Greetings Fellow Toastmasters! I’m excited to serve as your District Director for the 2022-2023 Toastmasters year.

Welcome to the new Toastmasters year! The start of a new year is always special. It’s ripe with promise and possibilities. We have been through changes and faced many challenges. And we have transformed as a result. Now it’s time to take that resilience and perseverance we’ve shown and turn it into action. It’s our time to rise up and provide that supportive environment in which members are empowered to develop communication and leadership skills. To help our fellow members experience greater self confidence and personal growth. That’s the Toastmasters club mission statement we recite, but it’s also a feeling, an experience. And it’s up to you as an individual and us as a collective to foster that. To foster that sense of belonging – that sense of community.

How will you do that? Join with the District leadership team to create that community in your club. To show clarity, to collaborate and to establish a true connection with each other!

Let’s go forward into this year, with purpose, with intention and with clarity. Let’s evolve together! Take a few minutes RIGHT NOW, and jot down your plan for excellence. Think about what’s next.

• What dream will you set in motion?
• What plan will you craft?
• Who will you impact and bring along with you?
• How will you foster a community, in your club, in your Area or Division, within the District?
• How will you EVOLVE this year?

I can’t wait to see what’s next for you, my fellow Toastmasters. I know it will be amazing!