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Supporting the Next Generation Page 3

Toastmasters Zug Rebuilds Page 6

VOLUME 14

In this issue:

Dear members of District 59

Barcelona Conference in images Page 15-16

Bohemian Toastmasters Visits Page 8

DECEMBER

Dear members of District 59,

District Treasurer's report Supporting the Next Generation Alicante Speakers Club Instructs District Officer's interview: Didier Dehem Toastmasters Zug Rebuilds District Officer's interview: Morag Mathieson Prague Toastmasters Clubs Showcase Toastmasters on Stage at the “Global Speakers Summit 2011” District 59 Spring Conference 2011 Easy-speak the Agenda E-mail System Verdi Rhetorik Klub Celebrates Barcelona Conference review in Images Hall of Fame 2009-2010

I’m excited and impressed by the vast number of possibilities the Toastmasters educational program offers.

Communication and leadership are two words we hear so often that we can become numb to them. Communication gets our message out and understood to the right people in the right way and leadership helps us guide others along their path to dream fulfillment.

Most Toastmasters begin by learning how to speak in front of people, then go on to discover the excitement that comes from helping others to grow by serving in one of the leadership position like Sergeant at Arms, President, Governor, etc.

Forrest Gump’s mother said: „Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get“. It's rather like Toastmasters.

What does a box of Toastmasters’ have to offer?

There are many opportunities to develop our leadership strengths: The numerous educational

programs and workshops provided

by Toastmasters International, the Youth Leadership Program and even the High Performance Leadership project where we hone our skills with a project of our own choice. Although these don’t have to be strictly related to Toastmasters they are the perfect opportunity to promote Toastmasters to others who might be interested in learning what we've learnt.

Have fun, share your box of chocolates and enjoy the pursuit of Fulfilling Your Dreams.

Have a great day.

Benjamin Bruehl, District Governor

The names Toastmasters International, Toastmasters and the Toastmasters International emblem are trademarks protected in the United States, Canada and countries, where Toastmasters Clubs exist.

Public Relations Serving for Leadership Projects I wish to share with you the experience of your fellow Toastmasters in combining the Public Relations and Toastmasters educational program.

Creating and promoting a club event gives an opportunity to complete a High Performance Leadership project. Read how five year charter celebration of Verdi Rhetorik Klub served for HPL project.

Humorous Speech Contest Winner: Adam Wern "Forbidden Words" Stockholm, Sweden Division G / Stockholm International 2nd Place: Karen Kapur "Pain" Lausanne, Switzerland Division E / EPFL-UNIL Toastmasters

This works also vice versa, Alicante club has scheduled the educational programs from Better Speaker Series for the whole Toastmasters year and promotes these as comprehensive communication/leadership seminars.

Enjoy reading and get inspired!

District Treasurer’s Report

3rd Place: Peter McKenzie "Murphy's Queue" Barcelona, Spain Division H / Prestigious Speakers Barcelona

Table Topics Contest Winner: Mel Kelly Munich Prostmasters, Germany 2nd place: Olivia Schofield First Berlin Toastmasters club, Germany

Income / Available Funds July – October 2010 (33% of the year)

3rd place: Amy Hamilton Stuttgart Int'l Club, Germany

Coke, the real thing?

Expenses July – October 2010 (33% of the year)

Supporting the Next Generation We all became Toastmasters because we know that we can benefit in some way or another but have you ever thought that Toastmasters can go beyond our club or our members?

Two members of Erlangen Toastmasters club, Morag Mathieson and Fiona Whiting came together on an amazing journey.

Fiona Whiting is a Middle School English teacher at the Franconian International School (FIS) where the students complete the International Baccalaureate in Grade 12. One part of the English course requires that the students prepare and give a presentation on a set topic, which is videotaped and sent to examiners.

The students had no problem with their academic knowledge but many were insecure and nervous when speaking in front of a video camera. I am sure lots of us can identify with that!

Fiona realized that Toastmasters could help her students so she mentioned it to a fellow Toastmaster Morag Mathieson who recommended the Youth Leadership program. As soon as support for the program was given from the FIS English department, both ladies got hands on and were eager to see the results of the Youth Leadership program.

The Youth Leadership program was run over eight weeks as an after school activity. Morag and Fiona created a small group of 10 volunteer students. Following the Youth Leadership manual they practiced giving speeches, doing table topics, sharing evaluations and filling in other regular Toastmasters’ meeting roles. The students particularly liked the body language module and found it very valuable. After only 8 weeks all students were far more confident.

Fiona and Morag described the students’ improvement “like the contrast between night and day, it was amazing to see how quickly they learn.”

Fiona and Morag agree that the program was very successful and they highly recommend it to any Toastmaster, club, or school that wants to give their students a higher level of self confidence when presenting.

Toastmasters is more than just a club to teach us how to speak in public.

We can help our communities with the experience that we have gained in Toastmasters. Could you imagine yourself having that knowledge and confidence when you were 17 years old?

We can support the next generation.

Erlangen Toastmasters Club, Area D3 Charter Date: 01/26/2006 • The Youth Leadership program was run over eight weeks as an after school activity.

• The students were insecure and nervous when speaking in front of a video camera and Toastmasters could help them • After only 8 weeks all students were far more confident and their improvement were like the contrast between night and day

Dorleta Gonzalez: 2010 Erlangen Toastmasters Secretary

Fiona Whiting and Morag Mathieson

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Alicante Speakers Club Instructs Alicante Speakers Club, Area H3 Charter Date: 05/20/2010 • Focus on educational goals • Educational speeches based on The Better Speaker Series • Scheduled in advance for the whole Toastmasters year

Alicante Speakers Club is a very young club. After the chartering process and working hard on membership to ensure a stable number of members, the committee has decided to focus on educational goals this year - one of the main values of Toastmasters.

Alicante Speakers Club Educational Program 2010-2011 This program consists of educational speeches covering different aspects of communication. Based on topics from the Best Speaker series, the speeches will take place during regular Toastmasters meetings and will be conducted by Alicante Speakers Club Committee Members.

Major goals for this program are to develop our members’ communication skills and to provide guests with a valuable experience when they decide to join one of our meetings. In addition to the regular meeting, they will experience a comprehensive communication/leadership seminar.

If you are in Alicante on the specified dates, feel free to join us and have a taste of our Toastmasters’ development experience. More information is available in Alicante Speakers Club website: http://www.alicantetoastmasters.org Sergio Ortiz Alicante Speakers Club VP Public Relations

Topic

Date

Controlling your fears

October 2nd meeting

Impromptu speaking

November 2nd meeting

Beginning your speech

January 2nd meeting

Concluding your speech

March 2nd meeting

Using body language

May 2nd meeting

Sonny Varghese, DTM Region Advisor Marketing 2010-2011 Region 11

Since 1975, Varghese has been the head of finance, administration and human resources of Qatar Aeronautical College. He has a Master of Science degree from Bangalore University in India.

Varghese has been a Toastmaster since 1997. As District 79 Governor, he helped it achieve President’s Distinguished District status in 2006–2007.

Varghese visited District 59 Fall Conference and gave two workshops on club building.

District Officer's interview: Didier Dehem LGM

Didier Dehem

What did you say about yourself in your Ice-Breaker speech?

