Thank you to all of our volunteers who helped out with the virtual conference, the contestants who let themselves out there in the speech contests and all the attendees who spent the time being with each one of us virtually showing support to our community of Toastmasters who are constantly working towards developing a better version of our selves. Thank you once again, this virtual conference was successful only because of you!
District 6 Speech Contest Winners are as follows:
Humorous Speech Contest 1st: Earl Roethke 2nd: Margaret Nelson 3rd: Deb Miller | International Speech Contest 1st: Kenny Ray Morgan 2nd: Eric Schurr 3rd: Nathaniel Engelsen |
- Register to receive a secure link—good for all events. It’s like an All-Access Pass.
- Come and go as you please and attend as much—or as little—as you’d like. All for FREE!
- District council members (DEC, Presidents & VPE): Please plan to attend the business meeting (Saturday 5/9 at 10:30) to vote for District 6 business that includes election of 2020-2021 district leaders.
This is a Free Event! All are Welcome!
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Enjoy hearing winning speeches from the five Divisions in District 6 and vote at the business meeting for your new 2020-2021 District leaders.
“Leadership and direction in our organization” – Keynote Address –
Message from our Region 4 International Director, Larry Marik, DTM
Larry Marik started his Toastmasters journey 13 years ago. He joined Toastmasters as a charter member for Money Talks, a corporate club with U.S. Bank. Since then he has served in multiple clubs, leading up to serving as District Director where District 06 became Distinguished. Currently, he is on the Toastmasters’ Board of Directors as an International Director from Region 4.
In his career, Larry is a Scrum Master and technical lead for U.S. Bank where he leads an agile team in Quality Assurance. In the past 21 years at the bank, he has served in multiple roles including software development, system performance, and risk management.
Outside of work and Toastmasters, he spends time with his 14-year-old daughter, Hannah; going to the movies and traveling.
He looks forward to seeing all of you and catching up during his visit.
During his speech, Larry will be going over the following:
- leadership and what it means to me going from Club Member to International Director
- open discussion on leadership in club/areas/divisions/districts
- open discussion question and answer forum (what is on members mind?)
Do you have any questions related to leadership, COVID-19 or anything else related to Toastmasters that you would like Larry to answer for you during this session? Please feel free to submit them by clicking on the link below.
Friday, May 08, 2020 – Educational Sessions
| Session 1* -3 PM | Pathways – Key take aways from the session: 1. Pathways isn’t as bad as it seems. 2. Tips and Best Practices 3. Answers to questions 4. Resources for when other questions come up 5. Confidence that you too can utilize Pathways! Jamie Ogborn is District 6 Admin Mgr for Toastmasters year 2019-2020. She works for Ameriprise Financial helping Financial Advisors provide more financial planning to their clients to help them reach their financial goals. Jamie joined Toastmasters to get better at public speaking skills as well as other leadership skills that would help her in her career. She has had to figure out online learning in college due to a health issue and knows how challenging it can be to figure out the online learning programs and live life virtually. During this session she is going to walk through how you can use the new Pathways Learning Platform. |
| Session 2* – 4 PM | Going virtual is pretty cool! Vince and Monte will share their experiences on running virtual meetings and virtual speechcraft sessions during this session. This is a perfect time for us to hear what their clubs have done to figure out ways to keep connecting with their club members and speechcraft participants. Join in to the conversation to learn from their experiences and share your own too if you would like to. Vince and Monte have both been in Toastmasters for quite sometime. They have been actively involved in District level officer roles and are great resources to learn from. Vince checked out a newly forming group that was being created to help IT people with their soft skills on a suggestion from his boss back in late 2008. A couple months later, he was a charter member of the TechMasters club. He has since been an area director, division director, Speechcraft chair and club extension chair. In 1992, Sergeant Major Monte Jefson was assigned a role a position which required him to brief senior Generals and Command Sergeants Major… Border Toasters helped him succeed. As the District 6 Corporate Liaison for two years he promoted videoconferencing as a methodology for a single club serving multiple campuses. He is now a member of Tag Talk Toastmasters at Best Buy, which aims to “…enrich people’s lives through technology…”. |
| Session 3* – 5 PM | How to Win When You’re Quarantined In: Sweepstakes 101 and Q&A You are indoors much of the time now due to the current pandemic. Maybe cash isn’t flowing as well as it was. How can you still acquire things without the money? Try entering sweepstakes. It’s easy, fun, and can be very prosperous. The speaker has won six trips, numerous gift cards, cash, and several other items. You will learn what sweepstakes are, how they differ from contests, how to enter, and where to find sweepstakes. At the end, you may ask questions during the Q & A session. |
*Call for speakers are now closed.
