Learn and grow your skills by attending educational sessions at the Spring Conference.  Room details will be added when available.

Saturday, November 4th – 10:15-11:00 am

Gaining Leadership in Toastmasters: A Panel Discussion

At the club, district, and international levels, Toastmasters offers a wide range of leadership opportunities that can prepare you for success in other areas of life.  This panel discussion will share the perspectives and experiences from a Club President, Area Director, Division Director, Club Growth Director, District Director, and International President!  If you’re interested in developing your leadership skills by stepping into a leadership role, this session is for you!

Game Planning for an Extremely Successful Speechcraft Workshop – Vince Bullinger

You’re considering holding a Speechcraft workshop to increase your club’s membership and improve your club’s leadership and mentoring skills. Or maybe you’re already 100% committed to a Speechcraft workshop. The workshop is easy. The hard part? Promotion and planning. In this highly interactive discussion, we’ll discuss how to create a great game plan for promoting, preparing and executing a successful Speechcraft workshop.

Saturday, November 4th – 2:45-3:30 pm

The Many Tools a Toastmaster Has: A Panel Discussion

Do you and your fellow members know of all the resources and tools available to help you grow through the Toastmasters program?  This panel session will share useful tools to use and share with your fellow members to get the most from Toastmasters.

Introverts, Network Like a Pro! – Mark Skipper

This session will convince you that networking, like public speaking, can be scary but overcome. Whether an introvert or extravert networking can help your business, career, social and speaking life.  In this session, you’ll learn:

• The proper networking mindset
• What to do before, during and after a networking event
• Networking organizations and resources
• How to read body language when networking, who to talk too and who to avoid at networking events

Saturday, November 4th – 3:45-4:30 pm

How to Use Your Speaking Voice More Effectively – Jim Emery

How is your voice working for you? Does it help or hurt you? Does it effectively communicate your message? This participative workshop will make your speaking voice sound better and be more effective in delivering your message. In this session, you’ll learn ways to improve and optimize breathing, posture, resonance, pitch, volume, diction, energy, and more.

Share If You Care: Using Social Media to Benefit Others – Dave Hansen

Do you want to reach, impact, and benefit others?  If so, social media is an excellent channel to share what you have with others.  But how do we use social media effectively?  This session will show you how.