in both Communication and Leadership to attain this award. Any member can win this award. It will be based on your individual work. Remember there is also the Smedley Award given by Toastmasters International for recruiting 5 new members into your club between the dates of Aug 1-Sept 30, 2016.

As the year progresses, there may be even more added as I see the T.E.A.M. work. I hope many of you will want to participate in this exciting year. Here are some of the areas I would like your help. I want to fill these positions in each of the 4 quadrants of the District. —Club Coaches. We need Club Coaches all over the district. Are you passionate about Toastmasters? Please contact me and I will pass your info to the Club Coach Coordinator. —Club Mentors. These are the Toastmasters who love to help others get started. You would Volume 3 Issue 1 - JULY 2016

work with a newly chartered club in a team of 2 to get them started on the right track. —Club Sponsors. Help others start a new community, advanced, or corporate club. Once they are chartered, you are done! Successfully serving in one of these three positions will help you earn your Advanced Leader Silver award. If you are looking to some day earn your Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM), you will have to do one of those positions along the way. Why not now? —Membership Ambassadors. Do you like to Network? Be one of my Membership Ambassadors. I will personally train you how to network and approach people. I’ll introduce you to target markets that you haven’t even thought about. I’ll show you how —to bring new members into your club and others, —to search for the people who can’t find a club that meets their needs and pass the information along to us as a lead for a new club. —to use this as your High Performance Leadership project, or as part a project in your Competent Leader manual. —to enhance your Toastmasters experience and lighten the stress on all the clubs. I am looking for many of you all over the district. —Speechcraft Ambassadors. What about using your Toastmasters skills to be become a Speechcraft Ambassador? Would you like to help other clubs organize a Speechcraft? Lost Member Reactivator. I’m looking for a passionate-about-Toastmasters individual who is excellent on the phone. This person would reach out to lapsed members who might rejoin if we can show them the benefits of membership. I was asked to join a Toastmasters club, so that my friend could have a Presidents Distinguished Volume 3 Issue 1 - JULY 2016

Club. I’m glad she asked, I joined, and I stuck with it. Toastmasters has contributed more to my personal and professional development than I could ever have imagined. I wish I had discovered Toastmasters much earlier in my life. Toastmasters has something to offer everyone, and we want more people to be able to experience the benefits of Toastmasters. They too deserve to experience greater self-confidence and personal growth. My vision is to have a Toastmasters Club in every community in District 7, whether it’s a corporate community or a residential community. Everyone deserves the opportunity to benefit from the Toastmasters program. This is why Your Club Growth is important. One of the best ways to stimulate growth is for each of us to talk about how Toastmasters has helped us. I encourage all of us to tell our stories: the stories of how Toastmasters has helped us become better leaders, better communicators, and ultimately better people. Invite your friends and colleagues to attend a meeting with you and tell your story. When you are driving home, on vacation, or just sightseeing, look for communities that could benefit from having a Toastmasters club, and let us know about them. If we all work together, we can make our clubs and our District stronger. We will “Be Extraordinary” as we help more people benefit from Toastmasters. Through conscious networking and awareness, we will find that we too have grown in the process.

JOURNEYS The Definition of a Toastmaster—PJ Kleffner by Brinn Hemmingson, ACG, CL Like many enthusiastic Toastmasters, PJ Kleffner is well known around District 7. “Enthusiastic” might not come close! How many Toastmasters do you know who can say the following? He has belonged to four clubs, and held the following offices: 6 x President, 5 x VP Ed, 2 x VP Membership, 1 x VP PR, 4 x Secretary/Treasurer and 3 x Sgt-at-Arms. PJ said, “I’ve also been an Area Governor 3-4 times (I don’t remember for sure), a Division Governor twice, Lt. Governor of Marketing in 2008-2009, and D7 Parliamentarian a couple of times. I’ve also chaired or helped with registration for

D7 conferences and TLIs many times, and helped conduct numerous demo meetings over the years.” PJ joined Silicon Forest Toastmasters at Tektronix in October, 2001. Unlike many members, he was an experienced presenter, having worked in sales. After a major reorganization, he became responsible for developing tactical plans and marketing programs for products, with less speaking opportunities. “One day, I noticed a Toastmasters flyer on the bulletin board and thought, ‘I bet they will let me speak there.’ They did, and there was no looking back.” PJ recognized the benefits of Toastmasters and

wanted to start a club at Metropolitan Community Church (MCC). He knew it was something powerful—something that must be shared. Most members of MCC belonged to the gay, lesbian, bi-sexual or transgender community. Many of them lacked communication skills that would help them be successful, or survive, in this crazy world. Still a new Toastmaster, when PJ mentioned wanting to start a club, a team of people sprang into action to help. Among them were Cleon Cox, Marsha Ware, Allan Edinger, Carl and Dorothy Cottingham, and Gary Schmidt. They did a demonstration meeting, and three months later had the 20 members needed to charter Babble-On Toastmasters on March 31, 2004. Since then he has “paid it forward” many times by helping conduct demo meetings to start other new clubs. Babble-On Toastmasters has been a strong club from the very beginning. It achieved “Select Distinguished Club” the first full year of existence and President’s Distinguished Club every year after that. GLBT members are now in the minority, but it’s still a very diverse club. The club relocated several times, and currently meets at the Presbyterian Church of Laurelhurst, near NE 33rd and Sandy Blvd. (To learn more about Babble-On Toastmasters, please visit their website and drop in on any meeting. Visitors always welcome!—Editor)

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BURIED TREASURE EUGENE TOASTMASTERS CLUB # 145 by Harvey Schowe DTM-District 7 Historian

During the spring of 1930, the Eugene YMCA had a speech club named Toastmasters, It was not affiliated with Toastmasters International. Club members voted during a June 1930 meeting to become a closed club and limit membership to 25 people. The club remained active through 1931. Another speech club called Toastmasters was established in early 1936 and was associated with a University of Oregon campus YMCA chapter. Eugene Toastmasters club #145 was organized August 22, 1939. Elected club officers were club president: Ira Woodie, vice president Clifton Culp, secretary/treasurer Carrol Groshong and Sergeant At Arms: Fred Brenne. At Seymour’s Café on Tuesday December 5, 1939 meeting, Frederick Ely (past Toastmasters International Director and Treasurer, Lieutenant Governor for Area 5 District 2 and Salem Toastmasters Club #138 member) spoke about the history of Toastmasters International. Robert Nish, a faculty member from the University of Oregon Speech Department, gave a short talk. Ray Brodon was the Toastmaster, and the speakers were Howard Ragan, Claire Kneeland and Ira Woodies. Ernest Davis, District Two Governor, presented the club charter to club president, Ira Woodie, on Monday January 8, 1940 during an evening banquet held at the Osburn Hotel. Caroll Groshong, first place winner and Fred Brenne, placed second in the club speech contest. They were the first Eugene Toastmasters club members who participated in the first District 7 Spring Conference. The speech was held May 15, 1941 in Medford, Oregon. Carl Broderson, club president, attended this conference along with other club members. Two speakers and a general critic, along with 12 members from the club, participated in chartering Coos Bay club #249 on March 16, 1944. In 1944, Dick (R. G.) Crates and other 14

Eugene Toastmaster members helped organize a junior Toastmasters club (Toastmasters Youth Leadership program) for high school age boys. They met at the YMCA House on Thursdays. In 1947, club members experimented recording speeches on records with background music. R. G. Crates was Lieutenant Governor for Area 2 from 1946-1947. He was elected District 7 Governor for 1947-1948. He served as a speech contest judge at the Spokane Zone conference on May 31, 1947. Herbert W. Moore, District 7 Secretary, was a Eugene Toastmasters member. In 1962 he ran for Eugene city council office. Eugene Toastmasters members helped organize two clubs, Cascade #566 and Springfield #567. Both chartered on March 24, 1948. Club member, Blair T. Alderman, was elected District 7 Governor. On August 26, 1949 while driving home from the Toastmasters International Conference in St. Louis, Missouri, he died following a head-on collision. The club was awarded Honorable Mention as Toastmasters Club of the Year. Another member, V. Edwin Johnson, became mayor of Eugene in 1953. During early 1960s’, the Eugene Toastmasters Club held an annual liar’s contest. Unfortuantely, the club has since dissolved.

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. John Quincy Adams

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District 7 Fall Conference Warner Pacific College 2219 SE 68th Ave, Portland, OR 97215 8:00-6:00pm

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TLI - Another Successful Event by Phyllis Harmon - DTM—D7 Public Relations Manager

It was 260 attendees, 14 presenters, great connections, and tables filled to overflowing with food that made Toastmasters Leadership Institute on June 25th a very successful event. The day’s offerings included club officer training as well as a variety of topics which ranged from parliamentary procedures, stage presence, table topics, to leadership sessions. Highlights of the day were the millennial panel discussion facilitated by John Rodke’s dad, Rusty Rodke, DTM who was visiting from District 23 and the Triple Crown Ceremony where 31 people received recognition and a triple crown pin. Incoming District Director, Leanna Lindquist, shared her “Be Extraordinary” theme for the coming year. She challenged us to do what we do all the time, but to do it extraordinarily well - to put our hearts into whatever we do, whether it’s being a club officer or performing a meeting role. Donna Stark, incoming Program Quality Director, announced speech contest deadlines, and promised incentives for clubs that trained all 7 officers before the end of July. Cathy French, incoming Club Program Director, will help us grow the district and build member connections using social media tools. She did a shout out for volunteers to help the District be successful. The potluck extravaganza was limited to lunch, and there was plenty of food for all. Not having a breakfast buffet seemed to be well received, eliminating some of the tasks and prep work for Hospitality Chair Connie Smith and her volunteers. People had an opportunity to sit and chat over coffee and breakfast pastries before the sessions began. The day ended at 2:45, giving everyone an opportunity to enjoy the rest of the sunny afternoon with family and friends.