Conference Schedule:
- Register to receive a secure link—good for all events. It’s like an All-Access Pass.
- Come and go as you please and attend as much—or as little—as you’d like. All for FREE!
- District council members (DEC, Presidents & VPE): Please plan to attend the business meeting (Saturday 5/9 at 10:30) to vote for District 6 business that includes election of 2020-2021 district leaders.
Friday: May 8th, 2020
| Time | Activity |
| 3:00 PM | Session 1 – Pathways |
| 4:00 PM | Session 2 – Going virtual is pretty cool! |
| 5:00 PM | Session 3 – How to Win When You’re Quarantined In: Sweepstakes 101 and Q&A |
| 7:00 PM | Judges Briefing |
| 7:00 PM | Contestant Briefing |
Saturday May 9th, 2020
| Time | Activity |
| 8:00 AM | Meet the leaders (Candidates Forum) Moderator: Monique Levesque-Pharoah, DTM, PID |
| 8:30 AM | Credentials close |
| 9:00 AM | Keynote by Larry Marik, DTM, International Director (R4) |
| 10:30 AM | Business Meeting |
| Award Ceremony, Recognition & Mentions | |
| 1:00 PM | Humorous Speech Contest |
| International Speech Contest | |
| Contestant Interviews (both contests) | |
| Awards |
2020 Division Contest Results
| Division | Humorous | International |
| Division C | 1st – Oumar Dieng 2nd – Mike Aylward 3rd – Sasha Warbitton | 1st – Nathaniel Engelsen 2nd – Luke Spiegelhoff 3rd – Connor Lund |
| Division D | 1st – Richard Friesen 2nd – DawnLynn Greeney 3rd – — | 1st – Kenny Ray Morgan 2nd – Raymond Norton 3rd – Carter Staaf |
| Division E | 1st – Deb Miller 2nd – Carol Duling 3rd – Lou Ann Stevens | 1st – Caragh O’Brien 2nd – Sarah Collins 3rd – Ansley Lovgren |
| Division F | 1st – Margaret Nelson 2nd – Mary Peters 3rd – — | 1st – Celeste Hofer 2nd – Whitney Prude 3rd – Rahul Kashyap |
| Division M | 1st – Earl Roethke 2nd – Valerie Hurst-Baker 3rd – Tonu Mikk | 1st – Eric Schurr 2nd – Lori Ziebarth 3rd – Earl Roethke |
Volunteer Sign-up
We are looking for Zoom moderators for all session [10 individuals]; Judges [7 individuals, depending on eligibility]; Timers [2 individuals]; Ballot Counters [2 individuals] and Conveners [3 individuals, depending on the educations sessions]. Sign up through SignUpGenius below.
F A Qs
District 6 Conference is an event put together by the volunteers of District 6 where all of the Toastmasters are invited to join for a wonderful time to connect with friends you know and make new friends. We learn from each other, through sessions and networking opportunity. We participate in our District’s Business meeting where we vote for our next District Leaders as well as learn about other business items necessary. We also have our Speech Contests where we hear from our Division winners.
The District 6 Conference for this Toastmasters Year 2020 – 2021 has been scheduled for Friday, 8th May, 2020 through Saturday, 9th May, 2020. Note that the District Conference this year is going to be a Virtual Conference.
Due to the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Pandemic, the Toastmasters World Headquarters has instructed not to conduct in person events until after June 1, 2020. We have been communicated that each Districts are to conduct their Annual District Council Meeting online, rather than in person, on or prior to June 1, 2020. Hence, we are having our District 6 Conference a Virtual Conference this year.
The online meeting platform that will be used to conduct the Virtual Conference is Zoom.
No, you do not need to pay for a zoom account to join the Virtual Conference.
No, you do not have to pay to join the Virtual Conference.
The District has scheduled two zoom sessions to help individuals be acquainted with how to navigate in Zoom as a basic practice. The sessions can be found on our District 6 calendar page.
On Friday, 8th May, 2020; we intend to have three education sessions starting at 3 pm, 4 pm and 5 pm respectively. At 7 pm we will be having the Judges Briefing and Contestant Briefing simultaneously.
On Saturday, 9th May, 2020; the following has been scheduled:
- Candidate Forum – 8 am
- Message from Region 4 International Director, Larry Marik, DTM – 9 am
- Business Meeting – 10:30 am
- Awards Ceremony- Recognition and Mentions
- Humorous Speech Contest – 1 pm
- International Speech Contest
- Contestant Interviews for both speech contests
- Speech Contest Awards
NOTE: The call for presenters for the education sessions are open until April 19th, 2020. If we do not have presenters for the education sessions, we will NOT have any education session on Friday the 8th of May, 2020.
We are requesting all interested individuals to submit an application.