I’ve been asked to do two presentations for the TLI, one breakout session to familiarize people with the “new” Toastmasters web site (though it’s almost a year old now!), and one general session after lunch about the DCP.

The web session went pretty well, I think a lot of people weren’t aware of all the resources available! My handout was a copy of the site map from the web site itself. Due to time, I didn’t quite get to all the club and district reports, but I think most of the people present were club officers, they’re only interested in their own club’s DCP progress.

The lunch session was much more interesting. There were maybe 150 people there, and I got to do my “living DCP” presentation, one of my favorites. The interesting part about this is that for each of the DCP points, I call up volunteers from the audience who fit the goal, and end up having composed an entire club with 10 DCP points!

I did this at our district TLI two years ago (when I was the LGET), and it was quite well-received, but this time, I had more time (about 40 minutes, instead of a hurried 10-15 minutes), and really got to explain it thoroughly. I received a huge number of positive comments, it was extremely gratifying. I hope a few more clubs will latch onto the “distinguished” idea and excel this year!

We also signed up four new members at my regular club meeting on Wednesday of this week, and another four new members at my advanced club on Thursday! The regular club was already fully distinguished, but the district needs more members, and having more than 20 is always good too. And I think I’ve earned another Toastmasters tie this year, too. Only two more days left until I’m a Plain Old PDG!