The D84 Synergy Podcast: Recent Episodes
Toastmasters District 84
Are you a communicator or a leader? Perhaps you are a mentor and may be the best of all three. On this episode of Synergy the Podcast, John introduces a Path Project that is often overlooked, “Effective Coaching.” This innovative Path has been upgraded in recent times, and John wants you to know just how special this Path can be to you.
Synergy the Podcast continues its series on Toastmaster’s Best Club Practices with Episode Four, Membership Strength. A vibrant, robust, successful, and thriving club must remember that membership is about both recruiting new members and retaining current members. In this episode, Leslie, Dee Jae, and John talk about six vitally important standards that all great clubs do, year in and year out.
In today’s episode of Synergy the Podcast, John will talk to past District Champion Mark Gai about why you must SHOW UP!
District 84's, Synergy the Podcast is on the road today in California to speak with Toastmaster’s District 101 Program Quality Director, Anhijeet Joshi. Our guest will surprise you.
The D84 Podcast Team examines the third standard of Moments of Truth as Best Practices for all clubs
The D84 podcast team dives into Moments of Truth 2nd behavior including orientation, mentoring, active engagement, and supportive nurturing.
It's a wrap. As the Toastmasters year comes to an end, District 84 Podcast Chair John Morrow sat with Podcast Contributor DeeJae Durante and Public Relations Manager Maria Martinez to look back at the successes of the year and what a year it has been! The team also contemplates its future, and we are excited to announce that John, DeeJae, and Leslie will continue to serve with their renowned spirit of gratitude and honor as part of the Podcast team for the 2022-23 year.
Peter Drucker: "The best way to predict the future is to create it."
Join us Friday, June 17th at 8 pm for our inaugural Toast Tank. The concept provides District 84 members with mentoring and a safe platform to practice, promote and perfect their pitches. Mentors and entrepreneurs have been working together for several weeks and on the night of June 17th, 6 of our dynamic entrepreneurs will present to our live audience.
Get inspired, listen to their presentations, and vote for your favorite. The winner will receive a one-on-one three-month coaching package from Coach Dennis Tomlin. Dennis brings a strong background in developing business plans, publicity campaigns, and strategic ways to market and grow businesses both in the private and public sectors.
Additionally, audience members will be entered into a drawing for door prizes!
Everyone is invited to attend. Register now to receive the link: https://bit.ly/3NZ71xh
Have you ever considered becoming an entrepreneur? Or, do you have a business and would like to grow it? In this episode, Nic Patterson shares with John the vision, mission, and purpose behind our inaugural Toast Tank event. Inspired by the popular Shark Tank show, Toast Tank caters to District 84 members and gives them a platform to utilize our Toastmasters skills.
Our 2022 Annual Conference, Time and Time Again, recently came to a stellar conclusion. Among other goodies, attendees received the companion book. In this episode, Rachael Assignon sits with John and walks us through the entire process from concept to the production of what has been described as a masterpiece.
In this final episode of Birth of a Conference, Leslie goes behind the scenes and is accompanied by Conference team members: Norma Cress, Kim Dombrowski, Barbara Amato, and Paula Summa. Listen in as the final details for our Annual Conference get put in place. Travel through time with us.
In this final episode of Birth of a Conference, Leslie goes behind the scenes and is accompanied by Conference team members: Norma Cress, Kim Dombrowski, Barbara Amato, and Paula Summa. Listen in as the final details for our Annual Conference get put in place. Travel through time with us.
In this final episode of Birth of a Conference, Leslie goes behind the scenes and is accompanied by Conference team members: Norma Cress, Kim Dombrowski, Barbara Amato, and Paula Summa. Listen in as the final details for our Annual Conference get put in place. Travel through time with us.
The people we know and love as our Toastmasters family are as varied and diverse as it gets. What would you think of a combination Biker Dude, Circus Worker, Artistic Expressionist, Airbrush Will Travel, and Published Author? Meet Dave “Letterfly” Knoderer, a member of Plant City Toastmasters and a World Traveler.
us don’t have that answer, what are the challenges we still must address going forward that will affect club memberships, club growth, and the worldwide growth of Toastmasters? In this edition of Synergy the Podcast you will hear from our Immediate Past Public Relations Manager, Fred Bergeron as well as meet Stephana Johnson, the current Public Relations Manager for Toastmasters District 7, in the State of Washington. You’ll find out that there are some differences but far more commonalities in our challenge to change “The Pandemic Mindset.”
NY in Manhattan. He is the previous president of his innovative and “loving” Roosevelt Island club. He shares his previous experience with working in corporate C-Suites and the impact of Toastmasters has had in his life and “How Where Leaders are Made” tagline truly resonates with him.
On today's episode of Birth of a Conference, we are speaking with DTM Regina Cruz Morales, Entertainment Chair for the D84 Time and Time again conference. This year's Friday night entertainment will involve…YOU! Leslie and Regina highlight how you can be part of the festivities.
What does it take to get on the big TEDx stage? How is the selection process and why is this important to us as Toastmasters? In this episode, John interviews three of our own who have made it to the TEDx stage: Rudy Rivera, Joe Shaw, and Mark Gai. Angela Ardrey-Reynolds joins John on this one.
“PANDEMIC.” This event has torn through our lives across every aspect from work to play. Nowhere has it been more impactful than in our Toastmasters World, across members, clubs, Areas, Divisions, Districts, and around the World.
