Present an Education Session at 2019 Conference

At our 2019 Annual District Conference, our goal is to offer members education sessions that inform, entertain and broaden their Toastmasters’ experience.  Education sessions are one reason people attend conferences.  Typically, a conference will have 5-10 sessions offered.

 If you have a session you would like to submit for selection please fill out the application (on the right) and send it back to EducationSessions@tmd55.org NO LATER than end of day February 20th. Decisions will be made and communicated out by March 15th. 
 
For this conference’s education sessions, we are sticking with a core theme of solving the most popular problems Toastmasters face. Below you will find the main topics we are looking for presenters to fit under. While it is not necessary to have a presentation that fits within these topics below, we would like to stick to similar themes. We ask that you make sure that your session remains interactive. We want the audience to be actively participating in the discussions. The sessions will be 40 minutes with additional 5 minutes for Q&A and 5 minutes for introductions (50 min total).

​Please click here for the application if you would like to be a presenter (Word DOC).

Proposed Topics

• How to build club loyalty
  • Turning guests into members, getting members motivated and committed. Not just signing up for speeches but roles and volunteering as well.
• Team power
  • How to find, recruit, and build the next generation of officers. Succession planning and transitioning
• How to delegate successfully
• Change management
• Leadership styles and how to identify the best ways of communicating with people with diverse backgrounds, interests, or learning styles
• How to mentor (in and out of Toastmasters)
  • Difference between mentoring and coaching
• How to use Toastmasters to further your career
  • Toastmasters in performance reviews, becoming a people manager, leading a team, etc.
• Mastering marketing
  • Social media, bulletin boards, tools and resources and how to reach the desired audience
• Using technology to organize and master communication
  • The different tools and resources available from group chat applications to websites and data depositories
• The new age of communication/how to communicate without being physically on the room or able to be seen
  • How to have the same level of attention and engagement even through a call. Different methods for communicating with/without video or interactive media
• Ways to make technical and business conversations engaging and fun
• Pathways
  • How to navigate the tool, including base camp manager training (tips and tricks)