The Toastmasters International vision is to empower people to achieve their full potential and realize their dreams. Through our member clubs, people throughout the world can improve their communication and leadership skills, and find the courage to change. As a learn-by-doing organization that provides a positive and supportive learning environment in which members improve their communication and leadership skills, we embrace the core values of integrity,...

Aspinwall #970596 Celebrates Success! Last evening’s Second Annual Awards Banquet’s theme was “On the Red Carpet.”  It was truly as exciting as those awards ceremonies we have all seen for movie, television and stage actors.  Inshirah Muhamut, Jamie McLeland and Lisa Corna did an excellent job of planning the evening and deserve our appreciation.  Our Mistress of Ceremonies for the evening, Alyson Holler, provided skilled guidance to...

2012-2013 DISTRICT OFFICER ELECTION RESULTS The election of district officers for the 2012-2013 Toastmasters year took place at the Spring Conference District Council Business meeting on Saturday, April 28, 2012 at the Sheraton Bayfront Erie in Erie, PA. The following officers were elected to serve as District 13 leaders for the 2012-2013 Toastmaster year: District Governor: Russell Drake, DTM Lt. Governor of Education & Training: Steve Templeton, ATM-B,...

All Toastmaster Clubs within District 13 need to file a 990-N e-Postcard with the IRS each year. Filing out the postcard takes less than 10 minutes.  Clubs can file their 990-N by going to the IRS’s 990N Postcard page (http://epostcard.form990.org), logging in (or creating a new account if the club doesn’t already have one), and filling out the brief questionairre. Helpful instructions from Toastmasters International’s website can be found at the URL...

Club Banners District 13 Governor–Stephanie Scott, DTM–announced at the 2011 Fall Conference District Council Meeting that District 13, in support of the huge rebranding initiative launched on August 17, 2011 by Toastmasters International, would order a newly branded club banner for each club in our district.  The great news is all of the banners were ordered on the dates below and we were able to take advantage of the rebranding 20% discount!  ...