To see more TLI pictures, visit ourDistrict 7 Flickr account at https://www.flickr.com/gp/128327531@ N04/X092n4 [Editor]

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SUCCESSFUL CLUB Fun in the Morning With Yaquina Toastmasters By Marisa N.C. Litz, CC, Secretary, Yaquina Toastmasters Members of Yaquina Toastmasters in Newport, Oregon, get up early on Tuesday mornings for their weekly 7 a.m. breakfast meetings at the Pig ’N Pancake restaurant on Highway 101. By 8 a.m., when most people are just beginning their day, club members have already achieved a sense of accomplishment. Yaquina Toastmasters was founded over 50 years ago and continues to attract new members despite meeting at such an early hour. Our club consists of long-standing members, many of whom are retired and have been attending meetings for over 20 years, and new recruits from a cross-section of the community: students, scientists, professionals, small-business owners, a writer and a city councilor.Yaquina Toastmasters value positive attitudes, respect, support and growth, but above all we strive to create a fun and safe learning environment. The experienced old-timers draw upon their collective decades of experience to gently mentor and guide the newcomers. One of our long-standing members and Vice President of Education, Dave Coffman, made it all the way to the World Championship of Public Speaking in Las Vegas in 2012. Dave is a gifted speaker and an inspiration to us all. Each week, we hear one or two manual speeches and Table Topics. The goals of our speech evaluations are to highlight positive attributes of the speech and provide constructive feedback for future growth. After the speech evaluations, we eagerly await to hear who won the coveted Table Topics trophy, an esteemed honor. The victors are encouraged to take the trophy home for the week and proudly display it to his or her friends, family and co-workers. One of the best examples of effective cross-generational communication at Yaquina Toastmasters is our use of social media in promoting our club. We encourage readers to check out and “like” our Facebook page, “Newport Toastmasters,” where we post photos of the Table Topics winners along with helpful information on public speaking, suggestions 18

for “Word of the Day,” and information on where we meet for potential newcomers. Our youngest member, recent high-school graduate, and Vice President of Public Relations, Lauralee Norris, has exciting plans for elevating our status on social media this year, so stay tuned! She is supported by her father, Brian Norris, who is also our club President. Yaquina Toastmasters achieved Distinguished Status in May 2016. We did this by supporting one another and by making our meetings a welcoming and fun space for ourselves and the community in general. We track our progress on poster boards and encourage guests to join us for a delicious breakfast. We even celebrate the holidays with appropriately themed speeches and activities. Each year, we host the Newport Loyalty Days Court as members of the Court prepare public speeches. The Loyalty Days Court consists of bright and talented young women nominated for their public service to represent Newport during a parade that recognizes the heritage of American freedom. Yaquina Toastmasters helps these young women polish their public personas and to exemplify the cross-generational community spirit that we wish to convey. Join us every Tuesday morning from 7–7:50 a.m. at the Pig ’N Pancake restaurant in Newport.

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Allow Me to Introduce… by Michael (Mick) Taylor, CC, CL The old maxim that we only get one chance to make a good first impression may be true of most social situations, but when it comes to public speaking, we get that opportunity every time we deliver a speech. Nevertheless, we want to do everything we can to make the most effective introduction that we can. First impressions are just as important in speech making as in social situations, but for different reasons. Getting off on the right foot is critical to a speaker’s self-confidence. The speaker may not be able to recover if a poor beginning distracts or alienates the audience. On the other hand, what’s more encouraging to a speaker than watching the interest, attention, and pleasure register on listeners’ faces? Even though it can be the hardest part of any presentation, a good introduction is an excellent confidence booster. One of our primary aims in a good introduction is to get the attention and interest of the audience. It’s easy to get their attention initially – you are introduced and you step to the lectern. Normally, the audience will give you their attention. However, keeping their attention once you start talking can be more of a challenge. The following methods, used singly or in combination, can be used to help get the audience ‘caught up’ in your speech: Relate the topic to the audience – People pay attention to things that affect them directly. For example: I may possibly start a speech by saying, “Tonight I’m going to talk about postcards, a hobby that’s fascinating and potentially financially rewarding.” If I did that, you may possibly be thinking, “Somebody please wake

me when this turkey is done.” But what if I had started by setting a hypothetical scene? “You are helping Grandma clean out her attic and you come upon a trunk of old postcards. Because you’re in a hurry to go to the Duck’s game, you throw them out.” Then, I end with the punch line, “Congratulations! You’ve just thrown away a new car!” Would this be the right bait to hook you? Even when we use other attentiongetting devices, we should ALWAYS relate our topic to our audience. It challenges our ingenuity at times, but always pays off in dividends. State the importance of your topic – You think your speech is important, right? Tell your audience why they should think so, too. One way is with statistics. I personally like to give speeches on social issues, and I like to use stats in those speeches, but with a little thought, they work in the other types of speeches, too. Even in subjects as disparate as BMX racing or keeping tropical fish, stats can tell people why these things are important. Arouse their curiosity – People are curious. By making progressive statements about a subject, you can whet the audience’s curiosity about your main point. For example, if I describe an ultra-sleek, sexy, high-performance automobile that produces 700 horsepower, has a top speed of over 200 mph, and goes from 0-60 mph in under 3 seconds, and then tell you the car doesn’t have an internal combustion engine, you’re going to ask, “How can that be?” Now I’ve got you interested in hearing about alternative technologies and energies. Question the audience – Ask rhetorical questions, or a series of them to draw the audience deeper into the speech. For example, “Have you ever considered what it’s like to be transgender in America?” Or “What would happen if we had

Normally, the audience will give you their attention. However, keeping their attention once you start talking can be more of a challenge.

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flying cars tomorrow?” If you open with a question, it should be meaningful to the audience and firmly related to the speech’s content. Begin with a quotation – This is another one of my personal favorites, mainly because so many people have said smarter or wittier things than I will ever be capable of – just quoting them makes me seem smarter! But remember, keep quotes short. Opening with a lengthy quotation can confuse the audience or worse – set them yawning! So in conclusion, remember, a good introduction does double duty. It arouses the

audiences’ curiosity and gets them emotionally involved in the subject of the speech. Be creative in your approach to writing your introduction and don’t be afraid to mix & match the different techniques. Begin with a good beginning and the chances are, as Shakespeare said, “All’s well that ends well.” Mick Taylor joined Capital Toastmasters in 2014, and is the club’s immediate past club secretary. (This article was reprinted from the July 2016 issue of the Capital News with permission of the author.—Editor)

Did you know. . . . . .District 7 Toastmasters has both a

• Share happenings from your club pages with your fellow Toastmasters. We want to applaud and cheer you on! • Like the Facebook Page. This gives your nextwork exposure to what Toastmasters and your club has to offer. • Post often, especially on the Page, so that the information stays current and doesn’t become dated. • Most importantly, let the world know you are having fun and that Toastmasters is a safe place to practice, learn, and be successful.

Facebook Group and Page? The Group is used for internal discussions, between you, me— us! It plays a large role in keeping members connected on what’s happening across the district. It has nearly 700 members, and not all are District 7 Toastmasters. Use it to recruit volunters for contests. talk about your club meetings, announce upcoming events, do a callout for speakers or speaking slots, and share other Toastmasters-related topics that would interest our internal community. The Facebook Page, on the other hand, is a marketing resource. If you are trying to let the larger community know you are hosting an event, open house, or are inviting the community to a club celebration, the page would be a great way to get the word out. Here are some guidelines for using both the Group and the Page: • Personal advertisements for goods, services, or garage sales items are not allowed and will be removed by the administrator. • Don’t flame or otherwise disabuse people, please be kind and courteous. • Opinions and beliefs about religion, political candidates, members running for office, or other discussions should be restricted to your personal Facebook page and not appear in either District 7 Group or Page postings. • Share pictures from your Toastmasters events, celebrations, and member recognition parties

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PUBLIC RELATIONS Who is YOUR Public?

by Phyllis Harmon, DTM—District 7 Public Relations Manager To a s t m a s t e r s International’s latest statistics proudly state that there are now 15,400 clubs in 135 countries. We are growing, expanding, and widening our footprint—providing leadership and communication skills to 332,000 people, who ultimately will use the skills they hone to improve their lives and those within their spheres of influence. Good for us, right? Certainly laudable accomplishments and worthy of the international publicity received! But let me play devil’s advocate a minute. How does this knowledge help you to spread the word about YOUR club and what you have to offer? I suggest the answer to my rhetorical question is “not much!” Statistics make a great backdrop to whatever else is going on, but they aren’t the reason you are publicizing your club. In case you haven’t heard this before—public relations is about building relationships with your public—which circles back to the topic of this month’s column. (Rather clever, wouldn’t you say?)

