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Pecha Kucha Challenge Winners! Plus MORE Challenges!

Posted December 14, 2022
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More Challenges!

If you didn’t enter the Pecha Kucha Challenge, you still have two upcoming chances to shine the spotlight on and win a Toastmasters gift certificate for your club!

Create a Memorable Club Message Challenge
Deadline: January 1, 2023

Create a memorable short video about your club using one of the 8 classic storytelling techniques taught in a Marketing Monday session on November 7. Email the video to Elizabeth Ruiz, Club Growth Director, at cgd@tmd56.org on or before January 1, 2022.

Qualifying videos will be uploaded to the District website and social channels where members will vote on first, second and third place. First place club winner receives a $100 Toastmasters International Gift Certificate. Second place club winner receives a $50 Toastmasters International Gift Certificate. Third place club winner receives a $25 Toastmasters International Gift Certificate. The Create a Memorable Message session was taught in Marketing Mondays. The shared Google drive with a Memorable Message video, recorded session, and handouts may be found here https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/1l8JiQ6poNL0weNj1JXeMpn_lnLn5NoOd

Create a Get to Know Me Tag – My Toastmasters Journey Video Challenge
Deadline: February 1, 2023

After attending the December 12, 2022, Marketing Monday session, Neurological Buzz, or watching the recorded session, and reading the handout with guidelines, one or more members of a District 56 Toastmasters Club creates a Get to Know Me Tag – My Toastmasters Journey video. Email your club’s Get to Know Me Tag – My Toastmasters Journey Club Video challenge to Elizabeth Ruiz, Club Growth Director, at cgd@tmd56.org on or before February 1, 2023.

Clubs that follow the guidelines in the 12.12.22 recorded Marketing Monday session and handout and submit qualified club videos will be uploaded to the District website and social channels where members will vote on first, second, and third place. First place club winner receives a $100 Toastmasters
International Gift Certificate. Second place club winner receives a $50 Toastmasters International Gift Certificate. Third place club winner receives a $25 Toastmasters International Gift Certificate. The Get to Know Me Tag – My Toastmasters Journey Club Video Challenge was taught in the 12.12.22 Marketing Mondays session. Members must watch the recording and read the handout located in the Marketing Mondays shared Google drive labeled 12.12.22 NEUROLOGICAL BUZZ here: MARKETING MONDAYS – Google Drive (https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1l8JiQ6poNL0weNj1JXeMpn_lnLn5NoOd)

Other Club Incentives

Bookmark Incentives – Toastmasters Houston | Where Leaders Are Made to learn about additional club incentives offered by District 56.

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Creating Buzz: Marketing Monday

Posted December 11, 2022
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Our next Marketing Monday tip is how to create neurological buzz to retain and grow club membership. Have some fun with this research-backed method to create value and motivation in your club. Register now Meeting Registration – Zoom

Monday, December 12, 2022

8 PM to 8:30 PM

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Pecha Kucha!

Posted December 4, 2022
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On October 31, 2022, during the Marketing Mondays Pecha Kucha session, District 56 club members learned what a Pecha Kucha is and how to create one. The shared Google drive with a Pecha Kucha PPT template, recorded session, and handouts may be found here https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/1l8JiQ6poNL0weNj1JXeMpn_lnLn5NoOd

A Pecha Kucha is a storytelling format in which a presenter shows 20 slides with 20 seconds of commentary each. The Pecha Kucha presentation format is a slide show of 20 images, each auto-advancing after 20 seconds. It’s non-stop and you’ve got 400 seconds to tell your story, with visuals guiding the way. 

About PechaKucha

During the session, and later on this website, a Pecha Kucha Challenge was announced.

Pecha Kucha Club Challenge – Deadline: December 1, 2022

Clubs that submit their Pecha Kucha with audio on their “why” to join their club to cgd@tmd56.org on or before December 1, 2022, will be uploaded to the District website and social channels where members will vote on first, second and third place. The audio may be recorded on the PPT or recorded live during a presentation. First place club winner receives a $100 Toastmasters International Gift Certificate. Second place club winner receives a $50 Toastmasters International Gift Certificate. Third place club winner receives a $25 Toastmasters International Gift Certificate.

You Be the Judge

Here are the qualifying entries received in the Pecha Kucha Challenge:

Houston Galleria Project Management Toastmaster Club Pecha Kucha

Deerwood Toastmasters Club Pecha Kucha

City of Bryan Club Pecha Kucha

Please view each of the Pecha Kuchas above, then use Google Form below to vote for your First, Second, and Third Place Choices. Voting will close in 7 days, on December 11, 2022, at midnight.

If the form does not display, please click here to open it in a new window: https://forms.gle/zR6h5KYRKFvvyfzQ7

Intrigued?

Why not make Pecha Kucha for your Toastmasters Club?

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The GLUE that Holds a Club Together

Posted November 30, 2022
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It’s almost time for another Marketing Monday! Each week, you can tune in to learn a new marketing tip that you can take back to your club to help increase membership and retain current members. Be sure to join us on Monday, December 5 for a special presentation by Jan Poscovsky, DTM3, Past Distinguished District Governor entitled, “The GLUE that Holds a Club Together.”

Jan has been a member of Toastmasters since 1993. She served as the 2010-2011 District Governor (CEO) – equivalent to “District Director,” today – for the greater Houston area’s then-180-club, 3000-plus-member territory of the Toastmasters International organization. She has earned the Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM) designation three times – the highest designation awarded by the Toastmasters organization.

Jan has been a full time residential Real Estate broker for 46 years. She and her husband Stan work together and are known as the “Spouses Selling Houses”. A former long-distance, she
completed multiple marathons, half marathons and sprint triathlons.

Jan is dedicated to helping people improve their leadership and communication skills.

Add to your club growth tools and resources with these free micro sessions. You MUST register – but you only have to do so once. Visit http://bit.ly/3DlN4yy then save the invite/Zoom link on your digital calendar from your confirmation email and pop in any and all Mondays for a different micro club marketing session.

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Don’t Miss Marketing Mondays!

Posted November 26, 2022
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Free Resources to Help Your Club Grow and Succeed

Add to your club growth tools and resources with these free micro sessions. You MUST register – but you only have to do so once. Visit http://bit.ly/3DlN4yy then save the invite/Zoom link on your digital calendar from your confirmation email and pop in any and all Mondays for a different micro club marketing session.

Our next session on Monday, November 28, 2022, from 8 PM to 8:30 PM features Kathy Kest (rhymes with “best”!). Beginning her Toastmaster journey in June of 2010, Kathy has achieved two Distinguished Toastmaster awards. As a District leader she has served as Area, Division, Club Growth, Program Quality and District Director. Over her years of service she has held every club leadership role and is a member of Post Oak Toastmasters.

Kathy will be speaking on “Getting Your House in Order” this Marketing Monday session as she leads us through Moments of Truth ideas on how to set a baseline for your club to be ready for new members.

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