District Team Leader Opportunities

Spring Conference Chair
Club Officer Training Manager
District Chief Judge
Historian
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These Team Leader opportunities are ideal for anyone looking for a High-Performance Leadership, Distinguished Toastmaster project and /or experience with team building and team motivation.

Spring Conference Chair

Term of Office:  One year

Create the District 11 Spring Conference.  Acquire additional subordinate chairpersons.

  1. By December 1, 2024, contract for meeting space for the Spring Conference to be held at the end of April or beginning of May.
  2. By 1/1/2025, create the following Spring Conference teams:
    • Educational Program
    • Entertainment
    • Facilities and logistics
    • Registration and Credentials
    • Contest
    • Recognition
  3. By 2/1/2025, create the full conference agenda and begin working with the Public Relations Manager to publicize the conference.
  1. Created at least one event with more than 50 registrants at a hotel or convention center.
  2. Attended at lease three in-person District Conferences or Fall Education days.
  3. Successfully managed a project team of at least 10 people.
  4. Managed event components that covered at least two of the team areas noted in Major Team Targets to Accomplish.
  1. Add to experience of planning events.
  2. Get to know and lead multiple Toastmaster Teams.
  3. A natural stepping stone to Club Growth Director, Program Quality Director or District Director.
  4. Display yourself and your leadership skills to the entire District.

For those interested members who want more information or to submit your name, please contact:

Rick Holtmeier, DTM, D11 Program Quality Director

502-709-5594 (Land Line)

Email Link

Club Officer Training Manager

Term of Office:  One year

Create a team to administer and perform club officer training for a year; ensuring quality and consistency in training facilitation and delivery.

  1. Using Toastmasters International training guidance, train at least 75% of club officers with at least 1 hour of training on the following schedule:
    • Between 11/1/2024 and 2/28/2025, does not include officer training basics.
    • Between 6/1/2024 and 8/31/2024, must include officer training basics.
  2. Acquire additional team members to administer training sessions.
  3. Acquire qualified facilitators for each training session, taking steps to maintain high quality presentations.
  4. During the training seasons, provide reports and metrics on the completed training sessions.
  1. Facilitated officer training for at least 3 different offices.
  2. Participated as a District Council Member at least three times.
  3. Organized and ran an Officer Training session or a Speech Contest at the Area level or above.
  1. Add to experience of planning events.
  2. Get to know many additional Toastmasters.
  3. A natural stepping stone to Program Quality Director.

For those interested members who want more information or to submit your name, please contact:

Rick Holtmeier, DTM, D11 Program Quality Director

502-709-5594 (Land Line)

Email Link

District Chief Judge

Term of Office:  One year

Create a list of trained judges to participate as judges at District level contests. Represent the District as Chief Judge.

  1. Using Toastmasters International training guidance, train judges for the two District Contest types.
  2. Between 10/1/2024 and 12/31/2025:
    • Train at least five voting/tiebreaker judges in each Division.
    • Train at least 1 Chief Judge in each Division.
  3. Acquire additional team members, including an Assistant District 11 Chief Judge, to facilitate judges training.
  4. Perform as Chief Judge in the District 11 International Speech Contest, including voting/tiebreaker judge acquisition.
  5. Train the Assistant District 11 Chief Judge to:
    • Be your replacement for the next year.
    • Be the Chief Judge at the District 11 non-International Speech Contest, including voting/tiebreaker judge acquisition.
  6. Acquire additional team members to facilitate training to be contest judges.
  7. Retain list of trained voting/tiebreaker judges and Chief Judges.
  1. Been a Chief Judge at the Division Level or above.
  2. Been a judge in at least 5 contest above the club level.
  3. Strong knowledge of the Contest rule-book as it applies to all potential contest types.
  1. Additional experience in organizing training sessions.
  2. Additional experience in acquiring quality judges for contests.
  3. Get to know many Toastmasters.
  4. A natural stepping stone to Program Quality Director.

For those interested members who want more information or to submit your name, please contact:

Rick Holtmeier, DTM, D11 Program Quality Director

502-709-5594 (Land Line)

Email Link

Historian

Term of Office:  One year

Become the spokesperson for the District 11 history.  Use document library skills to produce a sustainable historical library.

  1. Obtain and organize existing history documents into a sustainable document store.
  2. Present a history topic as part of the educational program at the Spring Conference.
  3. Create a mechanism for addition of future events.
  4. Proposal of longevity award mechanism.
  1. Knowledge of document and image management archiving.
  2. Creation of procedures pertinent to the maintenance of the archives.
  1. Upward path into District Web-mastering.
  2. Get to know long term Toastmasters.

For those interested members who want more information or to submit your name, please contact:

Rick Holtmeier, DTM, D11 Program Quality Director

502-709-5594 (Land Line)

Email Link