Several years ago, a budding author asked me for my help in letting the world know he had just been published, to find him paid speaking gigs, and to generate media coverage. One of my first questions was “who is your audience?” The answer? “Everyone.” Hmmmm. . .no target audience—no focused message to said audience—just “Everyone.” My task just became unmanageable. What? Did you just ask me WHY it became unmanageable? Because to effectively publicze anything—whether it be a new author, service activity, or your Toastmasters club—you need to target your message. First, ask yourself, who do you want to act on your message (and for goodness sakes, don’t answer “everyone”)? Here is a simple rule of thumb for defining your target market: who would be most interested in what you have to offer? Think about it. Stick your head out your proverbial door and look around. Really pay attention. What’s happening out there? Write it down. But don’t stop there. Do some web research (well, do LOTS of web research) to determine the demongraphics of your community. Next, ask yourself: Does what you’re offering solve a need, soothe a pain, or provide a service that is being overlooked by the competition? Can it help skyrocket someone’s career, or help someone find a new job opportunity, or help someone ease into retirement? Find out and write it down. Okay, let’s bring this back to the club level. Part of your research is determining what makes your club unique. What does Volume 3 Issue 1 - JULY 2016

your club do that sets it apart from clubs x, y, and z? What does your club do differently, better, or in a more creative way? Who are your members (oldest, youngest, nationality, culture, history, etc.) What hobbies, careers, other interests do your members possess? What keeps you coming back? What keeps everyone else coming back? Write it all down (your list should be getting pretty long by now)! Now that you understand what makes your club unique (and your members tick), it’s time to play matchmaker. Okay, already! Sheesh! For you impatient types who want me to get to the point, it’s time to identify your target market. With the research you’ve done on members, club, and community start looking for commonalities. In one of my clubs, there are several car enthusiasts. They spend a great deal of time looking at engines, talking about torque, tires, and timing belts. Considering the club and the members I just mentioned, who would be my community target audience? You guessed it! Car hobbyists. (Remember you are looking for commonalities, touchpoints of connectivity.) Once you’ve identified a target audience, discover how they share information about events, what magazines they read, and which social media sites they frequent. Got it? Good! You just identified your first target market (nice job, give yourself a round of applause)! Next month we will talk about how to craft the message with a call to action. In the meantime, do your research and WRITE IT DOWN! Phyllis joined Toastmasters in 2008. She is the 2016-17 D7 Public Relations Manager, editor/publisher of Voices!, a member of several clubs, officer in four, and a leadership mentor and coach. She is currently completing the paperwork for her 3rd DTM.

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FUTURE STARS The Youth Today. The Future Tomorrow. by Hanin Najjar December 12, 2015, the annual Future Stars Competition. On this day I won third place and received a shiny black trophy which now sits on my shelf. Every time I see it, I am reminded of my accomplishments and how far I have come in the past few years. However, the trophy is insignificant compared to what Future Stars has really given me. Future Stars has given me the ability to speak to strangers both on a stage and off. It has given me the ability to leave my comfort zone and place myself in foreign situations. It has given me the power of storytelling. Although these are not tangible, they hold a great value. Being a member of Future Stars for five years has boosted my self confidence and gifted me the power of a voice. As an officer I want to bring this gift to other members in the club and teach them communication and leadership skills. Future Stars provides a safe space for youth to develop public speaking skills and provides the members opportunities to advocate for themselves. In a world where the voices of the young people are often drowned out by the elders. The youth will be left with a world that they have had no say in. Future Starts works to give these youth a voice. Giving the youth a voice is vital for the future. Jasiah Hassan, the president of Future Stars and a rising junior at Sunset High School, says, “By empowering youth and giving us a voice, we are securing a better future and inspiring an entire generation of thinkers and leaders.” In our world of destruction, chaos and corruption, it is today’s youth that bear the burden of finding the solutions. Hassan says, “It won’t be long before the rein will be handed to us and we’ll be thrust into the terrifying position of dealing with these enormous changes.” To make the changes, the youth must have resources and opportunities to learn. Diverse groups such as Future Stars teach youth to see the world in a different light and be open minded to different ideas and thoughts. 24

Today in the United States and worldwide, there is discrimination and hate for religion, ethnicity, skin color, sex, occupation, and so on. Changing those ideologies needs to start with the youth. Youth that grow up with diversity will bring a future of unity and peace between all of the people, and the current world which is divided into “us versus them” will fade away. “I am hopeful” Hassan says, “that together we will make the world a better place.” Youth leaders that are motivated and well spoken will gather and inspire people. Changes will start to happen, and the future will be a little brighter. As I always say, if you want to change the future, start with the youth.

Future Stars Gavel Club, is a youth communication and leadership club administered by Toastmasters International, helping the young people of today become the great leaders of tomorrow! The club is open to all middle school and high school aged kids. It gives them the opportunity to become better listeners, thinkers, speakers and leaders. The club meets weekly during the school year every Saturday from 10:30am-12:00pm at 4115 SW 160th Avenue, Beaverton, Oregon 97007 in the first room in the portal. To learn more about Future Stars or to visit the club, pleas contact us at futurestarstoastmasters@gmail.com or contact Coach Eric at 503.516.6271. Visitors are encouraged to visit the club and see for themselves why Future Stars should be part of their educational journey.

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PERSPECTIVES

“But I am not funny!”

A Q & A Session with and apologies to Pink Panther by Shannon Milliman, CC Many might think that Pink Panther, a large, gangly, pink cat who does not speak could not possibly be funny. His whiskers are disproportionately long, he has no vocal variety and he never does parentheticals. Never. Perhaps you impose similar perceptions upon yourself. Perhaps you’ve heard your voice recorded and you are appalled at how tinny and high it sounds. You don’t feel comfortable in your body on stage. Perhaps your tail is too long. Did your fifth grade teacher have you write on the chalk board “I am not funny when I disrupt class” 100 times and now you believe it? Is that your excuse for not competing in the humorous speech contest? Well, that’s pathetic. Too bad, so sad. Sign up. Now. Yes, we’ll wait. . .You ARE competing. And you ARE about to get funny! Q: How can I be funny when I don’t know what parts of my speech are funny? A: If you don’t know what parts are funny run it by an audience and notice when they laugh. That is just a start. Now, pull those parts out and make them funnier. Pause more. Could you break up a sentence for dramatic effect and make a funny face for emphasis? That could draw out your humor. Secondarily, you are the one who wrote this speech so you get to decide what is funny. You make it funny. Don’t rely on your speech. You are the one most committed to it. We can’t leave all the observations to our audience. We have to do some of the hard work. I can guarantee that even if you don’t think a line is funny there are times when you can convince that line to be funny. Q: How do I ‘make it funny’?! A: Still stumped, that’s ok. The challenge humor brings is there is no one way to be funny. It is important to tune in to your style of humor. Volume 3 Issue 1 - JULY 2016

You cannot imitate the humor styles that work for other toastmasters. Not even the celebrity ones. This is your speech, your experience and your style. Humor, to be successful in the contest has to be rehearsed. It has to be punched out so particularly and emphatically that you require your audience to respond. Q: Shouldn’t humor be unexpected? A: It is delightful when unexpected gems reveal themselves in the pursuit of humor process. Those are bonus points (disclaimer: not an actual judges grading rubric addition!) but generally speaking I believe that that is the lazy toastmaster’s excuse for not polishing their speech and refining the humor. Something that you laugh about a little bit could easily be developed into a belly roll laughter with just the right gesture or hesitation. The famous Pink Panther riff and his antics are particularly poignant often because of the stopping and starting of Pink Panther’s movement in sync with the music. Q: Well, that proves it, I can’t be funny without music! What do I do if I am not funny by myself? A: Lies!! You are funny by yourself. Several times in your life you have been laughed at…good and bad. Think about what people seem to find endearing about your style and experiment. Don’t be afraid to poke fun at yourself. Self-deprecate with dignity. Is your gait unique? Do you have the air of a high school drama diva? Do you talk slow? Exaggerate a trait you already have and see how you can incorporate it to make your words funnier. Q: What if there are funnier people in my club? A: Then you are in good hands. If the only reason you compete is to win you are missing the boat. Even though the ego may want you to be the

funniest of them all observe and adapt things that make others funny. Do not just imitate. It won’t work for you. My husband has a very dry, dead-pan humor. It is hilarious. Over our 16 years I have tried to imitate it—how could you not, it gets such a rouse! Well, I am living proof to tell you that is not the most effective method. When I (cheery, fast-talking, extroverted, manic, silly-Shannon) attempt to employ dry humor I am, shall we say, not well-received. People think I am rude, mean, or they just don’t get it. “But I thought humor is the unexpected!!”— yeah, I did too, until I started trying to copy his humor. It is like wearing a suit that just does not fit. All day long you feel unnatural and awkward. But when I make an expressive face and an exaggerated movement, people laugh. Because it is my own brand of humor. It comes naturally for me. I can hardly avoid it. That is a good indicator that I should continue to hone this delivery method. And if there are funnier people in your club, good for them! It is your opportunity to improve your sense of humor and this is a challenging, motivating way to do that.

