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February 2011 Board Briefing
The February 2011 Toastmasters Board Briefing will be held on Saturday, February 19, at 10 a.m. (PST) in Portland, Oregon. The Board will share the results of its meeting in this open-to-the-public briefing at the Doubletree Hotel Portland. This year, for the first time, all Toastmasters members will be able to view the Board Briefing. A video recording of the Briefing will be posted to the Toastmasters Web site within hours of the event. Please bookmark this page and return to watch the video at your convenience. www.toastmasters.org/February2011boardbriefing.
New Member Kit Updates
As of January, new members will receive two separate communications from Toastmasters International:
- New Member Kit mailing. This will include a welcome letter plus the Competent Communication manual and the Competent Leader manual.
- New Member Welcome e-mail. This will include links to the Member Achivement Record and products flier, as well as links to downloadable PDFs of the Effective Evaluation, Gestures: Your Body Speaks and Your Speaking Voice booklets. In addition, they will be given a link to Project 1 in the CC manual as well as links to the New Member page and My Profile section of the Web site.
The online materials will soon be available in Arabic, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), French, German, Japanese and Spanish.
The New Member Kit will be lighter and easier to handle. Also, new members will enjoy greater flexibility in how and where they access the materials they need.
Find the Toastmaster Magazine Faster
To quickly locate the most recent issue or share an article with a prospective member, just click on the new magazine button on the left side of the Toastmasters home page. This easy-to-find icon, featuring images of the magazine, takes you directly to the Toastmaster magazine section, where you can read the current issue once you log in with your user name and password. Interested writers can also read the Writer's Guidelines on how to contribute articles for publication.
The 2010 Toastmaster Magazine Article Index in Online
Looking for an article that appeared in last year's Toastmaster magazine? The article index will point you to the expert advice you're seeking. Each indexed article is available for download in PDF format.
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