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District 36 Home TLI Main Page Winter 2009 Results (PDF) Winter TLI Events: District 36 Events are in Red   Feb 11, Frederick MD Feb 11, SW Washington DC Feb 13, Salisbury MD Feb 16, Foggy Bottom DC Feb 16, Arlington VA Feb 18, Annapolis MD Feb 20, Baltimore MD Feb 20, Fairfax VA  Feb 21, Bethesda MD Feb 25, Columbia MD Feb 26, SE Washington DC Feb 27 Fairfax VA other events TBA Completed Events Jan 9, Chevy Chase MD Jan 9, Aberdeen MD Jan 14, Arlington VA Jan 16, Alexandria VA Jan 16, Baltimore MD Jan 23, Fairfax VA Jan 27, Washington DC Jan 28, Wilmington DE Jan 31, Bethesda MD Feb 6, Silver Spring MD

Toastmasters Leadership Institute, 2009-2010 FINAL DECISION, 7:30 am Friday Saturday's TLI in Silver Spring has been cancelled The District is working to schedule additional evenets NEXT EVENT: Tuesday, Feb 16 6:00-8:00 pm Foggy Bottom, DC Welcome back to the enthusiastic world of Toastmasters Training! We have classes for everyone: training for new officers, seminars for improving your evaluation skills, getting ready for contests, and a host of other interesting subjects. We encourage everyone to attend, and all of our events are free. In addition to offering the required officer-training classes, most of the TLI events will also offer general-interest "electives" which are appropriate for all levels of Toastmasters. • Why participate in TLI Winter Training? • Which officer class should you attend? Read Jennifer Blanck’s article, “Officer Training – Again! What’s in it for you?” WHY PARTICIPATE IN TLI WINTER TRAINING? For those of you who attended TLI during the summer season, here are just a few reasons to attend club officer training in the winter: There is a lot to learn at the second round of club officer training. When at least 4 of your club officers are trained in the winter, and 4 were trained in the summer, your club achieves Goal #9 of the Distinguished Club Program (DCP). . . and, more importantly, this commitment is one component of a healthy Toastmasters club. A healthy club is one where the officers have been trained, the members are working towards their personal communication development goals by regularly delivering speeches, and the members are working towards their personal leadership development goals. Newly elected officers have the opportunity to: learn the basic responsibilities of their new role meet district leaders and others who can assist them during their terms discover and share ideas that can help them improve their clubs Continuing officers have the opportunity to: participate in training sessions to complement their core training discuss with district and other club officers the challenges their clubs may be facing share experiences and solutions for these challenges with fellow club officers Different electives may be offered Statistics show that clubs with 4 or more officers trained achieve the other DCP goals much more easily. When all 7 officers are trained, your club earns a golden ribbon (can be attached to the club's banner). Which officer class should you attend? Toastmasters generally requires that you take the officer class for the club office you currently hold, even if you have taken a class for that office during summer TLI (or during previous years). Here are the specifics: President, VPE, VPM and VPPR, to receive winter TLI credit, must attend the specific 2-hour officer training for their club office. Our training will focus on the officers’ questions and the challenges they’ve encountered, as well as successes they have experienced. We think they will benefit from listening and interacting with other Toastmasters holding the same office. Secretary and Treasurer who did NOT attend summer TLI for their office: Must attend 2 hour combined Secretary/Treasurer class. Sergeant-at-Arms (SAA) who did NOT attend summer TLI for SAA: Must attend either the SAA class or the VPM class. Treasurer, Secretary, and SAA who DID attend TLI training in the summer: They can attend any officer class, or they can attend one of two leadership training classes held concurrently with the officer training. These 2-hour training classes are taken from the Success/Leadership and Success/Communication series and will help them grow and improve as leaders in their club. A handout with tips and reminders for the next six months in their officer position will be available. Note that the summer TLI training credit was for that person who held that office in the summer. Officers who have been elected or appointed since the summer must attend their officer training class to receive winter TLI credit, even if their predecessor attended training last summer. Thanks! Have a great Toastmasters year! Daniel Pollard, DTM TLI Dean, 2009-2010 Jaci Pasley, DTM Lt Governor Education & Training, 2009-2010 Send us an email with your comments!