Three challenges: • having one new club per area, • being more efficient • setting up club building committees

I explained the method I used to prepare my speech. It was an indirect presentation of me

I am Didier Dehem your Lieutenant Governor Marketing. This position is dedicated to supporting the District's mission and in particular the issues to promoting new clubs and supporting membership of existing clubs.

My biggest challenges have been: Running the position of area governor and of Lieutenant Governor Marketing. I liked very much being president of my club: "Le Club des Orateurs" Some people hesitate being club president because of the symbolic state of representing a club. The position of Lieutenant Governor Marketing opens the doors to the international, outside the district, it is very exciting.

What are your objectives for this year as a District Officer?

I have three challenges: • having one new club per area, • being more efficient through delegating, planning and giving recognition, • setting up club building committees at division and district levels.

2009 - 2010 Division A Governor

New Clubs

How would you now introduce yourself to the Toastmasters in District 59?

What has been the biggest challenge during your Toastmasters experience?

Home Club: Le Club des Orateurs

What did you take with you from the Convention?

The Convention is really an International event. I met so many people coming from all around the world.

It was the time of networking and exchanging expertise. The Q and A sessions with the candidates running for International positions were a great opportunity to discover the International Policy of Toastmasters International.

I learned that our District 59 has its own characteristics: it is a very large district, there are many countries and many languages and we are very dynamic.

C 2 Halle Toastmasters, Halle F 2 Rhetorik Club Mannheim, Mannheim H 1 HP Toastmasters Barcelona, Barcelona C 3 Rederei Bremen, Bremen E 3 The Graduate Institute Toastmasters Club, Genève H 2 Ericsson Madrid, Madrid B 4 OECD, Paris H 2 Nova Communication, Madrid G 2 Malmö Toastmasters, Malmö E 3 Active Leadership Committee, Lausanne G 3 Karlstad International Toastmasters, Karlstad

What advice would you give to a member who plans to visit the Convention for the first time?

The more you give, the more you receive.

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Toastmasters Zug Rebuilds

Photos: Alex Kirschner • Collage: Alex Mühle TM International Club Zug Club, Area E1 Charter Date: 03/01/1989

15 : 15 To have 15 new members and an average of 15 club members attend every meeting • Organized a special event partnered with two key groups.

• Old Town Association of Zug provided the venue and promoted the event.

• Zug4You promoted the event and sponsored the drinks.

Toastmasters Zug had lost many active members over the past couple of years, and at the end of the 2009/2010 year, concern among club members was obvious.

It wasn’t unusual to have a turnout of six members at club meetings.

Members were not too enthusiastic about bringing guests.

So at the beginning of the Toastmasters year, we created a simple yet “sticky” slogan, 15 : 15.

It’s actually more than a slogan.

It’s a vision.

Here’s what it stood for: • By the end of this Toastmasters year, our goal was to have 15 new members and an average of 15 club members attend every meeting.

We’ve been very transparent with the members, and with guests.

We told them the club was at a low point BUT we were energized to rebuild it and confident we would.

We prioritized certain meetings in advance for “bring a guest” nights, and the entire membership went in to hosting mode.

Meeting size grew and we picked up six members in August and September.

This earned us the Smedley Award, and morale was growing both within the committee as well as throughout the entire club. We decided to pull out all the stops.

Promo Event We planned a special event on the 25th of October through the

intense work of our VP PR and with the support of the rest of the committee. The real differentiator was that we partnered with two key groups.

One was the Old Town Association of Zug, who provided a beautiful gothic venue in the heart of the Old Town, and who promoted the event through their channels.

The other was Zug4You, a networking group targeting expatriates and aligned with an online expat news service called The Zug Post.

Zug4You promoted the event within its readership and networking circles, and also sponsored the drinks at our normal dinner break.

Toastmasters Zug provided light dinner snacks for guests as well as members. We asked our existing members to step up to the importance of the event with prepared speeches and roles, and they did in a big time way.

We had 20 guests at the promo event, many of whom even accepted the challenge of Table Topics.

Our host from Zug Old Town gave a small presentation about the Old Town after the dinner break and, during the dinner break, asked one of our veteran members to evaluate the presentation.

A handful of the guests from the promo event returned to the next meeting, while others said they were definitely planning to come to future meetings.

More importantly, word has gotten out beyond those guests, and at the next normal club meeting, we had a total of 10 NEW guests, one who joined on the spot and several others who said they were probably going to join soon. With guests and members, we had 27 people at that following meeting.

The morale in the club is as high as it’s been in years. Members are enthusiastic about bringing guests, and guests are as enthusiastic about returning.

We’re confident we’ll hit our objective of 15 : 15.

It’s more than a slogan.

Jack Vincent CC, CL Club President

District Officer's interview: Morag Mathieson, Secretary What did you tell about yourself in your Ice-Breaker speech?

In my home town in Scotland when people die it is very common for a notice to appear in the local newspaper to announce the death and for friends and family to write short comments about the person.

In my ice breaker speech I spoke about what my friends and family would tell the club about me. For example- in my family I have one brother who is 12 years older than me. My mother would have told the club that had I been born first, I would definitely have been an only child! Chiefly because as a small child I preferred to be awake and not asleep, unlike my brother who loved to sleep.

My colleagues who, at my leaving party, asked the DJ to play a particular song that they thought summed up my approach to work.

It was the song "It's got to be perfect" by Fairground Attraction.

The song has the line: "Too many people take second best, I won't take anything less. It's got to be perfect". As a pharmacist accuracy in my work is really important so in this case attention to detail is really significant!

My previous boss at work who named me "party girl" because whenever she wanted to have a team party or, teambuilding event would always ask me to organize it because she could trust me to come up with something interesting and to take care of the details and get others involved.

How would you now introduce yourself to the Toastmasters in District 59?

Since my ice breaker I have achieved Advanced Communicator Silver and am working towards Advanced Leader Silver. I would tell them of the steps along the way and how I found opportunities

to learn and develop in many different places - the challenge of giving a brief speech on a subject that you know lots about which I had to face while doing the Advanced Manual Interpersonal Communication, the opportunities to pay tribute to many people who have been important to me in Toastmasters and beyond while working on the Special Occasion Speeches manual, the inspiration I found in working with teenagers on the Youth Leadership Program at a local school, the steep learning curve in organizing and chairing the District Conference in Bamberg with only 5 months to prepare, the sense of satisfaction and the realization of how much you have learned when mentoring new Toastmasters and training and mentoring new club officers.

What has been the biggest challenge during your Toastmasters experience?

Probably being target speaker for a German language evaluation contest. I had never given a speech in German at Toastmasters before, so it was hugely nerve wracking.

I held the lectern shaking for a few moments before beginning to speak. By the end I was relieved and satisfied that it was a good speech and I had most definitely stepped out of my comfort zone!

It helped me appreciate what so many Toastmasters in District 59 experience when they give speeches in a language which is not their native tongue.

What are your objectives for this year as a District Officer?

As District Secretary I want to support my fellow District Officers with administrative skills to deliver on the District Mission. On a personal note I plan to complete the Advanced Leader Silver award.

Morag Mathieson Home Club: Erlangen Toastmasters Club

2010-2011 Division D Governor 2009-2010 District Secretary 2008-2009 Toastmaster of the Year My colleagues summed up my approach to work.