Q: What if I do not want to compete? A: That question is invalid. You don’t want to compete because you are afraid to. That is why you compete. Most people who compete do not want to compete. Do you think Rex Kwon Do goes home to Starla at night with pride because he did not take a risk? No! He wears those American Flag pants with respect. And you, too will wear the banner of competitor when you say yes to the competition.

Q: What does Pink Panther have to do with Toastmasters? A: Toastmasters is full of people who are not wonderful speakers. Now, don’t get all up in arms and go Inspector Jacques Clouseau on me. That is the whole point of the organization- to make weak things become strong. It is safe, beautiful, encouraging and fun. Every once in a while we refine speakers who metamorph into great speakers. Every one of those who are great benefit personally and benefit their fellow toastmasters when they actively, (pardon my cliché interjection of a buzzword phrase, this one is for the millennials)-participate in the conversation. It is an undeniable truth. Pink Panther has with(Dun, dun, dun, dud, dun dun dun…fade out stood the test of time with humor. Resilience is essential when you are competing. You don’t Pink Panther music….) have to have it to start out but hopefully round attempt after round attempt competing you will find personal lessons that stretch you.

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Strive2Thrive Congratulations!

by Allison Bennett, ACS, ALB Club Coach Coordinator

To the clubs, members, and coaches of District 7 that have successfully moved from Striving to THRIVING!! These clubs have gone from 12 members or less to DISTINGUISHED club status this past year! Also notable are the club coaches who partnered with the clubs to Encourage, Guide, Empower, and “Cheer on” the club officers and members to achieve their goals. What an accomplishment! What does Distinguished mean for the CLUBS? Distinguished CLUBS Partnered COACHES Civil Tongues Carrie Henderson - DTM Scott Stevenson - DTM At Rivers Edge

Karen Ann Sempervivo-DTM Harvey Schowe - DTM

What does being Distinguished mean for the members? Club members are growing, accomplishing personal and professional goals, becoming better leaders & communicators. (Isn’t that why we all joined Toastmasters in the first place?) What does a Club achieving Distinguished Status mean for the Coach? The Coach expands their leadership skills, receives the Toastmasters Coach Certificate, and is one step closer to their Distinguished Toastmasters (DTM) award! If you would like to be a Strive2Thrive Club or Coach Partner please contact: Allison Bennett coaches@d7toastmasters.org

The Dalles Joyce Eastwick - ACB, ALB Toastmasters Club Keizer Janet Zeyen-Hall - ACB, ALB Communicators Allison Bennett - ACS, ALB

 Membership grew by at least 5 members,  Club officers attended Trainings,  Members received CC, CL, and other Educational Awards  Dues were paid on time OR  Any combination of the 10 markers of a Distinguished Toastmaster program.

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2016-17 District Exe

Leanna L DT District D

Donna Stark, DTM Program Quality Director

Nena Heitz, ACS, ALB Division A Director

John Rodke, DTM Division B Director

Lyle Schellenberg, ACG, ALB Division C Director

David Johnson, ACS, ALB Division D Director

Larry West, DTM Area 21 Director

Jim Wolak, DTM Area 31 Director

Cate Arnold, DTM Area 41 Director

Carol Wagar, ACB, CL Area 51 Director

Bill S ACB, Area 61 D

Dick Parsons, DTM Area 22 Director

Terry Burke, CC Area 32 Director

Lynda Sloan, ACG, ALB Area 42 Director

Jim Copeland Area 52 Director

Mary C CC, Area 62 D

Scott Fraser, ACB, ALB Area 24 Director

Lucas Murphy, ACS, ALB Area 35 Director

Michael Singleton, ACS, ALB Area 43 Director

Libra Forde, ACS, CL Area 53 Director

Carmil R ACS, Area 63 D

Linda Potter, ACB, ALB Area 44 Director

Dawnette Hale, ACS, ALB Area 54 Director

Pam Mill Area 64 D

Jill Ward, ACB, ALB Finance Manager

Phyllis Harmon, DTM Public Relations Manager

Emilie T ACB, Division E

Rodger Cook, ACB, ALB Administrative Manager

Michelle Alba Lim, DTM Immediate Past District Directo

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Jonathan AC Area 65 D

ecutive Committee

Lindquist, TM Director

Cathy French, ACG, ALB Club Growth Director

Taylor, , ALB E Director

Dottie Love, ACB, ALB Division F Director

Peter De Graff, ACS, CL Division G Director

Joe Anthony, ACG, ALB Division H Director

Joe Polk, ACG, ALB Division I Director

Stein, , ALB Director

Randy Wright Area 71 Director

Frank Hupp, DTM Area 81 Director

Angela Kim, ACB, ALB Area 91 Director

Frank Waterer, ACB Area 10 Director

Canton, ALB Director

Paul Fanning, ACG, ALB Area 72 Director

Norm Wolfe, ACS, ALB Area 82 Director

Brice Elmer, ACB, CL Area 92 Director

Faye Phillips, ACS, ALB Area 11 Director

Ritchey, ALB Director

Beverly Li, ACB, ALB Area 73 Director

Sarah Voth, ACB, ALB Area 83 Director

Sushil Nema, ACB, CL Area 93 Director

Judy Mason, ACB, CL Area 12 Director

ls, CC, CL Director

Cindy Eastman, ACS, ALB Area 74 Director

Open Position Area 84 Director

Tanya Myers, CC, ALB Area 94 Director

n Burgess, CB Director

Patrick Locke, DTM Area 75 Director

Alan John, ACB, ALB Area 95 Director

Hai Ninh, CC Area 76 Director

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2016-17 District 7 Trio

District 7 has been changing lives for 75 years. Our members have gained self confidence, improved their speaking and presentation skills, enjoyed career advancements and made friends. Geographically District 7 takes in western Oregon, SW Washington and northern California. Our members range from millennials to the greatest generation. Two Past International Presidents and two World Champions Public Speaking hail from District 7.

Leanna Lindquist, DTM District Director

I am honored to serve as the District 7 Director. We have an outstanding leadership team committed to helping each member BE EXTRAORDINARY. We are 170 clubs strong and growing. Community, corporate, and specialty clubs are located around the District. I encourage you to take advantage of all that Toastmasters has to offer. You will find no better value. There is no limit to what Toastmasters can do for you.

I'm a huge fan of the Distinguished Club Program. Members thrive in successful clubs. The DCP is the foundation for club success and it starts with well-trained club officers. My focus this year will be quality training opportunities for club officers and members.

Donna Stark, DTM Program Quality Director

We are going to have fun this year while growing our clubs together and making them strong. Teamwork and Recognition is key while â&#x20AC;&#x153;Growing Thru Referralsâ&#x20AC;?.

Cathy French, ACG, ALB Club Growth Director

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I am going to strive to assist Division A to become a Distinguished Division!

All clubs improve by following the officers leadership guide, performing officer duties with enthusiasm, and determining each club memberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s goals in advance. Larry West, DTM Area 21 Director

My plan as area director is to help each of my clubs to be the best they can be. Using available tools from Toastmasters International and working together, we will return to charter strength and become a distinguished area.

Dick Parsons, DTM Area 22 Director

Division A (Southern)

Nena Heitz, ACS, ALS Division A Director

I hope to be able to help our clubs grow, and provide the training that they need.

Scott Fraser, ACB, ALB Area 24 Director

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Division B (Central)

Our goal is to build and bolster clubs by engaging existing members and supporting new members to find their messages that matter. We plan on having a collaborative calendar with events scheduled in advance so members can plan ahead and grow. John Rodke, DTM Division B Director

I plan to start a Toastmasters for Introvertsâ&#x20AC;? club in Area 31, and potentially additional clubs in the District, depending on the level of interest. Please read my article in the July issue of Voices

Jim Wolak, DTM Area 31 Director

To help the area grow by working together to reach this goal.

Terry Burke,.CC Area 32 Director

I would like to see every member earn a Communicator or Leadership award this year.

Lucas Murphy, ACS, ALB Area 35 Director

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I have 4 awesome Area Directors on the Division’s Team, who are already off and running. The energy level is high and our team is moving forward to building relationships with the clubs and their members. Fun + member awards = Distinguished Clubs

Lyle Schellenberg, ACG, ALB Division C Director

Cate Arnold, DTM Area 41 Director

I hope to help bring all 4 clubs in my area up to distinguished level by encouraging them to think in terms of being a resource to the community as a place to develop leadership skills.

Lynda Sloan, ACG,ALB Area 42 Director

My term is going to be focused on club growth and DCP.

Michel Singleton, ACS, ALB Area 43 Director

Division C (Capitol)

As I meet the Area 41 club officers, my hope is that we will have healthy, happy conversations about each club’s goals for the year and that I am able to help them set and achieve them.

I plan to visit each club in my area to learn more about the club, the members, and if there are any needs for the club. I want to mentor and coach clubs and members to help them achieve their goals this year. Let’s have a great year! Linda Potter, ACB, ALB Area 44 Director

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Division D (Columbia)

There are many goals and many roads to success. What unites us is our commitment to support each other in our respective journeys to improve our speaking and leadership skills. Working together, we can achieve Distinguished status or better.

