Distinguished Toastmasters in 2016 – 2017

Club: Eastside Club
City: El Paso, Texas
District Office: Area 42 Director (2015-16)
Club Coached: Eastside Club in El Paso, Texas (2014-15)
HPL Project: My HPL Project consisted of leading a team of 4 Toastmasters in El Paso to help organize a Toastmasters informational table at NMSU to invite students to meetings in Division D. A separate team of 9 Toastmasters in Las Cruces tended to the informational table in 3 – 2 hour shifts.

Club: Toasters Club
City: Lubbock, Texas
District Office: Area 6 Governor (2005-06)
Club Sponsored: L.E.A.D. in Lubbock, Texas (2016)
HPL Project: Organized a membership drive including a speechcraft and door to door marketing with nearby businesses.

Club: CitySpeakers
City: Albuquerque, New Mexico
District Office: Area 32 Governor (2014-15)
Club Coached: Sandia Lite Roastmasters (2014-15)
HPL Project: My HPL project was the New Mexico Area Council Fiesta – 2014. The Fiesta was an annual event put on by the New Mexico Area Council of the American Business Women’s Association (ABWA.org). Chairing a committee of 6 women, we planned and held the event in Albuquerque. The event had people from New Mexico, Arizona, California, and Colorado, with around 80 attendees. We had a speaker on Friday night and four speakers on Saturday, provided meals and had a vendor section for shopping. This was the 4th time I had chaired this event.

Club: Duke City Club
City: Albuquerque, New Mexico
District Office: Area 22 Governor (2012-13)
Club Coached:
HPL Project:

Club: Toastmaster Español ABQ
City: Albuquerque, New Mexico
District Office: Area 12 Governor (2015-16)
Club Sponsored: Toastmaster Español ABQ (2015)
HPL Project:

Club: Gene’s Gesters Toastmasters Club
City: Las Cruces, New Mexico
District Office: Area 41 Governor (2014-15)
Club Coached: Las Cruces Toastmasters Club (December 2015 to June 2016)
HPL Project: Deana Baucom and I when she was Area 41 Director and I was Division D Director identified low membership as an issue at all of the local clubs in Las Cruces. My HPL project focus on addressing this issues and worked on various initiatives to increase membership in all local clubs, which included being on a Radio Talk Show, newspaper, social media and word-of-mouth advertising. Membership has increased at the clubs but I would rather give the credit to the club leaders and just to know that membership is better makes me feel good.

Club: Speak With Distinction Toastmasters
City: Albuquerque, New Mexico
District Office: Area 22 Governor (2014-15) – Area Governor of the Year
Club Mentored: Isleta Eagle Chatter (April 2015)
HPL Project: In serving as the Education Chair for the highly successful Spring 2015 Conference, I worked to achieve a happy, satisfied set of presenters and hosts. I also worked with the conference chair to pull together a seamless flow for the program by recruiting and supporting the emcees for the program.

Club: Panhandle Pro Club
City: Amarillo, Texas
District Office: Area 52 Director (2015-16)
Club Sponsored: Amarillo Association of Realtors Toastmasters (March 2016)
HPL Project: My HPL Project was coordinating a 25th Anniversary Celebration for my first Home Club, Empire Toastmasters in Grass Valley California. We had a large luncheon with over 50 people in attendance including some of the charter members of the club and District Leadership. There was also a significant media push surrounding this Anniversary that resulted in a full page story in the local news paper which highlighted not only Empire Toastmasters, but also brought awareness to Toastmasters in the area.

Club: Amarillo Coffee Weekenders
City: Amarillo, Texas
District Office: Area Governor (2010-2011)
Club Sponsored: Bell Heli-Masters (June 2015)
HPL Project: Natalie served as the Facility Chair for the District 23 Fall 2014 Conference held in Amarillo, TX. Her project goals were to find a suitable location large enough to host attending Toastmasters and recruit a Conference Chair. Several hotels were visited, two preliminary contracts developed and a final location was selected along with obtaining meeting rooms, hotel rooms and meal contracts signatures. Natalie supported the conference that was a successful event in ideal hotel accommodations.

Club: The Lovington Toastmasters
City: Lovington, New Mexico
District Office: Area 64 Director (2015-2016)
Club Mentored: Nor-Lea Toastmasters in Lovington, NM (April 2015)
HPL Project: My Term as Area 64 Director. Directed the to Area 64 TLI, Contests etc. Working closely with the 4 clubs in the Area, 3 of 4 area clubs finished distinguished or better and Area 64 finished as Select Distinguished

Club: Lubbock Professional Club
City: Lubbock, Texas
District Office: Area 62 Director (2015-16, President’s Distinguished Area)
Club Sponsored: Lubbock Realtor Club in Lubbock, TX (April 2015)
HPL Project: I created my plan for my Club Growth Director Year. I collected a ton of information from TI dashboards, as well as discussed with several past district leaders what my focus should be. I organized my priority list for committees that will help me serve the district the best, and started recruiting leaders and members for those committees. I also worked with various people to gather the appropriate information to create a 5 year club growth strategy, of where we could/should grow in the next 5 years and a plan to achieve that goal.

Club: Amarillo Coffee Weekenders
City: Amarillo, Texas
Club Mentored: Amarillo Coffee Weekenders (July 2014)
District Office: District 44 Governor (2003-04, Distinguished)
Club Mentored: Amarillo Coffee Weekenders in Amarillo, TX (July 2014)
HPL Project: Plan, coordinate, and conduct the 2014 fall District 23 conference according to (LGET’s) CGD’s vision, objectives, and theme. Form a committee with representation from each Division, Area, and Club; conduct periodic planning meetings. Responsible for selecting a conference site, meeting room accommodations, meal functions, audiovisual equipment and other supplies; establish a conference budget. Exceed satisfaction rating of all previous conferences.

Club: New Generation Toastmasters Club
City: Guymon, Oklahoma
District Office: Area 51 Governor (2014-2015)
Club Coached: Guymon Toastmasters Club in Guymon, OK (2015-2017)
HPL Project: I worked on access to health care for the community and through many presentations helped to bring a Federally Qualified Health Center to Guymon. My evaluation team was supportive and attended some of the meetings and helped promote the program, also. The Clinic opened in December of 2015.

Club: New Generation Toastmasters Club
City: Guymon, Oklahoma
District Office: Area 51 Governor (2013-2014)
Club Coached: Guymon Toastmasters Club in Guymon, OK
HPL Project: My HPL project involved all of New Generation Toastmasters. Our mission was to recruit new members. As a group, we handed our brochures about our club at Azuma, an African festival. We also, in conjunction with the Guymon Toastmasters, held a Speechcraft that resulted in some new members for both clubs.