What’s Up Wednesday!

Wednesday, April 23, 2025

WHAT’S UP WEDNESDAY!

RISE with 

Integrity.

Respect.

Service.

Excellence!

“The more you manifest a servants heart in all you do, the more of an impact you’ll have on people’s lives” –Jim George

The Road to Distinguished

Our District is on the RISE!! Below is our performance and I am so excited about the possibility of becoming Distinguished. We need 13 more clubs to be at 8+ members, 596 member payments added and just 28 more clubs to get their Distinguished status. We are so close! Together, we can get there. Ask those guests to join your club, host open houses or come back to Toastmasters events, and keep striving to get those educational levels achieved. Below is where we are at as of 4/21/25. Stay tuned as these numbers RISE and as we continue to celebrate with you!

Congratulations to our clubs who have made Distinguished or higher!

Distinguished

  • Big “D” Toastmasters
  • COPART TOASTMASTERS
  • McKinney Motivators

Select Distinguished

  • Allen Toastmasters
  • Best of Dallas Toastmasters
  • Frisco Speaks Up
  • Leadership Lambda Toastmasters Club
  • Metrocrest Toastmasters
  • Park Central Toastmasters
  • Plano Talkers Club
  • PMI Dallas Toastmasters
  • RKT Toastmasters
  • TNT Toastmasters Club
  • Unique Toastmasters
  • Verbal Expressions Club #5736

President’s Distinguished

  • BCBSTX Toasties
  • Texas Dragon Toastmasters Club
  • Toastmasters of Rockwall Club
  • Waxahachie Toastmasters
  • Word Wranglers Club
  • Wylie Wisecrackers

District 50 Annual Business Meeting

You can visit our Annual Business Meeting page to view the following information prior to our meeting.

  • 2024 – 2025 Meeting Agenda
  • 2023 – 2024 Business Meeting Minutes
  • 2024 – 2025 Mid-Year Audit
  • 2025 – 2026 Alignment Proposal
  • 2024 – 2025 Finance Report

If you are a President, VP of Education we need your registration to attend the Annual Business Meeting to establish a quorum. Please register ASAP HERE to receive your Zoom dial-in information and let us know that you will be joining us!

UT SouthWestern – Selling the Sizzle of Toastmasters!

Our clubs and our members are the heart of our District and we recently learned that our UTSW Toastmasters Club created an amazing video to help describe what Toastmasters is and how it can benefit their employees. Please cheer them on by watching their sell the Sizzle of Toastmasters Video!

From UTSW Medical Center’s Instagram Post: 

“Building leadership skills one speech at a time! Whether you consider yourself a pro or want to overcome your public speaking fears, UT Southwestern’s Toastmasters chapter is here to help! With a judgement-free zone, participants can expect to learn methods to become expert speakers. Click the #linkinbio to learn more about Toastmasters.”

How do you Toastmaster? How can you sell the sizzle?

The D50 Garden Party is almost here! 

Can you believe that our Spring Conference has almost arrived? We are so thrilled to have 37 clubs that have signed up already and more are pouring in. You won’t want to miss this Garden for Growth experience! To check out all of the speakers, educational sessions and more, simply register and you will find yourself among your closest District 50 friends and family as you share in this spectacular event. The Conference team has been hard at work putting on the finishing touches for everyone to enjoy! Unsure of what to wear? You can get some ideas below.

But what is Garden Party Chic?

Think:

  • 👗 Light, flowy dresses or skirts in floral prints or soft fabrics
  • 👔 Breezy button-down shirts, linen pants, or a smart blazer
  • 👒 Stylish hats or fascinators (optional but totally fun!)
  • 🌸 Spring colors are encouraged—think blush pink, sky blue, lavender, mint green, and sunny yellow!

Get ready to bloom and shine! Get registered today!

Youth Leadership Summit – IS HERE!

Our Youth Leadership Summit chair, Nikki Jones has really set our youth of tomorrow up for an amazing experience! The theme is “Voices of Tomorrow: Leading with purpose and Power” To view the schedule for the day, you can visit the Youth Summit webpage. You will be able to see all of the education sessions, contest details and so much more. This truly has been artfully planned for all of the kiddos and parents to be welcomed in a fun and warm environment.

Event Details:

  • Date: Saturday, April 26th
  • Time: 9:00 am – 5 pm CDT
  • Location: Scottish Rite Hospital, 5700 Dallas Parkway, Frisco 75033
  • Who: Youth, ages 10 – 18

What’s in a word?

Sometimes, it’s not a word, but a person! This week, I want to highlight one of our very own, Tiffany Damskov! Tiffany is our Public Relations Manager for District 50 this year and is always going the extra mile to ensure that our What’s Up Wednesday’s go out on time, and that we have fun facts and our Words of the Week! Did you know that Tiffany is also in Rotary, supports Meals on Wheels and her latest achievement is being honored at the 33rd Annual Tyler Fire Department Awards Banquet! Here is the press release that the City of Tyler issued:

In June 2024, following a fatal residential fire where no working smoke detector was present, Tiffany Damskov and the South Tyler Rotary Club partnered with the Tyler Fire Department to install over 250 smoke and carbon monoxide detectors and distribute fire safety materials to more than 700 residents. Their efforts were made possible through a grant secured by the Rotary Club and the support of its volunteers.

A huge and warm CONGRATULATIONS on a well deserved award, Tiffany! We are so proud of you, and are so grateful for your heartfelt service! 

68 To Go!

With only 68 days left in this Toastmasters year, we have so much to be thankful for and a little bit of work left to accomplish. I strongly ask our clubs to support our District Spring Conference by signing your club up to attend the event. We need all of our clubs to participate in this exciting time! We need our District Council members to RSVP and join us for the Annual Business Meeting, and we know how many of our clubs are striving to achieve their DCP’s, new members and to go after goals that they set earlier in the year. Together, we are making a difference, not only within our community, but outwardly as well. When we can celebrate clubs making Distinguished, Select Distinguished, and Presidents Distinguished this early, it makes me smile! When we can share and celebrate our members and clubs like Tiffany, and UT Southwestern as they show us why they Toastmaster, it reaffirms how what we do, and how we show up, matters. We are a team, we cannot RISE alone, it takes us all, doing what we can to make these differences. Let’s use the gas we still have in the tank, let’s RISE together! 

WE RISE!!

Kimberly Ross, DTM
District 50, District Director

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