David Johnson, ACS, ALB Division D Director

Area 51 is made of 5 clubs in one of the most incredible places in the world: The Columbia Gorge! I will visit each club as I enjoy the view, and get to know the fantastic people who are enthusiastic fans of Toastmasters in the Gorge. Our area has a great opportunity to be Distinguished this year as the previous Area Director has already set us on a great pace (thanks Joyce Eastwick!). I look forward to meeting new people and experiencing other clubs. Carol Wagar, ACB, CL Area 51 Director

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;m at their service and will do my best.

Jim Copeland Area 52 Director

As Area 53 director, I plan to promote networking between clubs, listening for understanding, and creating comfortable and enjoyable meetings for all by providing resources within the Area 53 family.

Libra Forde, ACS, CL Area 53 Division

I am looking forward to getting to know the people and the clubs in the area and supporting our members in accomplishing their goals. By working together, planning for results, and adapting to accommodate inspiring choices we can have a wonderful year.

Dawnette Hale, ACS, A:B Area 54 Director

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My vision: a) membership retention by keeping current members excited, engaged, and growing; b) increase membership through innovative and creative strategies for recruitment; and c) have fun and build lasting friendships while on this journey.

Mary Canton, CC, ALB Area 62 Director

I will learn a lot from the established and distinguished clubs in Area 62! I am looking forward to building partnerships and sharing resources to foster the continued growth and success of these clubs and their members.

I seek to learn from each of the clubs I serve and to share the best ideas gained with all clubs. I also wish to inspire and identify future Toastmasters leaders.

Bill Stein, ACB, ALB Area 61 Director

My goal for this year is to support the clubs in Area 63, to be a resource, and help them to be their very best. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s as simple as that. Carmil Ritchey, ACS, ALB Area 63 Director

Pam Mills, ACB, ALB Area 64 Director

I want to make sure everyone is enjoying themselves, helping clubs and individuals reaching their goals. Being an assistant to all clubs where they need help achieving those goals. Overall looking forward to a great year!!

Division E (Willamette)

Emilie Taylor, ACB, ALB Division E Director

Jonathan Burgess, ACB Area 65 Director

I wish to interconnect area face book pages and have clubs choose champions early and practice among other area clubs early and often.

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Division F (Downtown)

Members using the C-Suite program that I’ve created are already accelerating their growth and by doing so, strengthen their clubs. I’m looking to continue to build on this momentum. Visit www.CSuiteSucess.com for ideas to help you and your club thrive.

Dottie Love, ACB, ALB Division F Director

Randy Wright Area 71 Direc tor

I want to assist the clubs in my area to set goals for their DCP program, retain and attain membership goals, and for them to provide a quality experience for each and every member. Paul Fanning, ACG, ALB Area 72 Director

Cindy Eastman, ACS, ALB Area 74 Director

Hai Ninh, CC Area 76 Director

As my first year in this role, I plan to work with each of my clubs to help them achieve their goals. To help the smaller clubs in my area achieve member growth and for all clubs to excell in personal accomplishments.

I want to help Area 73 Toastmasters achieve their best in developing communication and leadership skills. I plan to encourage clubs through sharing resources, ideas, and simply being available. I look forward to working together!

Beverly Li, ACB, ALB Area 73 Director

I’m here to help and support you any way I can. It’s going to be a great year and I’m excited about it. I’ll be so happy to start meeting all of you soon. When I do meet you, let me know how I can best support you as your Area Director.

I’m excited to serve as Area Director! I plan to support, strengthen, and grow the clubs by infusing more fun, creativity, and teamwork. Anything is possible because “What the mind can conceive, and believe, it can achieve.” -Napoleon Hill”

Patrick Locke, DTM Area 75 Director

My plan is to increase club officer awareness of the importance of developing successful members. The focus must be on creating meeting environments which are conducive to learning and fun. As club officers develop a more in-depth understanding of how the program is implemented and the extent of resources available to them they are better equipped to lead members toward success.

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First, to help the Division to obtain Distinguished Division status this year and second, to help Northern Division G to be Distinguished as well.

Peter DeGraff, ACS, CL Division G Director

Frank Hupp, DTM Area 81 Director

I plan to meet with each club in my area and determine how I can best support their purpose and goals. I also plan on organizing our area contests early so the clubs can have sufficient time to make their plans. I am here to make the clubs a success

Norman Wolfe, ACS, ALB Area 82 Director

I plan to do my best to serve and partner with the members of the clubs in Area 83, to thrive and achieve their goals. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m looking forward to meeting and supporting the members of Area 83, as we grow and succeed together.

Sarah Voth, ACB, CL Area 83 Director

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Division G (Northern)

My goal is to help each member to accomplish their own personal goals this Toastmaster year. Also to help each club in my area to become distinguished.

Division H (Sunset)

I intend to learn as much as I can this year, both from my team and from past division leadership. The amount of experience in Sunset Division is staggering, and together Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m confident we can set an unprecedented example.

Joe Anthony, ACG, ALB Division H Director

My goals are to conduct club officer training at Coffee Creek, work with the club officers to make Area 91 successful, and to stretch and grow as area director. Angela Kim, ACB, ALB Area 91 Director

My plan is to increase membership in the clubs in my area. Brice Elmer, ACB, ALB Area 92 Director

I would like to work with the clubs under my jurisdiction to get the distinguished status.

I look forward to assisting my clubs in anyway needed to help them thrive as a Toastmasters club.

Sushil Nema, ACB, CL Arera 93 Director

Tanya Myers, CC, ALB Area 94 Director

First understand my role as an area director for District 7 and support the dream team goals. Second, seek to understand the specific needs of the clubs within my assigned area so I can plan strategies on how to best meet club needs. Third, present myself as Alan John, ACB, ALB Area 95 Director a district resource to each club and as a coach for growth, achieving their specific club goals and demonstrate how to measure their progress in achieving goals using the distinguished club reports. If there are sufficient club presidents / VPs of education who are willing to participate, I plan on starting an informal monthly coffee meet to help the clubs find common areas to work on and discuss Toastmasters and D7 happenings. Personally I plan on having pocket speeches ready to give if needed during my club visits. Last, if possible I would like to use l or part of the attendees at the Coffee Meet in working on a successful club series such as Moments of Truth as I progress toward my DTM.

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Last year brought about a good foundation from which to keep building. I want all High Desert Division members to know that their goals are our goals. That they are my goals. I want to inspire our members to reach for the ring...grab it and say, “YES!”

My goal as director is to help the clubs in my area to set a goal of what they would like to accomplish this year and then do my best to help them achieve that goal. What do they need from me to accomplish it.

Frank Waterer, ACB Area 10 Director

My goal is to help my clubs set and achieve DTM goals, thereby helping each member to grow. Each club has its own unique challenges and deserves individualized attention.

Faye Philips, ACS, ALB Area 11 Director

I’m leveraging what I learned last year and putting into practice this year to help my clubs continue to be successful.

Judy Mason, ACB, CL Area 12 Director

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Division I (High Desert)

Joe Polk, ACG, ALB Division I Director

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS Club Name

Toast of the Region Club Smooth Talkers Club Essayons Club Babble-On Toastmasters Club Hopemasters Sporty Speakers Columbian Club Gorge Windbags Professionals of Portland Toastmasters Babble-On Toastmasters Club Bootstrappers Club Wallmasters International Club Oregon City Toastmasters Evergreen Club Smooth Talkers Club Hopemasters Columbian Club Early Words Club Vancouver Toastmasters Club Grants Pass Toastmasters Club 852 Astoria Toastmasters Grants Pass Toastmasters Club 852 I.R. Speaking Toastmasters Club Stevenson Club New Beginnings Toastmasters La Pine Chamber Toastmasters Talk-In-Tel Professionally Speaking Silicon Forest Club NoonTime Club Keizer Communicators Siuslaw Tale Spinners Club Transtoasters Hopemasters Capital Toastmasters Club Columbian Club Gorge Windbags Toasting Excellence Club Battle Ground Toastmasters M A C Toastmasters Club Clark County Toastmasters Club Portland Progressives Corvallis Evening Group Redmond Area Toastmasters Club Redmond Area Toastmasters Club Rose City Toasters Club

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Albaugh Arrington Asch Bader Baker Bliznyakov Boe Brunk Chan Chin Clarke Cook Cornforth Davis Decicco Dixon Dripps Elliman Harvey Haydon Heil Heitz Howard Kennedy Lambird Larkin Lazcano Montes Leeper Li Luchetta Mace McLane Miller Miller Murphy Murray Navarro Nguyen Olbricht Piscitello Pol Redmond-Davenport Rios Rogers Scott Shapiro

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Stephen Michael Gabriel Kristina Johnathon Dmitriy Babe Cindy Jason Christopher Joseph Chris Jessi Jonathan Adam Brandon John Alan John Merry Kelly Tony Carlos James Gene Catarina Montserrat Stephanie Jane Christina Imola Barbara Alethia Robert Micah Leanne Kevin Quynh Catherine Ernest Daline Benjamin Salvador Norman Susan Jeffrey

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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS Club Name

Rose City Toasters Club Eco Voices Toastmasters New Horizons Toastmasters Club Babble-On Toastmasters Club Rose City Toasters Club Professionals of Portland Toastmasters Smooth Talkers Club Timber Talkers Club Rose City Toasters Club Eco Voices Toastmasters New Horizons Toastmasters Club Babble-On Toastmasters Club Rose City Toasters Club Professionals of Portland Toastmasters Smooth Talkers Club Timber Talkers Club