There is a two-word phrase in Toastmasters District jargon. "The TRIO". It represents the Club Growth Director, Program Quality Director, and District Director. That being said, do you know that there is actually a "Quatro"?
In the third installment of this series, Leslie interviews Education Chair Edith Tiencken. Edith provides her insights as to how the education sessions will be structured this year, a new and refreshing approach to that important component of Conference, and a key reason as to why we all want to attend our annual event: Time and Time Again.
DeeJae’s mission continues. In this episode, she talks to Jonaed Iqbal from Columbia University Toastmasters club in New York, District 46. He shares about his large and diverse club on campus, some unique challenges. The active club runs for 2 hours with up to 5 speakers and has big speech contests. They highlight the importance of communication and young people.
Why do Toastmasters like contests? Why do Toastmasters have contests? How can we, as Toastmasters, benefit from contests? Join John Morrow, Leslie LaForty, Dee Jae Duerte, and Dr. Maria Martinez as we tell you the Who, What, When, Where, and Why of District 84 Contest Season 2022.
In Episode 2 of Birth of a Conference, Podcast contributor Leslie LaForty connects one on one with Landon Proctor, this year’s Conference Keynote speaker. Landon gives us insight on how to become a keynote speaker, what first-timers can expect, and just a hint as to what his speech is about!
The mission continues. In this episode, DeeJae interviews Gillian Whitney from Easy Peasy Videos, an enthusiastic Toastmaster from ACB- Summerlin Toasters in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was a young member of Toastmasters once who left, to return remembering the value it brought to her. She also recommends visiting other clubs now with the power of hybrid meetings and Zoom options. As previous Vice President of Membership, Gillian also discusses the importance to ensure each guest is welcomed, encouraged to participate in meetings, and invited clearly and directly to join.
DeeJae is on a mission to find out the value of Toastmasters. On this first episode of the series, she speaks with Jim Fuhs, of Fuhsion Marketing from Rising Pheonix Toastmasters club in Atlanta, GA. A leader in District 44, Jim shares his experience becoming a Toastmaster, why the value of service has impacted him the most, how his local club started international co-club meetings, and how they have diversified their club beyond the local area.
The Birth of a Conference is a 5 part series chronicling the life cycle of our District 84 conference.
In this episode, Podcast Contributor Leslie LaForty introduces us to Barbara Amato, this year’s conference chair. Barbara and Leslie talk about how Barbara became this year’s event chair, reveal the theme and share how we can all get involved. This is part one of a five-episode series. Stay tuned.
We’ve all been there; the HOLIDAYS! Today’s Synergy the Podcast is about something more perennial, an everyday experience. Call it a set of Toastmasters’ personal best practices in unselfishness. Call it going the extra mile. Call it a daily lifestyle.
What if we could live out every day of the year, as a Toastmaster, with “The Spirit of the Holidays?” For the next few minutes, regardless of your background, let’s Talk Up Toastmasters as “A Holiday State of Mind.”
In this episode, Podcast Contributor Rachael Assignon, an ambassador for inclusion, diversity, and acceptance, introduces us to eight District 84 Toastmasters for whom English is their second language. Listen as Pim Parpart, Orn Templeman, Hector Rocafort, Edith Tiencken ,Koki Kubo, Soufyane Meftah, Mark Gai, and Justine Grand tell of their journey as Toastmasters, and how they have become better speakers because of Toastmaster’s acceptance and inclusiveness. District 84 is certainly a District fueled by the innovation, change, and creativity that comes from diversity.
Today’s youth is Toastmasters’ future. Synergy Podcast contributor, Leslie LaForty sat down for a conversation with Rachel Lei, a second-generation Toastie to gain her perspective on the differences between her club and her father’s club. Her insight on how to market to today’s youth is something that every club should consider.
Randall Crosby has never seen the Toastmaster’s logo, agendas, magazine, Pathways Base Camp, or for that matter, any of the members, guests, or friends in Toastmasters. Yet, he is a skilled leader, club mentor, and highly respected part of the District 84 Toastmasters family. It’s time to meet Randall Crosby, a communications and leadership role model of the highest degree. Many of you already know and appreciate him. Many of you have no idea who he is, or what he has overcome. Let’s introduce you to a delightful friend and coach. I selfless leader and inspirational speaker. Let’s meet Randell Crosby.
Meet Andrew Miller, Toastmaster from Tallahassee. Who is Andrew Miller, you ask? Surprisingly, Andrew is relatively new to Toastmasters, but his Mentor has been a Toastmaster since the early 1970s. His name is Chuck Ribaut. Listen as Andrew tells his story of finding Toastmasters through Chuck and a mission that has changed the landscape of over 20 prisons in Florida. Think you know what a Gavel Club is? You’re about to see them in a whole new light.
On this episode, Distinguished Toastmaster John Morrow interviews District 84’s Membership Chair, Aakeem Bennett and together, they explore the goals and challenges of membership. This useful conversation offers several great tips from Aakeem, that will inspire all members across our district.
At the beginning of the 2019-2020 District fiscal year, the district leadership introduced the GOLDEN GAVEL AWARD. It is a series of seven club/member-based goals that set a New Standard. Two years later, The Golden Gavel is Raising the Bar even higher. What is GOLDEN GAVEL? Meet three leaders who helped their club achieve GOLDEN GAVEL in both of its first two years and are already on the way to a trifecta. Join John Morrow as he listens to Adrian Smude, Angela Ardrey-Reynolds, and Stan Reynolds of The Plant City Toastmasters. A truly GOLDEN GAVEL club.