"Too many people take second best, I won't take anything less. It's got to be perfect". "...the realisation of how much you have learned when mentoring new Toastmasters and training and mentoring new club officers."

As Division D Governor I would like to support my Area Governors and their teams - to increase participation in club officer training and in area and division events - to build up the membership in clubs which are struggling - to build at least 3 new clubs in the division

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Bohemian Toastmasters, Area D2 Charter Date: 02/12/2007 Prague Speakers, Area D2 Charter Date: 03/07/2005 • A demonstration workshop for Erasmus Student Network • A group of the younger Toastmasters from the two Prague clubs • to showcase Toastmasters

Prague Toastmasters Clubs Showcase Following an invitation from Andrea Teichmannová (Queen’s Town TM) and Pavlína Sládková, All Committees Meeting (Co-Meet) of the Erasmus Student Network, it was agreed to provide a demonstration workshop at their event in Prague. Knowing the age of these international students, I thought it was appropriate to gather together a band of our younger Toastmasters from the two Prague clubs.

The initiative was to provide a forum for ESN students to gain some fundamentals in public speaking and presentations.

We, in turn, saw the event as an opportunity to showcase Toastmasters not only in the Czech Republic but also as an organization worthy of consideration to gain valuable skills in leadership and communication.

We had about 18 students from Spain, Portugal, Poland, the Ukraine, Slovenia and the Czech Republic.

Above: Jarda Sladek and Maija Kadlekova Maija Kadlecova asking a Table Topic Question On the right: Q and A session

After a short introduction, we had a prepared speech by Michal Juhas.

This being the first speech Michal has given outside Bohemian TM; I congratulate him for his poise, confidence, and credibility.

His speech was evaluated by Honza Buzak from Prague Speakers TM. On completing his evaluation, Honza invited the students to also give Michal some feedback.

We then played a gesture game where individuals had to read a sentence which contained a phrase to be gestured. This brought lots of laughs which in turn encouraged more animation in the following Table Topics session.

Prague Speakers' members Jarda Sladek first explained impromptu speaking, then Maija Kadlecova put us through with an interesting Table Topics.

The session closed with a question and answer session and some feedback for us Toastmasters. We all left having had fun and feeling a sense of achievement.

Toastmasters on Stage at the “Global Speakers Summit 2011” A very special opportunity for District 59 Toastmasters is coming in April 2011. The Global Speakers Summit is coming to the Netherlands!

The GSS (www.globalspeakers.net/summit) is a once-every-two-year conference organized by the Global Speakers Federation (www.globalspeakers.net) for professional speakers from around the world.

This three-day conference will be filled with top professional speakers and workshops, sessions with meeting/conference planners and lots of information to guide and inspire professional speakers. It will be held in the Netherlands in a beautiful seaside town of Noordwijk, just south of Amsterdam on April 14-16, 2011.

Over 110 speakers are on the schedule, and a number of Toastmasters will be on the platform!

Thanks to the partnership between Toastmasters in NL and PSA (Professional Speakers Association) Holland, there are special unique opportunities for Toastmasters at the GSS: • Several slots in the “SFactor”, a contest of three-minute speeches, are being held for District 59 Toastmasters.

The audience will choose the winning speech, and the winner will receive a speaking slot at the next PSA Holland convention. That is quite an honor! If you are interested in being considered for one of the speech slots, you must contact Celeste Brown (celeste@russchenberg-brown.eu) no later than Friday December 10.

That is the latest date that the GSS meeting planners will allow us so don’t be late. To be considered,

German workshops Humorous Speech

you must be a fully-registered participant of the Global Speakers Summit.

• David Henderson, the winner of the Toastmasters 2010 World Championship of Public Speaking, has been invited to speak at the conference. As of the writing of this article, negotiations are still underway but it is highly probable that he will speak. What an amazing opportunity to hear the winner of the 2010 Toastmaster competition here in Europe!

• A Toastmasters display will be available throughout the conference that will emphasize the win-win partnership between professional speakers associations and Toastmasters.

The Global Speakers Summit is a special conference, and this is the first time it is being held in Europe.

So do your research, register for the GSS and book your ticket to Amsterdam!

You’ll be among friends.

Winner: Andreas Petri "Singels" Karlsruher Redeclub, Karlsruhe, Germany 2nd place: Gudrun Wahnschaffe "Ist da jemand?"

Adlershof Toastmasters Club, Berlin, Germany 3rd place: Thomas Skipwith "Die Löffel Liste" Rhetorik Club Zürich, Zürich, Germany Table Topics Winner: Thomas Skipwith Rhetorik Club Zürich, Zürich, Germany 2nd place: Agnes Tarnai Black Forest Toastmasters, Brussels, Belgium 3rd place: Michael Wegelin Ulmer Redespatzen, Ulm, Germany

Submitted by: Celeste Brown District 59 Ambassador

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Lisbon details:

Spring Conference 2011 Full package Early Bird 130,00 € until Dec 31, 2010

May 20th to 22nd

Normal rate 145,00 € until Mar 31, 2011

The Spirit of Great Discoveries

Last minute 155,00 € until May 21, 2011 Small Package Flat rate 80,00 € until May 21, 2011 Conference venue: ISCTE Royal Auditorium Gala Venue: Sana Metropolitan Hotel

French Workshops Humourous Speech Winner: Cédric Copy International Geneva TM, Geneva, Switzerland Table Topics Winner: Alexandre Warnet Verbissimo, Geneva, Switzerland 2nd place: Lyndia Roveda Club des Orateurs, Brussels, Belgium 3rd place: Jean Nasr Expressions, Paris, France

Register Now! Hundreds of years ago Portugal attained fame of having some of the greatest navigators in the world, those that dared to navigate seas that had never been navigated before.

Lisbon Toastmasters warmly invites the District 59 community to embrace that spirit, so that together we can reach a new level in public speaking that has never been achieved before!

Plan to attend the Spring Conference 2011 in Lisbon There are many reasons you should join us, here are the 3 main ones: .

Leadership Keynote International President;

Speaker:

Pat

Johnson,

Toastmasters

. Communication Keynote Speaker: Darren Lacroix, 2001 World Champion Speaker; . Lisbon has won the Best European Destination 2010 prize, awarded by the European Consumers Choice. Sun, hospitality, great food and wine contributed strongly to that prize; To register visit our website: www.toastmasters.org.pt/conference.

Take advantage of the Early Bird Fee: 130 Euros (Full package – until 31/12/2010). Check the website for more information regarding other registration options.

We are looking forward to seeing you in Lisbon.

“The Dynamic Team”

District 59 Expense Claim Process The use of the reimbursement form is a MUST download: www.district59.org/district-officers/reports-downloads/forms Provide correct and complete details of your bank account: IBAN and BIC (SWIFT ) details for accounts outside of Germany, for German bank accounts BLZ and German account-no. is sufficient Send/email to District Governor and District Treasurer (cc ) Submit reimbursement claims within 30 days of occurrence!

Include scans of proper receipts for all expenses (see acceptable / unacceptable expenses on TMI website „financial corner“) Include mileage calculation (http://maps.google.de/maps)

Who will receive the meeting announcements?

The agenda e-mail system How to send attachments To send attachments using the easy-Speak Email system, first you upload your attachment to the Forum by creating a Topic and adding the items to the Topic. Each uploaded item has its own URL address which can be included in your E-mail.