Last Name

Somes Talavera Talley Vaswani Vazquez-Figeroa Wagner Watkins Whitlock Somes Talavera Talley Vaswani Vazquez-Figeroa Wagner Watkins Whitlock

First Name

Erica Gabriel Kamili Mark David Sarah Donavan Wendy Erica Gabriel Kamili Mark David Sarah Donavan Wendy

The Welcome New Members list only includes new members who joined between June 1 and June 22. A more complete list is not available from Toastmasters International until after July 27. The August issue will include those names of June new members who were not included in this month’s listing. [Editor]

New club forming: Toastmasters for Introverts by Jim Wolak, DTM - Area 31 Director Are you an introvert who struggles in a group setting? Are you upset when a party is cancelled, or do you breathe a sigh of relief? These are examples of the responses generated from both introverts and extroverts. There or another personality type in action: the ambivert. This person is This person is a happy mix of introversion and extroversion. Susan’s research showed that more than half of all Toastmasters are introverts. We can be heard in a welcoming environment by forming one or more Toastmaster clubs for Introverts. If you would like to be part of a forming anew club for introverts . please contract me. My goals are: • to form one new club my area. • to form one or more new clubs anywhere in the District We need one extrovert to keep the meeting alive and focused! If anyone is interested in being a co-facilitator, please contact me as well. If you’re Volume 3 Issue 1 - JULY 2016

working towards your DTM this experience is credit for you. There is only one requirement, and that is to read a copy of Susan Cain’s book “Quiet” (if you haven’t done so already.” Her enthusiasm and selfassuredness speak highly of both Toastmasters and personal determination. Susan is a former toastmaster who has found a way to be heard “in a world that won’t stop talking.” I had the pleasure of meeting her at the 2013 International Conference in Orlando She has overcome obstacles in her life in order to actualize herself in an environment which was previously intimidating. Reference the Dec. 2012 issue of Toastmaster Magazine to read her excellent article entitled “”The Power of Being Who You Are” If you are working towards becoming the best, and you’re an introvert, this is you, Contact me with your interest, including your Club’s name, Area, and Diivision. The response received will help determine the location for our first club. Show your interest by e-mailing me at area31@d7toastmasters. org, or texting or calling me at 541-999-5766. 41

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DATE Date 6/30/2016 6/30/2016 6/30/2016 6/14/2016 6/1/2016 6/13/2016

MEMBER Member Adams-Hegwood, Maureen Alba-Lim, Celeste Michelle Alba-Lim, Celeste Michelle Alba-Lim, Celeste Michelle Albright, Chad A. Bauer, Ron

CLUB NAME Name Redmond Area Toastmasters Club Feather Tongues Toastmasters Club Wonderful Oregon Wordmasters (WOW) Competitive Speakers PDX Tower Toastmasters University Toastmasters Club

ACB

6/9/2016

Bauske, Ruby Christina M.

MultCo Toasties

CC ACB ACB CL CC ALB CL DTM ALS ALB CL CC CC ACB CC CC ACB ALB CL ACB ACS CL CC CC CL

6/28/2016 6/25/2016 6/27/2016 6/18/2016 6/20/2016 6/28/2016 6/28/2016 6/26/2016 6/26/2016 6/19/2016 6/12/2016 6/7/2016 6/20/2016 6/30/2016 6/14/2016 6/3/2016 6/9/2016 6/4/2016 6/4/2016 6/23/2016 6/14/2016 6/8/2016 6/24/2016 6/29/2016 6/28/2016

Bell, Sandra V. Bergman, Erik Bestor, William P. Boicourt, Jim D. Boyer, Kathy L. Bradley, Linda Bradley, Linda Brown, Eldred Lewis Brown, Eldred Lewis Brown, Eldred Lewis Brown, Eldred Lewis Buckingham-Hayes, Kevin A. Burdon, Kimberly Burke, Terry Ray Burles, Sherry L. Burns, Caleb E. Campbell, Alan L. Canton, Mary S. Canton, Mary S. Clemetson-Griffith, Lisa L. Cox, Donald R. Cresci, Salvatore Anthony Dang, Phan De Felice, Tricia

Toast of Corvallis Toastmasters Club WE Toasted Toastmasters Portland Club Tualatin Valley Toastmasters Club Astoria Toastmasters Mentors Of Focus Club Mentors Of Focus Club At The River's Edge Club At The River's Edge Club Babble-On Toastmasters Club Babble-On Toastmasters Club Jantzen Club Corvallis Evening Group Toast of Corvallis Toastmasters Club NoonTime Club Jantzen Club Siuslaw Tale Spinners Club New Horizons Toastmasters Club New Horizons Toastmasters Club Battle Ground Toastmasters Toast of the Region Club Jefferson State Toastmasters Marylhurst Toastmasters Jefferson State Toastmasters

CC CL CC ACB ACB

6/16/2016 6/17/2016 6/2/2016 6/7/2016 6/6/2016

De Felice, Tricia Derridinger, Olivia Dorzab, Erich W Drennan, Guy Dullea, C Amber Rose Edwards, Prince

Jefferson State Toastmasters Cedar Hills Club The Dalles Toastmasters Club Vancouver Toastmasters Club Portland Progressives Smooth Talkers Club

6/28/2016

Fair, Brian

University of Oregon Club

Feingold, Jiro Ikeda

Toastmasters of the Universe

6/17/2016

6/28/2016

Ferris, Don

Storymasters Toastmasters

CL ACB

6/26/2016 6/7/2016

Flood, Daniel J. Forsberg, Diane

University Toastmasters Club Bootstrappers Club

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6/17/2016 6/27/2016 6/28/2016 6/23/2016 6/14/2016 6/29/2016 6/15/2016 6/22/2016 6/28/2016 6/11/2016 6/14/2016 6/28/2016 6/25/2016 6/22/2016 6/22/2016 6/25/2016 6/24/2016 6/24/2016 6/25/2016 6/29/2016 6/15/2016 6/6/2016 6/28/2016 6/23/2016 6/24/2016 6/24/2016 6/27/2016 6/3/2016 6/27/2016 6/20/2016 6/29/2016 6/30/2016 6/18/2016 6/17/2016

Foster, Lynne R. Fourez, Joseph L. Fraser, Scott A. Fraser, Scott A. Genly, Elisabeth B. Guffey, Paris A. Hammond, Debra Ann Hartling, Linda Hays, Randy P Hemmingson, Brinn Carla Hodgdon, Jesse L Holdridge, Ronda M. Hupp, Frank E. Kelley, Patricia A. Kent, Jason Kersjes, Theo Kersteter, Hans Kersteter, Hans Knox, Robyn Kralik, Svetlana Leopold, Shoshana Lepoidevin, Ray G. Lewis, Connor G Locke, Julius Patrick Magoulas, Stephanie F. Magoulas, Stephanie F. McAndie, Donald McCollum, Bryce McGanty, Tina M MCKAY, SCOTT R McOmber, Teisha Metz, Suzanne L. Milligan, Brian C.

Downtown Lunchbunch Spirit Trackers University Toastmasters Club University Toastmasters Club Toastmasters For Speaking Professionals Portland Club Noon Talkers Lake Oswego Toastmasters Club The Dalles Toastmasters Club Portland Progressives Jefferson State Toastmasters Competitive Speakers PDX Columbian Club PMI Portland Toastmasters Rose City Toasters Club PMI Portland Toastmasters Keizer Communicators Keizer Communicators WE Toasted Toastmasters Toast to US Jefferson State Toastmasters Stevenson Club The Dalles Toastmasters Club Early Words Club Noon Talkers Noon Talkers Spirit Trackers Stevenson Club Sherwood Town Criers Club The Dalles Toastmasters Club Portland Club Encouraging Words Club Tualatin Valley Toastmasters Club

6/17/2016 6/8/2016 6/8/2016

Milliman, Shannon April Milliman, Shannon April Mitchell, Marvin L. Niernberger, Arie B.

Competitive Speakers PDX Competitive Speakers PDX Feedbackers Toastmasters Club Jefferson State Toastmasters

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Nollette, Le Roy I. Nordyke, Janelle D. O'Neal, Adele J. O'Neal, Adele J. Parker, Anthony R. Parker, Anthony R. Payne, Cynthia L.

