Dear Fellow Toastmasters,

I am so excited to serve you this year as your Lt. Governor Education and Training. In this role, I am responsible for the following:

• Ensuring every club and each member reaps the benefits of the Toastmasters educational program and become a Distinguished Club thereby maintaining a healthy environment, meeting members goals, ensuring that the Toastmasters program of speeches and leadership are being met and that club management is up-to-date.
• Ensuring that every club shares the same Toastmasters mission

 The mission of a Toastmasters club is to provide a mutually supportive and positive learning environment in which every individual member has the opportunity to develop oral communication and leadership skills, which in turn foster self-confidence and personal growth.

• Overseeing the district’s contests in Fall and Spring – these annual speech contests allow us to learn from top speakers in our Divisions.  These conferences offer all of us a chance to network, learn from great keynote speakers and workshop presenters and also become workshop presenters.
• Ensure that all district officers and club officers are trained in their roles through the District officer training and the Training and Leadership Institute held twice a year.

Our website offers a wealth of information at your fingertips:  Visit it often www.tm61.org

• Want to know about the DCP and how your club is doing :  http://www.toastmastersdistrict61.org/eng/aboutUs/reports.html
• Don’t know your club number? http://www.toastmastersdistrict61.org/eng/findClub/search.asp
• Who completed an educational award this year: http://reports.toastmasters.org/reports_new/dprReports.cfm?r=3&d=61
• Need to run a professional Speech Contest then check the Toastmasters International Online video : http://www.toastmasters.org/Members/OfficerResources/eLearning/SpeechContestModule.aspx
• Need to know which Area and Division your club belongs to: http://www.toastmastersdistrict61.org/eng/findClub/alignment.asp
• Are you serving as a club officer and need assistance with:
• Preparing a budget : http://www.toastmastersdistrict61.org/eng/members/forms.htm#clubfin
• Tracking educationals done by members: http://www.toastmastersdistrict61.org/eng/members/ed-track.htm

If you have a question please give ‘voice’ to it and send it to me by email to beverley_miranda@yahoo.com or call me on 613-828-2863.  If you would like to connect with your Area Governor then please feel free to do so http://www.toastmastersdistrict61.org/eng/contactUs/offr.asp

Looking forward to serving you!
Beverley Miranda, DTM