Or you could include the link to the Topic post in your E-mail. The difference is that you must be logged in to view a Topic but, to download an uploaded item directly from its own link; you need not be logged in.

The big advantage with this way of using attachments is that you can revise your documents in the Club Forum anytime and keep the same link.

When I sent a registration form for a club contest, I keep revising it as I found ways to improve it.

Since, I had already told everyone the link to the registration document, they always downloaded the latest version.

One word of caution.

The Club Forum is a secure, central and convenient place to save important club documents. Search engines cannot index in the Forum because it is behind the login wall.

The 'agenda e-mail' feature allows you to send a series of emails telling your members about the meetings, the assigned roles, and the vacant roles. There are five e-mails in the system.

First E-mail This e-mail is a general introduction and a reminder about the meeting and may be sent to some or all users of your club, selecting them by membership 'status'.

The body of the e-mail is available for you to edit and the reply links are inserted automatically at the bottom of your message.

The e-mail ends with a request to click on one of the links to advice on attendance. The requested reply date is calculated automatically from the meeting date and the club settings.

The remaining e-mails are sent only to members whose status allows them to speak or to take a role or who have already clicked on the link to say that they will attend.

Second E-mail The second e-mail is sent as soon as possible after assigning users to roles. It thanks those that replied to the first e-mail and advises users that they do not have a role at this meeting but, if the club allows this, suggests visiting the web-site to volunteer if someone who has been assigned a role drops out.

Third E-mail The third e-mail should be sent at the same time as you send the second e-mail. This one asks for confirmation to accept a specific role, and gives the user any comments about the role and, if

appropriate, about the location.

If you need to re-run this e-mail after someone has refused a role or cannot attend the meeting it will ONLY be sent to the users newly assigned a role. There is also an option to resend this e-mail to anyone that has not replied within a selected time.

Fourth E-mail The fourth e-mail asks for volunteers to visit the web-site and take roles that are not currently assigned.

If your club settings do not allow users to volunteer for unassigned roles through the web-site the email asks volunteers to contact the VPE. Fifth E-mail This last email is used as a reminder and to provide an easy clickable link back to the web-site for users to view or print the agenda before the meeting.

Normally, this would only be sent to users who have a role or who are attending the meeting. There is an option to send it to anyone whose attendance is unknown.

The meeting manager is automatically set to 'watch this agenda for changes' and will receive an e-mail when a user accepts or rejects a role.

Note for Area / Division / District Events: E-mails one, three, and five are available for officers training and contests.

In these e-mails, the addressees will automatically include all the officers, who are recognized by TI for officer training within that unit, PLUS all users who have ticked the box to say that they will attend the meeting.

Bill Monsour

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Verdi Rhetorik Klub celebrates Verdi Rhetoric Klub, Area F1 Charter Date: 03/07/2005 Five year charter anniversary Guidance committee a balanced mix of experienced and new, members and club officers.

Five phase model of the International Project Management Association 1. Project initiation 2. Project definition 3. Project planning 4. Project execution 5. Project conclusion Goetz MĂźller 2006 Competent Communicator 2007 Competent Leader (acc. to the new CL manual) 2008 Advanced Leader Bronze and Advanced Communicator Bronze 2009 Advanced Communicator Silver and Advanced Communicator Gold

The intention of this article is to provide to fellow Toastmasters an impression and insight to a real High Performance Leadership project (HPL). I will share some information of my personal Toastmasters background, the project background, its execution, my experience and so on.

My name is Goetz Mueller. I attended my first Toastmasters meeting in November 2005 and joined a German speaking club, Verdi Rhetorik Klub, Stuttgart in January 2006. I have completed the various Toastmasters education steps.

I have served in several Toastmasters club officers’ roles and beyond including club president and area governor.

The initial attempt to start an HPL project was in 2008, when I lead a team for translating the CL manual into German language.

Unfortunately, that project came up to speed so quickly that I wasn't able to properly set-up the HPL guidance committee and to use the translation project for that purpose.

The next opportunity for an HPL project was five year charter anniversary of my home club, the Verdi Rhetorik Klub Stuttgart. In December 2009 the club executive council decided to extend a normal Toastmasters meeting to the five year charter anniversary celebration and gave me the task to run the preparation project. The celebration meeting was decided to run well after the summer break on 4th October, 2010.

For the guidance committee as well as for the project team I asked a balanced mix of experienced Toastmasters, new members, new and former club officers. The

recruitment for the project team started in December 2009 and the last person joined mid of March 2010.

To run the project I used the five phase model of the International Project Management Association of which I earned a Project Manager certificate in 2009.

The first phase - project initiation was the already described decision in December 2009 to have the celebration meeting.

The second phase project definition - was the recruitment of the project team and outlining the "look and feel" of the celebration in collaboration with the club officers.

This was done in April.

Most of the project work was done in the third phase - project planning. Tasks comprised to book the meeting venue, to order the catering, to invite the guest and keynote speakers, and to set up the agenda for the celebration meeting. The final steps of the planning were taken in September when the expected number of participants and guests was known

for ordering the right amount of finger food.

As long as the planning phase was as short was the fourth phase project execution - which was the celebration meeting itself on 4th October 2010. The evening of the 4th October was split in the final preparation of the venue and catering, get-together of participants and guests, the meeting itself according to an ordinary TM meeting agenda, and the final serving of food and beverage with small talk between attendees.

The final and fifth phase - project conclusion consisted of a feedback request from the project team members and the payment of the catering bills.

During the project we were facing several challenges. One of them was to keep the motivation on a high level due the quite long duration of the planning phase from May to September. Another was virtuality as more communication was by email than by meeting face to face. Then, a person left the team because of the personal workload in other areas. It was also a challenge to get responses to the invitations we had sent out to club members and guests.

Apart of the challenges we also had some failures. Unfortunately, we were not able to get any representatives of the GermanAmerican associations in the Stuttgart area nor the visit of a camera crew from a local TV station although we were quite close to it. This was mainly caused by the more publicly interesting incidents regarding Stuttgart 21 that spoiled our plans in that direction.

However and fortunately the celebration meeting was very well received from all participants including the area governor from Karlsruhe. We got very positive feedback for all the aspects of the meeting including the keynote speeches by the head of the municipal culture office and the regional head of the union that host our meetings. We also had a story in a local event guide and some online press releases.

In conclusion, the HPL project was a very interesting experience, quite different from an ordinary project management perspective, mainly due to the non-profit and informal environment in which the project was running. I would like to encourage all fellow Toastmasters to use not only the communication track of the Toastmasters educational program but also the leadership track with its different but similarly useful parts of which the High Performance Leadership program is an important final stage.

My next and final step to earn the DTM award is the foundation of a new Toastmaster club in the Stuttgart area for which we clearly have the potential regarding the number of inhabitants in the area.