Newberg Toastmasters Club Newberg Toastmasters Club Toasting Excellence Club Toasting Excellence Club Rose City Toasters Club Rose City Toasters Club Southern Oregon Speechmasters

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Pike, Russell Piper, Perry E Polk, Joseph Potter, Linda J. Potter, Linda J. Poulos, Peggy Mary Reyes, Christina Riley, Joan H. Rivers, Wayne R. Roberts, Peggy L. Roberts, Peggy L. Roberts, Peggy L. Rogan, Cynthia Diane Setzler, Brian C. Silliman, Peter Michael Smith, Aaron M. Smith, Robert D. Sparlin, Nicholas Stark, Donna L. Stark, Donna L. Starkey, Patti Stein, Sandra Strait, Jennifer Swanson, Chris W. Sweeney, Robert F. Takamura, Ted J Takamura, Ted J Taylor, Allen G. Tully, Kathleen Unger, Sue E. Wade, Barbara Wagner, Loren Walker, Marvin Lynn Walker, Marvin Lynn Waterer, Frank Wilson, Nancy K. Wilson, Paul A. Wood, Terry C. Zeyen-Hall, Janet Lynn

Portland Progressives Encouraging Words Club Redmond Area Toastmasters Club A-Dec Toastmasters A-Dec Toastmasters Portland Club Toast to US Bootstrappers Club Battle Ground Toastmasters Redmond Area Toastmasters Club Redmond Area Toastmasters Club Redmond Area Toastmasters Club Jefferson State Toastmasters Eco Voices Toastmasters Professionally Speaking Coos Bay Toastmasters Club Clackamas Stepping Stones Tm Club Rose City Toasters Club Downtown Public Speakers Club Competitive Speakers PDX La Pine Chamber Toastmasters Clackamas County Toastmasters Tmstrs For Speaking Professionals Lake Oswego Toastmasters Club Patriot Talkers Marylhurst Toastmasters Marylhurst Toastmasters Oregon City Toastmasters WE Toasted Toastmasters Clackamas County Toastmasters Noon Talkers The Dalles Toastmasters Club Newberg Toastmasters Club Newberg Toastmasters Club Redmond Area Toastmasters Club Clackamas County Toastmasters Bootstrappers Club Timber Talkers Club Keizer Communicators

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TRIPLE CROWN AWARD PINS MEMBER

Member Alba-Lim, Celeste Michelle Anthony, Joseph D. Bennett, Allison Bergman, Erik Bradley, Linda Brown, Eldred Lewis Canton, Mary S. Clapp, Kay M. Clark, Michael A. Duby, Kendra Morgan Fanning, Paul C. Flood, Daniel J. Foster, Lynne R. French, Cathy Genly, Elisabeth B. Hale, Dawnette S. Harmon, Phyllis A. Heitz, Nena Hills, Dennis Bernard Holdridge, Ronda M. Jensen Cramer, Diana K. Johnson, David R. Kelley, Patricia A. Kinney, Ray C. Knapp, Thomas K. Lawless, John R. Lindquist, Leanna

AWARDS

Count 4 6 6 6 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 4 6 3 4 3 3 6 3 3 3 5 3

Locke, Julius Patrick

Love, Dottie Machalek, Anne M. Mills, Pam Myers, Tanya Nema, Sushil O'Neal, Adele J. Pena, Jolynne Roberts, Peggy L. Rodke, John Russell Rose, Jason

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 4

Award ACG, CC, ALS, ACS ACG, ACB, ACS, ALB, CC, CL ACB, CL, CC, CL, ACS, ALB CC, ALS, CL, ACB, CC, CL CL, ALB, CC ALB, CL, ALS, DTM CC, CL, ALB ACB, CL, CC CL, ACB, ALB CL, CC, ALB CL, ACG, ALB ALS, CL, DTM ACB, ALB, ACS ACG, CL, ACS CL, ALB, ACB ACS, ACB, ALB ALB, CC, CC, ACB, ACS, CC ACS, CL, ACB, CL, ACS, ALB, CL CC, ACS, CL CL, CC, ALB ACB, CC, ACS, CL, CC, ALB ACS, CL, CC CL, ACB, CC CC, ALS, DTM CL, CC, ALS, DTM CL, CC, ACB CC, ACB, ACS, CC, ALB, ACB, CL, ALS, DTM, ACB, CC, ACS, CL, ALB ACB, CC, CL CC, CL, ALB ACB, ALB, CL CL, ALB, CC ACB, CC, CL CC, ALB, CL CL, ALB, ACB ACB, ACS, CL ACS, CL, CC, ALB, CL ACB, ACS, ACG, CC

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TRIPLE CROWN AWARD PINS MEMBER

Semprevivo, Karen Ann Smith, Kenneth L. Stevens, Katherine M. Stevenson, Scott Strait, Jennifer Svehaug, Alan R. Takamura, Ted J Taylor, Emilie Tippel, Tammara Kay Tully, Kathleen Unger, Sue E. Wantz, James West, Larry J.

AWARDS

9 3 4 9 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4

CL, CC, ALB, CL, ACB, CL, DTM, ALS, ALB CL, ACB, CL CL, CC, ACG, CL CC, ACB, ACS, ALB, CL, CC, ACG, CL, DTM CL, ALB, CC ACG, CC, ACS CL, ACB, CC CL, ACB, ALB CL, ALB, CC CL, ALB, ACG CL, ACB, ALB CL, CC, ALB, ACS ALS, DTM, ACG, CC

Triple Crowns are awarded to members completing three different awards in a single year. High Performance Leadship project completions are not considered in the award count

Happy Anniversary to July Clubs The following clubs are celebrating their charter anniversary this month. Congratulations to all!

A special shout out to Advisors who passed the quarter-century mark!

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Years

Club Name

7/5/2002

Speakers By Design

7/1/2014

Competitive Speakers PDX

7/8/2013

Downtown Lunchbunch

7/1/1981

Advisors

7/13/2011

La Pine Chamber

7/30/2014

Sporty Speakers

Congratulations to All Our Distinguished Clubs PERFECT 10 - PRESIDENTS DISTINGUISHED Capital Toastmasters Club

New Horizons

Storymasters

Downtown Lunchbunch

Oregon City

Sporty Speakers

Grants Pass

PMI Portland

Tmstrs for Spkg Profs

Marylhurst

Portland Club

Wallmasters International

Mentors of Focus

Sporty Speakers

WE Toasted

Presidents Distinguished

Select Distinguished

Distinguished

Audacious Orators

A-Dec Toastmasters

Banfield Barkers

Babble-On Toastmasters

Battle Ground Toastmasters

Corvallis Evening Group

Civil Tongues Club

Clackamas County

Electric Toasters

Columbian Club

Clackamas Stepping Stones

Keizer Communicators

Early Words Club

Clark County Toastmasters

M A C Toastmasters Club

Encouraging Words

Downtown Public Speakers

MultCo Toasties

Feedbackers Toastmasters

Eco Voices

NuScale Toasters

Flying Toasters Club

Gorge Windbags

Portland Club

Gresham Toastmasters Club La Pine Chamber

Professionals of Portland

Jefferson State Toastmasters Noon Time Club

Sunrise Toastmasters Club

Milwaukie Talkies

Redmond Area

Tabor Toastmasters

Moser

The Dalles

Testmasters

New Beginnngs

The Standard Speakeasy

Timber Talkers Club

Newberg

Toasting Excellence

Tualatin Valley Toastmasters

Noon Talkers

Toastmasters of the Universe

Walker Talkers

Portland Progressives

Toast to US

Yaquina Toastmasters

Professionally Speaking Silicon Forest Siuslaw Tale Spinners Swan Island Toast of Corvallis Toasting Excellence University of Oregon Club University Toastmasters Vancouver Yawn Patrol

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District 7 Surpasses Goal for Number of Distinguished Clubs by Leanna Lindquist, DTM - District Director Each year the bar is set a little bit higher. It is a way of encouraging all of us to work a little harder and do a little better. June 22nd I put out the word that we needed 8 more clubs to meet our goal of 71 Distinguished Clubs. District 7 clubs rose to the challenge. You not only met the challenge, you exceeded it. We ended the year with 77 Distinguished Clubs. Fifteen clubs attained all 10 goals. PMI Portland and Storymasters, both clubs that chartered June, 2016, attained all 10 goals to become President Distinguished clubs their first year. Now itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in your club DNA. Congratulations! A number of clubs are first timers to the Distinguished Clubs list since records became available for the 2004-2005 Toastmasters year. Congratulations to all of you. Presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Distinguished Astoria Select Distinguished Gorge Windbags LaPine Chamber The Dalles Distinguished MultCo Yaquina Clubs earning Randy Harvey DVDs for meeting the Distinguished Club Challenge 1. Battleground 2. Clackamas Stepping Stones 3. Columbian 4. Keizer Communicators 5. Competitive Speakers 6. Mentors of Focus 7. Newberg 8. The Dalles

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Special Recognition goes to. . . . . . Distinguished Divisions E

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President's

. . .Distinquished Areas A

Distinguished

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Distinguished

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Tell Me A Story POCKET ANGEL by Marnie Loomis, CC There once was a man named Bill who was not really a man. He was a pocket angel. I’m pretty sure you’ve heard of pocket angels before. No? I had heard there were many here and one in particular was quite famous. Let me describe them a bit more. Pocket angels are the helpers of children. They tend to have twinkly eyes, a jolly nature and a special ability to carry lots of things. They carry these things in magical pockets. Sometimes you can see these pockets and sometimes you can’t. But no matter what kind of pocket a pocket angel has, it allows them to carry a tremendous amount of things—a humongous amount of things—a really, quite ridiculous, should-be-IMPOSSIBLE amount of things. Well, for a regular person it would be impossible, but pocket angels make it look easy. The famous pocket angel has a big white beard and is quite fond of the color red. His pocket is a big red bag and his job is to carry toys to children all over the world. Does he sound familiar? He’s a timely angel and likes to keep to a strict schedule. He goes out only once a year. And when the pocket is empty, he starts to fill it up again with toys to deliver the next year. Yes, you seem to know who I’m talking about. Well, good! Then you know how amazing that pocket can be, right? Well, this story isn’t about that famous guy. It is about a pocket angel named Bill who doesn’t have a special suit. He looks like an ordinary person… well, the jolliest of ordinary people.

He looks like the kind of person you’d feel safe leaning against to take a nap. Most babies understand this from the very first moment they meet him. Bill is one of the strongest and bravest pocket angels that ever existed. He was so strong and so brave that his job was to carry the heaviest of all things that a pocket angel could ever be asked to carry: A child’s hurt feelings. Bill helped some of the world’s most hurt children: children who had gotten in very serious trouble, children who were in trouble with the law, children whose parents had given up on them, children who had given up on themselves. The hurt feelings that were inside these children were so tremendously heavy that most adults felt crushed just by hearing their stories. But Bill didn’t feel crushed. He worked with these children, helped them smile, and reminded them how to play. For those who had never known how to play, he helped them learn. Whenever Bill could get a child to smile, he was working his magic. The kids would let their hurt feelings out and Bill would tuck those hurt feelings away, bit by bit, into pockets that nobody could see. Bit by bit he would help lighten their loads. He did this for years and years, child after child, until thousands of children’s loads were light enough to carry so that they finally felt free enough to run and jump and laugh and play. When he saw this, big, strong Bill stood with his big, full pockets and smiled. He loved his work. Something to know about pocket angels is that their pockets can’t stay full forever. They have to be emptied at some point. In the beginning, when Bill would take a break, he realized that emptying

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his pockets out wouldn’t be very easy. He asked his fellow pocket angels for their suggestions. The guy in red offered to let Bill borrow his sleigh during any month but December, but Bill politely declined. Emptying your pockets of toys is one thing, but emptying your pockets of hurt feelings is another. Bill wasn’t sure how to protect the people he loved from the things that he had tucked into his pockets, so he decided to keep holding on to all of them until after he had retired. He’d figure out a way to let them all out by then. He set a timer for 2013. The years went by and big, strong Bill kept tucking away hurt feeling after hurt feeling. He shared many smiles with many children and other people around him who were grateful for his help. It was so easy for him to tuck the hurt feelings away that he pretty much forgot that at some point they’d all need to come out. When his timer went off in 2013, the pockets started to empty themselves. To tell you the truth, I think the process caught him off guard. Those feelings had been in there so long that they had sort of mashed into a gigantic tangle of ouch. When all those stored feelings came out, it didn’t feel great. In fact, it hurt a lot. What made it even more complicated was that Bill was a master of hiding his pockets, so as the tangled ouch came out of them, the pattern in which he felt all the hurt didn’t make much sense. He would feel a sudden sharp pain here, a long grabbing pain there. Bill started to worry that something was wrong. He went to doctors, but since they were doctors for regular people but not pocket angels, the doctors didn’t have any explanations that made sense. They tried their best to help, but their medicines mostly confused the process. As his pockets continued to empty, his body changed. The process was very confusing. He suffered. The angel world was abuzz with concern. The biggest, strongest pocket angel wasn’t supposed to have such a difficult time, even if he was emptying an entire lifetime of other people’s hurt feelings out of his pockets. The angels knew they had ways

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to deal with this. For most angels, the best medicine is to be reminded that they are, in fact, angels and that their bodies are capable of seemingly magical things. They asked a narration angel to get a message to one of Bill’s family members. They needed to remind him that he was an angel, not a regular human. They knew that once he was reminded, the hurt angel could then be helped by the other types of angels around him, such as the musical angels, laughing angels, imagination angels, and calming angels who would all help smooth out the process. Luckily, Bill had many of these angels among his family and friends. Bill’s story was woven into a lovely tale and passed along to him. It was a story of bravery, love and compassion. It reminded Bill that the source of this pain was limited but had purpose and made sense for an angel’s body to feel. When he heard his story, it helped him understand. It put the pain into perspective because he finally knew how it got there in the first place, and knowing that made the process easier.

After a while, when Bill had finally let all the hurt feelings go, he was happy to see that the familiar feelings of joy, love and silliness were still there. In fact, over the years, Bill’s happy feelings had grown so tremendously bright and powerful in order to balance out all the hurt he had been

carrying around in his pockets that without any of the hurt feelings in the way, the happy feelings were downright illuminating. He was radiant with love and happiness! The other angels saw that even if he were thousands of miles above the earth, the people below could still feel his love and happiness. As you may have guessed, Bill was promoted to be a star angel. This made him very happy, because as a star angel up in the sky, he would be able to shine on the whole world below. In this new place in the sky, he knew that children all over the world would be able to look up into the night sky and find him whenever they needed him. They would be able to see his sparkly happiness and would be reminded that it was okay to let their hurt feelings go, because when

we let those feelings out of our bodies, it makes it even easier to feel the love and happiness inside ourselves. The story of the Pocket Angel was originally written by Marnie Loomis ND for her ailing uncle, Bill Carew, a dedicated childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s counselor at Highfields, Inc. At the time, Bill had been suffering from a very painful yet unidentified illness, and the story helped to put his pain into perspective. Since his death, the ending of the story has been amended from the original version. Marnie joined Toastmasters for Speaking Professionals in 2014 and has earned her Competent Communicator award. She is a Naturopathic Clinician, educator and communicator with a deep understanding of medical science and human interaction.

Join us

for the Celebration of Communication and Leadership on August 27, 2016, 9:00-3:00pm, at Frogpond Church, 6750 Boeckman Road, Wilsonville, OR 97070

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Where Leaders are Made!

by Patrick Locke, DTM

Where Leaders Are Made! That is our Toastmaster tag line, or is developing leaders our mission! To develop leaders is one of the most important aspects of my being a Toastmaster. As Area 75 Director, developing sustainable leadership is my mission. Club Presidents and VPE’s developing effective training programs, club schedules and agendas which energize and engage members. Welcoming and orienting new members in such a way that creates highly compelling environments where increased learning is made a fun and exciting element of every experience. Every meeting is “the” single most important ingredient in the Toastmaster Program. Yes, ingredient! Toastmasters has a recipe for success. The recipe can be thought of similar to how a master chef prepares an extraordinary dining experience. First there is planning. If it is worthy of your desire it is worthy of your planning effort. A well prepared meeting is tantamount to a superb dining experience. Where the food has been selected and prepared with love and concern for every participant, that each will receive the essence of what they came for. Members leave with satisfaction knowing they have been filled with insight and wisdom that will surely increase their effectiveness in all areas of their life. An essential ingredient which leads to this satisfaction is planning. Through creative synergistic leadership communication by the Presidents and VPE’s in each club, recipes for power packed energized meetings flow. Meetings, which bring formal speeches from members who desire so fervently to develop their skills. Members having spent time in thought studying their manual, talking to their mentor, practicing bits and segments of their talk, becoming prepared. Evaluators have contacted speakers, preparing to listen with the desire to help fellow members while at the same time helping themselves as well. General evaluators contacting speech evaluators and functionaries. There is excitement Volume 3 Issue 1 - JULY 2016

in the air as members move closer to “meeting time.” The Sergeant-at-Arms contacts the Toastmaster, speakers and Topicmaster for any needed facility requirements. Anticipation of a successful meeting increases with every contact. All members are gaining skill development and the meeting is still some time away. As this recipe is followed, the meeting becomes a joyous occasion for every member. Developing your clubs recipe for successful meetings is your first step to success. I see success in Toastmasters as developing our recipe book. There is a recipe for every element. Most importantly is the recipe for individual member success. The result of the successful member recipe moves toward “Triple Crown” and beyond. What is “Triple Crown” and how do we create the recipe for every member to achieve their goals of effective communication and leadership skill development. Triple Crown is achieving three different education and/ or leadership awards during the course of a Toastmaster year. The fast track path to “Triple Crown” is “C-Suite”. “C-Suite” is a recipe for individual success. Think of “C-Suite” as increasing Competence to develop accountability. As gaining Confidence to engage the system. As developing the habit of completing projects, which leading to Certifications of Awards. Resulting in Continuous personal growth as a Toastmaster and most importantly as an effective person in your community. “C-Suite” creates a heightened awareness in every member and raises the bar to such a level that each person will gain energy to engage the program. Through energized engagement in the Toastmaster program members “stick and stay ‘til they get their pay.” Their pay is that of a highly effective communicator and leader with potential to courageously fulfill their destiny. Patrick joined Toastmasters in 2011. He has served as a club and district officer, club coach, and unofficial A/V tech for Disrtrict events. He is woking towards his 2nd DTM. He is currently serving as Area 75 Director.

July 27 Trio Calls with Directors

July - August 2016

August

Smedley Award Membership Building Contest

Willamette Division Club Officer MakeUp Training 6:00 PM – 8:15 PM, Multnomah Building Boardroom (Rooms 100 &102) 501 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland, OR 97214

Columbia Division D Club Officer MakeUp Training 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM, Rose City Park United Methodist Church 5830 NE Alameda St, Portland, OR 97213

SouthernDivision A Officer Training Grants Pass, Oregon

Toastmasters International Convention Washington, DC

Trio Call with Directors

Division H MakeUp Training 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM, Beaverton Activity Center (formerly Resource Center) 12500 SW Allen Blvd, Beaverton, OR 97005

Celebration of Communication and Leadership 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM, Frog Pond Church 6750 Boeckman Rd, Wilsonville, OR 97070

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