Member Statistics District 59 Country of residence Germany 32 % Switzerland 13 % France 9 % Netherlands 8 % Belgium 6 % Spain 6 % Sweden 6 % Poland 5 % Portugal 3 % Luxembourg 3 % Czech Republic 3 % Other Countries 6 % Austria Hungary Denmark United States Norway United Kingdom Australia Finland Ireland Monaco New Zealand Slovakia(Slovak Republic)

Taiwan United Arab Emirates When did they join Toastmasters? > 10 years ago 4 % 5 years ago 11 % 4 years ago 5 % 3 years ago 9 % 2 years ago 14 % 1 years ago 28 % 0 years ago 28 %

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Barcelona, November 20 and 21, 2010 Barcelona photo gallery: http://toastmasters-euroconf-2010-barcelona.org/site/photogallery-1.htm

Toastmasters: Achieving Greatness Together

Toastmasters District 59: Fulfilling your Dreams

Hall of Fame 2009-2010 Division Governor of the Year Monika Królak Division C, Poland, North-Germany Area Governor of the Year Natalia Filchakova Area E3, Switzerland Toastmaster of the Year Edith Finkbeiner Mulligan District Governor Award Best Club - DCP Lisbon Toastmasters President´s Distinguished Division Governors A > Didier Dehem B > Joanne Telser C > Monika Krolak D > Barbara Hörger E > Girish Dave H > Markus Künkel I > Erwin Pfuhler J > Bill Monsour President´s Distinguished Area Governors A1 > Marc Tournon B1 > Agnes Tarnai B2 > Matt Viel C3 > Kirsten Friedrichs C4 > Joanna Tkaczyk-Nowakowska E3 > Natalia Filchakova E4 > Erika Markl H4 > João Carlos De Mendonça J3 > Mia Benjamin Distinguished Toastmasters DTM Bruehl, Benjamin DTM Dave, Girish DTM Finkbeiner Mulligan, Edith DTM Gade, Soren A. DTM Hoerger, Barbara Jean DTM Jankowsky, Margaret DTM Kischkel, Thomas DTM Kuenkel, Markus DTM Rouse, John DTM Schmitt, Stephanie DTM Selby, Philip DTM Sollberger, Christian DTM Van Geleuken, Gerard DTM Viramo, Niko Jan DTM Wittkopp, Schifra

Triple Crown Education Awards (3 or more awards in one term) Member Awards Bruehl, Benjamin LDREXC, ACG, ACS Dave, Girish ACG, ALS, ACS, Jankowsky, Margaret ALS, LDREXC, Mendy, Emmanuel ALB, CL, ACB, CC Rose, Thomas CL, ACS, ALB, ACB Rouse, John LDREXC, ALS, ACG, DTM Viramo, Niko Jan ALS, DTM, ACG, ACS Atherton, Charles Lever CL, ACB, ALB BWatson, Lorraine CL, ALB, ACB Bahss, Christian ALB, CL, CC Bannes, Alex CC, ACB, CL Dannhoefer, Bodo ACB, ALB, CL Greene, Dermot Joseph ALB, CL, ACB Haug, Holger CL, ALB, ACB Hoerger, Barbara Jean ALS, DTM, ACG Hofmann, Peter H.W. ALB, ACB, CL Hu, Sandy Biyao CL, ACB, ALB Liebig, Berthold E. ALB, CL, ACG Mridha, Mithun Kumar CL, CC, ACB Niklaus, Edgar Franz ACS, ALB, CL Oliveira, Cristiani CC, ALB, CL Pick, Steffen CL, CC, ALB Plaxton, Jane ACB, CL, ALB Runciman, Cecilia Ann ALB, ACB, CL Schmitt, Stephanie ACG, DTM, CL Sollberger, Christian DTM, LDREXC, ALS Waber, Monica ACB, ALB, CL Wallisch, Sabine CC, CL, CC Ziliene, Veronika CL, CC, CC Area Governor of the Year Natalia Filchakova

The Clarion - www.district59.org Publishing Information Head: Tuire Vuolasvirta, District Public Relations Officer • Editors: Benjamin Bruehl, Celeste Brown, Jack Vincent, Goetz Müller, Tony Purdy, Colm Kehoe, Dorleta Gonzalez, • Photos: Hadrien Lutogniewski, Dan Ottermalm

District 59 Hall of Fame 2009-2010 Congratulations to Competent Communicators CC Adebusoye, Adewale John CC Ahles, Hermann CC Amos, Timothy J. CC Amrein, Sascha CC Anguera, Xavier CC Asif, Syed Awais CC Aubert, Nicole CC Backhaus-Henkel, Beate CC Bahss, Christian CC Balsky, Ivo CC Bannes, Alex CC Barbier, Jean CC Bastos Rodriguez, Charles CC Baur, Thea CC Ben Hajla, Mohamed CC Bernigau, Sven CC Bettac, Ralf CC Biesenberger, Sabine CC Black, Angela CC BLOCK, CHRISTIAN CC Bocquet, Cecile Marie Madeleine CC Boor, Klara CC Bot, Hans CC Bratatjandra, Marcel CC Brickert, Lottie CC Brodziak, Marcin CC Brueckner, Dirk CC Busson, Mireille CC Butty, Ingrid Sonja CC Cabanis, Anne-Laure CC Candeger, Murat CC Carlson, Steven CC Caron Savigne, Liliana CC Castellet Alsina, Joana CC Celik, Cale CC CHRYST, Philip CC Cirina, David Povos CC Conway, Adrienne Y. CC Croome, Doris CC Croon, Celine CC Crushovalieva, Sophie CC Cussac, Marie Jo CC Dangendorf, Jan CC De La Lama, Jose Maria CC Debus-Gregor, Esther A. CC Dembinska, Barbara CC Dias Lemos, Alexandra Margarida CC Dietrich, Markus CC Dill, Harald CC Dismond, Martina CC Dittrich, Carmen Sara CC Dunbar, Angela Michelle CC Dupont, Nadia CC Eggert, Norbert CC Eichler, Annette CC Els, Robbert Van CC Englund, Annelie CC ENSMINGER, Joelle CC Eriksson, Karin CC Erlanger, Dominik CC Evonuk, Stephen P CC Farrelly, Terry CC Fearn, James H. CC Fehrens, Andreas CC Fekete, Peter CC Felger, Juergen CC Filchakova, Natalia CC Filip, Nathaniel CC Fjordland, Kent CC Flaschberger, Klaus CC FLEURIET, Marc CC Floeter, Helmut CC Florea, Mariana CC Forkusam, Sylvie B. CC Fraehsdorf, Holger CC Frankenberger, Harald CC Frenzel, Leif CC Fries, Dominik CC Gabriel, Alfred CC Gabzdyl, Rafal Adam CC GARRATT, JACQUELINE ANNE CC Gartmayr, Ingrid

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Gerstle, Ingrid Girg, Wolfram Giring, Martin Gomes, Ricardo Gomez De Arguello, Ana Gonzalez Garcia, David Gonzalez, Ileana Graeter, Frederik Grams, Manfred Greer, Valerie K. Griemla, Stefan Grosse-Moench, Astrid Grybalow, Miroslaw Haas, Marlies Halbleib, Cacilie Hamilton, Amy Handschuch, Tobias Hansen, Lars Havranova, Anna Heitzmann, Christian Hengeveld, Jan Henry, Daniel Herder, Brigitte Hering, Anne Herling, Doreen Hermens, Ellen Hermet, Joel Hernandez, Menchu Hilgert, Friederike Amelie Hinzpeter, Gerald Hoehmann, Ingmar Horan, William Hristov, Alexander Huebner, Karl Hunt, Laverne Hunting, Eugen Idstrom, Jan-Peter IZCUE, Yvette Janicke, Nathali Jankowsky, Margaret Jankrift, Sandra Janson, Ruth Japar, Nazgul Jaworowski, Dariusz Jensen, Rasmus Jimenez, Ricardo Johansson Murto, Ulrica M L Johansson, Niklas Kadlecova, Maija Kalus, Reinhard Alois Karasek, Reinhild Kashimori, Seiichiro Katzameyer, Juergen KAWAGUCHI, Tomoko Kerswell, Katia Kettemann, Stefan Kiefer, Tobias Klajman, Sylvie Kluitmann, Andrea Knorr, Alexandra Koch, Axel _ Kohl, Tomas Kolk, Michael Kolmberger, Lise-Lotte PC Kolodziej, Marcin Ryszard Komorowski, Rafal Jan Kottich, Heinz-Ulrich Kozak, Joanna Kraft, Hans Kreissl, Lucie Krisztina, Medgyesi Kronqvist, Annika K. Kucerova, Petra Kunzelmann, Heike Kuster, Leslie J. Labrusse, Anne Legroux, Marie-Therese Leipert-Knaup, Nicole Leonhardt, Dorothea Lilja, Lukas Lisowska, Malgorzata London, Jeffer

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Lopes, Tulia Araujo Lozano, Maria Luijt, Nils MacBeath, Ian MacBeath, Ian Mahiddine, Mohamed Malik, Sonu Marcy, Herve Margerit, Jonathan Marion, Agnes Markl, Erika Marques, Rui Manuel Sousa Martinie, Jean Martins, Pedro Nuno Martinsson, Torsten Mattenberger, Harald MAUBOUSSIN, Francoise Mazurowska, Hanna McAndrew, Robert A. McGregor, Louise Mecke, Joerg Mendo, Susana Maria Pereira Mendy, Emmanuel Menke, Roswitha Merten, Marion Meyers, Dan Mitchell, Christine Mojsesch, Mirela Moncel, Benedicte Mridha, Mithun Kumar Mueller, Sascha Mueller, Tobias Murrell, Julian F Murthy, Sandeep Nabbefeld, Herbert Nagel, Marion Naos, Ekaterine Navarro Lopez, Ruben Nikonovas, Arkadijus Novak, Anezka Clare Elizabeth Nowicka, Anna Olbrisch, Inga Oliveira, Cristiani O'Murchu, Sean Orec, Robert Ostwald, Moritz Paluchowska, Milena Stoycheva Paschoud, Tamara Lynn Peltier, Catherine Penalosa, Gerard Perel, Bruno Permanyer, Judit Pham, Kim Jean-Paul Binh Nguyen Pick, Steffen PLoeg, Tijmen Podgoreczny, Andrzej Pomianowicz-Bartkowiak, Marcin Prjadeha, Irina Proeve, Ulrich Przybylski, Krzysztof Jerzy Puntus, Thomas Puschmann, Florian Putzier, Dorothee Raths, Jack Reik, Adelheid Reimer, Mathias Remenyi, Imre Marton Rengsberger, Thomas Rey-Garcia, Pau Miquel Ridder, Christiane RITTER, Jacques Robert, Gilles Rodrigues, Rui Pedro Fernandes Rogers, Carmen Ginny Romano, Filipe Manuel Alves Rost, Peter C. B. Ruas, Jorge Manuel Ferreira Russell, Kurt Rybczynski, Katleen Saha, Anshuman Saliger, Christian Sallerin, Marie

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Sandstrom, Anna Schaefer, Daniel Schaefer, Kristina Schlossbauer, J端rgen Schmeh, Klaus Schmelz, Michael Schmid, Herbert M Schramm, Anna Schulze, Katrin Schwennicke, Ute Scott, Chris Seidel, Berthold Sen, David Sevaux, Claire S Simka, Martin Singer, Jeffrey Michael Ralph Sinsoilliez, Brigitte Skipwith, Thomas Smoron-Cao, Karolina Lan Sollewijn Gelpke, Elena Sprengers, Emelie Staeuble, Christian Stahel, Annie Steinmassl, Eva sterk, mark Stevenhaagen, Sake Stoecker, Nicole Stride, Susanna M Sturhan, Gunda Sunderland, Carole Susanne, Stensson Sutarno, Yanti Swiczewski, Krzysztof Jan Szych, Franciszek Tatem, Saara Tetens, Christian Teuben, Mathilde Thomas, Geoffrey Till-Ehrlichmann, Ariane Trabulo, Alice Maria da Costa Marciel Trabulo, Oswaldo Antonio Sancho Tschirky, Adrian Tyler, Ross H. Valek, Stepan van de Cauter, Sandra MRTM van de Pas, Bieneke Van den Berg, Tessa Van Diepen, Beatrice Van Harmelen, Pieter van Koten, Silvester Van Oldenborgh, Saskia Van Orshaegen, Greet Vavasseur, Pierre Veen, Petra Van der von Koeller, Magnus Vorwitt, Maya Waernqvist, Malena Wagner, Stephen Wagner, Tomas Wahl, Sabine Walbeek, Guido van Waletta, Markus Wallisch, Sabine Wallisch, Sabine Wasitova, Silvana Weinberg, Lothar Wellhoefer, Michael Wennekers, Wil Werken, Helmut-Utz Wickham, John Wiesiawa, Zych Wiethaus, Friedrich Winkler, Stephan Wolodzko, Marta Wong, Sergio Woods, Andy Wu, Li Ping Yebra Fernandez, Gloria Zancada del Rio, Maria Concepcion Ziliene, Veronika Ziliene, Veronika Zywiol, Maciej

President's Distinguished District: District 59 - Continental Europe made it to rank #6 of worldwide 80 districts.

Which is an amazing accomplishment - of a huge team: over 4500 members, 54 district officers who voluntary served the 153 clubs + 22 new ones. We truly exemplifed the Toastmasters International mission and vision. It takes some of work and dedication to reach such a milestone. TI's vision: "Toastmasters International empowers people to achieve their full potential and realize their dreams. Through our member clubs, people throughout the world can improve their communication and leadership skills, and find the courage to change. " What makes us proud is that these names are the living proof that Toastmasters works.

Advanced Communicator Bronze ACB Abendroth, Joerg ACB Aerden, Tom L ACB Ansell, John Frederick ACB Atherton, Charles Lever ACB Bannes, Alex ACB Berglund, Jenny ACB Binder, Simone ACB Braak, Eveline ACB Bucher, Theodor ACB BWatson, Lorraine ACB Byron, Emily ACB Caron, Jesper ACB Challiner, Judi ACB Clarke, Hugh ACB Coffey, Michelle ACB Craggs, Jane ACB Croke, Eva ACB Dannhoefer, Bodo ACB De Mendonca, Joao ACB Delaney, Maureen Teresa ACB Derakhshan, Kamran ACB Desroches, Christiane ACB Frank, Edith ACB Friedrich, Inge ACB Geuijen, Cecile ACB Goezu, Andre ACB Greene, Dermot Joseph ACB Haller, Guillaume Adam ACB Haller, Theo ACB Haug, Holger ACB Henriques, Rui Martins ACB Hofmann, Peter H.W. ACB Hu, Sandy Biyao ACB Jansson, Kyoko ACB Kahn Cleland, Carol ACB Kiener, Melanie ACB Kilic, Goekhan ACB Loehken, Sylvia ACB Mangahas, Sharon ACB Martinsson, Torbjorn ACB Matthews, Dan L. ACB Meddaugh, Gretchen ACB Meeuwis, Pieter ACB Mendy, Emmanuel ACB Mridha, Mithun Kumar ACB Mueck, Florian ACB Murphy, Mary ACB Ocsinberg, Daniel ACB Peiris, Steven ACB Pelcik, Petr ACB Petillot, Alain ACB Pfefferkorn, Tilo Maria ACB Plaxton, Jane ACB Rehe, Rolf F. ACB Richards, Anne Christine ACB Riedi, Marina ACB Rode, Karin ACB Rondeau, Christiane ACB Rose, Thomas ACB Runciman, Cecilia Ann ACB Russchenberg, Jaap ACB Saleh, Sari-Christoph ACB Schimmel, Ulrike ACB Schmid, Guenter ACB Sentilhes, Chantal ACB Skarp, Mats B. ACB Steinbach, Kai ACB Stockmans, Dirk ACB Tabareau, Yves ACB Talacko, David ACB Vemer, Pepijn ACB Von Oertzen, Julia D ACB Waas, Erwin ACB Waber, Monica ACB Westmacott, Keith ACB Wilhelm, Gudrun ACB Wimalaratne, Ranjani ACB Winter, Susi ACB Yaffe, Philip ACB Zikesova, Sarka

Advanced Communicator Silver ACS Aronsson, Jeanette L. ACS Balkova, Monika ACS Ballantyne, Caroline ACS Behrend, Kerstin ACS Bruehl, Benjamin ACS Cagnol, John ACS Cheung, Chen-Loh ACS Cornell, David H. ACS Dave, Girish ACS Dynin, Maxim ACS Esselius, Mikael ACS Fenyo, Zoltan ACS Funch, Flemming Allan ACS Gomez, Manuel ACS Hoerger, Gerhard ACS Husser, Wendy Wallace ACS Kolinko, Tomasz ACS Liszczyk, Karol ACS Lopes Caetano, Luis Manuel ACS Lowey-Ball, Alfred ACS Magyar, Christopher ACS Mathieson, Morag W. ACS Muhlschlegel, Gregor ACS Niklaus, Edgar Franz ACS Olberg, Lars ACS Rose, Thomas ACS Tarnai, Agnes ACS Uhrich, Mark Louis ACS Viramo, Niko Jan Advanced Communicator Gold ACG Andrzejewska, Monika ACG Bruehl, Benjamin ACG Dave, Girish ACG Finkbeiner Mulligan, Edith ACG Hoerger, Barbara Jean ACG Liebig, Berthold E. ACG Monsour, Bill ACG Mueller, Goetz ACG Rouse, John ACG Schmitt, Stephanie ACG Sudmann, Lars ACG Van Geleuken, Gerard ACG Viramo, Niko Jan ACG Wittkopp, Schifra Competent Leaders CL Amos, Timothy J. CL Antunes, Joao Luis de Jesus CL Atherton, Charles Lever CL Bahss, Christian CL Balestra, Jeffrey CL Balkova, Monika CL Bannes, Alex CL Bauvin, Renaud CL Bergaud, Caroline CL Bierhals, Horst CL Bischofberger, Markus CL Boatwright, Nicolas CL Bot, Hans CL BWatson, Lorraine CL Byron, Emily CL Chichester-Bredin, David CL Croke, Eva CL Croke, Thomas Raymond CL Dannhoefer, Bodo CL Dembinska, Barbara CL Denk, Jakob CL Dietrich, Ferri CL Endress, Eva Maria CL ENSMINGER, Joelle CL Estrada, Anthony CL Evertsz, Chantale M. CL Fay, Jill Alex CL Filchakova, Natalia CL Flaschberger, Klaus CL Greene, Dermot Joseph CL Gzula, Jerzy Andrzej CL Hald-Mortensen, Christian CL Hammer, Dorothea CL Haug, Holger CL Herding, Wiebke

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Heuberger, Constance Hidalgo, Carlos F. Hierman, Andrea Hofmann, Peter H.W. Horan, Celine Horan, William Hu, Sandy Biyao Irastorza, Javier Jensen, Stewart Christian Kerswell, Katia Kilic, Goekhan Kirac, Andrej Kluempers, John Kr端ger, Kai Gabriele Liebig, Berthold E. Lindh, Johan Lisowska, Malgorzata Loehken, Sylvia Martinsson, Torsten Mendy, Emmanuel Mitchell, Christine Mridha, Mithun Kumar Mueller, Horst Murthy, Sandeep Nagel, Monika Nasr, Moya Davina Niklaus, Edgar Franz Nikonovas, Arkadijus Nordin, Annica Ocsinberg, Daniel Oliveira, Cristiani Olsson, Ingalill Ornskov, Eivor Ostwald, Moritz Patrocinio, Ricardo Alexandre Silva Perel, Bruno Perez, Encarna Pick, Steffen Plaxton, Jane Pozdilkova, Hana QUIJANO PALOMAR, SARA Rode, Susanne Rose, Thomas Runciman, Cecilia Ann Rybczynski, Katleen Rzymelka, Evelyn Saleh, Sari-Christoph Schmitt, Stephanie Schon, Jose Schwennicke, Ute Seegebarth, Christian Seidel, Berthold Sen, David Slocum, Virginia C. Solomatine, Denis D Stabenau, Birgit Andrea Steinmann, Desiree Tetens, Christian Tomasic, Marina Uralov, Dimitri Uzikova, Dobroslava van de Cauter, Sandra MRTM von zur Muhlen, Jurgen Waber, Monica Wallisch, Sabine Wasitova, Silvana Wellhoefer, Michael Wesley, Lotta Yaffe, Philip Zalug, Patrycja Ziliene, Veronika

Advanced Leader Bronce ALB Antunes, Joao Luis de Jesus ALB Atherton, Charles Lever ALB Bahss, Christian ALB Broger, Jo Ann ALB BWatson, Lorraine ALB Chalmers, John ALB Cibor, Anna ALB Dannhoefer, Bodo ALB Delaney, Maureen Teresa

ALB ALB ALB ALB ALB ALB ALB ALB ALB ALB ALB ALB ALB ALB ALB ALB ALB ALB ALB ALB ALB ALB ALB ALB ALB ALB ALB ALB ALB ALB ALB ALB ALB ALB ALB ALB ALB ALB ALB ALB ALB

Endress, Eva Maria Fay, Jill Alex Greene, Dermot Joseph Guanga, Robert P Gzula, Jerzy Andrzej Hald-Mortensen, Christian Hall, Juergen Haraldh Lundqvist, Inge-Mo Harms, Florian Haug, Holger Henriques, Rui Martins Hoffmann, Alexandre Hofmann, Peter H.W. Hu, Sandy Biyao Irastorza, Javier Liebig, Berthold E. Liston, Janene Elisabeth Liszczyk, Karol Mathieson, David J Mendy, Emmanuel Monroy, J. Mueller, Horst Myers, Cynthia A Niklaus, Edgar Franz Nordin, Annica Oliveira, Cristiani Papenfuss, Lydia Petillot, Odile Pfuhler, Erwin Pick, Steffen Plaxton, Jane Rode, Susanne Rose, Thomas Runciman, Cecilia Ann Schmid, Guenter Sobczyk, Michal Jerzy Talacko, David van de Pas, Bieneke Waber, Monica Whitmer, Charles Zude, Arno

Advanced Leader Silver ALS Bruehl, Benjamin ALS Dave, Girish ALS De Mendonca, Joao ALS Gade, Soren A. ALS Hoerger, Barbara Jean ALS Jankowsky, Margaret ALS Kischkel, Thomas ALS Kr端ger, Kai Gabriele ALS Kuenkel, Markus ALS Rouse, John ALS Schroeder, Manfred ALS Selby, Philip ALS Sollberger, Christian ALS Viramo, Niko Jan

Distinguished Toastmasters Upon completion of all the former awards you gain the title Distinguished Toastmaster as recognition towards the outstanding leadership and communication of the following members:

DTM DTM DTM DTM DTM DTM DTM DTM DTM DTM DTM DTM DTM DTM DTM

Bruehl, Benjamin Dave, Girish Finkbeiner Mulligan, Edith Gade, Soren A. Hoerger, Barbara Jean Jankowsky, Margaret Kischkel, Thomas Kuenkel, Markus Rouse, John Schmitt, Stephanie Selby, Philip Sollberger, Christian Van Geleuken, Gerard Viramo, Niko Jan Wittkopp, Schifra

Triple Crown Education Awards (3 or more awards in one term) Awards Member LDREXC, ACG, ACS ALS, DTM ACG, ALS, ACS, LDREXC, DTM ALS, LDREXC, DTM, CC ALB, CL, ACB, CC CL, ACS, ALB, ACB LDREXC, ALS, ACG, DTM ALS, DTM, ACG, ACS CL, ACB, ALB CL, ALB, ACB ALB, CL, CC CC, ACB, CL ACB, ALB, CL ALB, CL, ACB CL, ALB, ACB ALS, DTM, ACG ALB, ACB, CL CL, ACB, ALB ALB, CL, ACG CL, CC, ACB ACS, ALB, CL CC, ALB, CL CL, CC, ALB ACB, CL, ALB ALB, ACB, CL ACG, DTM, CL DTM, LDREXC, ALS ACB, ALB, CL CC, CL, CC CL, CC, CC

22 New Clubs in District 59 Club # Club name 1425176 Business Speakers Toastmasters Club 1106182 Alicante Speakers Club 1302036 Armada Toastmasters 1284269 Club des Dirigeants Communicants 1495176 JTI Toastmasters Club 1231724 Krakow Public Speaking Club 1153981 Lübeck Redner 1416890 Morgan Stanley Toastmasters Budapest 1383882 Munich Media Speakers 1498284 NRC Toastmasters 1512971 Shell Toastmasters at Rijswijk 1174825 Speaking Elephants 1331542 Stenden Toastmasters 1413543 To Be Discussed 1458076 ToastMasterCard Club 1387178 Toastmasters Cote D´Azur 1366750 Toastmasters Fonske Leuven 1276679 Toastmasters Gent 1363524 Toastmasters Paderborn - Die Klartexter 1343922 UBS Toastmasters Club CH 1153360 UN Geneva Toastmasters 1361615 Young Entrepreneurs Toastmasters Club

Bruehl, Benjamin Dave, Girish Jankowsky, Margaret Mendy, Emmanuel Rose, Thomas Rouse, John Viramo, Niko Jan Atherton, Charles Lever BWatson, Lorraine Bahss, Christian Bannes, Alex Dannhoefer, Bodo Greene, Dermot Joseph Haug, Holger Hoerger, Barbara Jean Hofmann, Peter H.W. Hu, Sandy Biyao Liebig, Berthold E. Mridha, Mithun Kumar Niklaus, Edgar Franz Oliveira, Cristiani Pick, Steffen Plaxton, Jane Runciman, Cecilia Ann Schmitt, Stephanie Sollberger, Christian Waber, Monica Wallisch, Sabine Ziliene, Veronika

President´s Distinguished Division Division A Didier Dehem Division B Joanne Telser Division C Monika Królak Division D Barbara Hörger Division E Girish Dave Division H Markus Kuenkel Division I Erwin Pfuhler Division J Bill Monsour Select Distinguished Division Division F Dirk Löffelbein Challenged Division Division G Inge-Mo Haraldh Lundqvist

Toastmaster of the Year for special contribution to members, the district and clubs Edith Finkbeiner Mulligan

President´s Distinguished Area Area A1 Marc Tournon Area B1 Agnes Tarnai Area B2 Matt Viel Area C3 Kirsten Friedrichs Area C4 Joanna Tkaczyk-Nowakowska Area E3 Natalia Filchakova Area E4 Erika Markl Area H4 João Carlos De Mendonça Area J3 Mia Benjamin

District Governor Award Lisbon Toastmasters Club, #758337 Division Governor of the Year Monika Królak Area Governor of the Year Natalia Filchakova District Core Team (Bottom-7: serving all others in district) DG Ellen Hermens LGET Benjamin Brühl LGM Alexandra Olsson District PR Officer Tuire Vuolasvirta Gerhard Hoerger Treasurer Morag Mathieson Secretary Greg Palmer IPDG

Select Distinguished Area Area B3 John Chalmers Area C1 Ketty Englert Area C2 Charles Whitmer Area C5 Gilbert Bergner Area D2 Paul Talacko Berthold Liebig Area D3 Christian Manteufel Area F3 Rainer Gratz Area F4 Mikael Esselius Area G3 David Blackshaw Area H1 Joerg Abendroth Area I1 Edgar Niklaus Area I3 Area J1 Bieneke van de Pas

Thanks to their contribution to President´s Distinguished District PRO first half of term Ivan Aksenov Robert Cockburn Parliamentarian Parliamentarian Christopher Magyar Chair of SAB Markus Künkel easy-Speak Guru Malcolm Warden Credentials Desk David Mathieson Credentials Desk Christine Hemon Spouses represented by Gregor Hermens

Top 10 Clubs (based on open-ended DCP score) 758337 Lisbon Toastmasters Club 610734 Rheinredner Club 849157 Utrecht Toastmasters Club 972038 Munich Business Speakers 620921 Toastmasters of The Hague 1548 Toastmasters Polska SA 641931 HanseRedner Club 616391 Prestigious Speakers Club 5993 Speaker's Corner Muenchen 8887 Barcelona Toastmasters Club

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Distinguished Area Area A2 Andre Jeuvrey Alexandre Hoffmann Area A3 Jill Jacquot Area B4 Christian Biever Area D1 Peter Palme Area E1 Karin Broeckelmann Area E2 Tobias Gritz Area F1 Torbjörn Martinsson Area G2 Javier Irastorza Area H2 Eamon O'Gara Area H3 Challenged Area Area C6 Dawid Skopiasz Area G1 On-Yee Fung Area I2 Kai Gabriele Krüger Area J2 Fiona Stoffer

Charter Date 25.06.2010 21.05.2010 28.04.2010 08.07.2010 24.05.2010 02.03.2010 12.11.2009 12.01.2010 26.04.2010 01.06.2010 24.06.2010 21.07.2013 01.12.2009 26.02.2010 14.06.2010 21.06.2010 01.05.2010 12.03.2010 15.10.2010 30.09.2009 04.08.2009 01.04.2010