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This is an archived story from the July 1, 2006- June 30, 2007 period of the HealthToasters Toastmaster Club

Super Distinguished

Members & the Club

Last update: June 2007
Super Distinguished
HealthToasters is super distinguished in 2006-2007

The HealthToasters Toastmaster club has achieved the status as a President’s Distinguished Club for the year which concludes at the end of June. Topping that distinction, we have ties to two individuals that attained Toastmasters highest honor, DTM, this year and the club is proud to have both of them in our membership history.

Ryan Hove and Stephen Shaner achieved the Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM) award this year. This is the highest level of achievement that the Toastmasters International (TI) organization bestows and it recognizes both communication and leadership skills.

Ryan Hove Ryan
Ryan is an active member and officer in the HealthToasters club. He has been in Toastmasters for eight years and served in many different officer roles for various clubs. He also fulfilled leadership roles within our district of clubs to include coaching other clubs. He was the 2003/2004 Area Governor of the year for the Central Division. Ryan joined HealthToasters a couple of years ago and since he completed the requirements for the DTM as a member of HealthToasters, we figure our club has been his graduate school.

Stephen Shaner Stephen Shaner
Stephen is an honorary member of the HealthToasters club because he still loves us. HealthToasters is Stephen’s original Toastmaster club. He became a member in 2000 and since the early milestones that led him to the DTM were achieved at HealthToasters, this club served as his elementary school. Stephen has since moved out of the area but visits the club whenever he can.

DTM
To achieve the DTM award, a Toastmaster member must demonstrate communication and leadership skills by accomplishing several tasks. These tasks are well described by the TI organization through its manuals for communication assignments. Yes, we mean they had to deliver speeches to club mates. As they completed those speeches, they received credit toward the projects in the manual. Once a manual or two is complete, the Toastmaster member reaches another level in the communication track through a series that is known as Competent Communication and then Advanced Communicator levels designated as Bronze, Silver, and Gold. That’s approximately 50 speeches required to reach the DTM level and each one has particular goals defined. Besides communication skills, the DTM award requires similar advancement in a series of leadership projects. These projects include leadership at the club level and beyond.
 
President's Distinguished Club
Our club demonstrates its status as a leading club by the achievements of its members, such as Ryan. Each year July through June, Toastmasters clubs measure their progress in the Distinguished Club Program. This year we once again reached the highest level of achievement and are a President’s Distinguished Club. See our Club Achievements page for some of the detail of our new members and member individual achievements that led to our status.
Becky and DTM Ryan
Club President Becky Osland congratulates Ryan Hove moments after completing the requirements for Distinguished Toastmaster on June 11, 2007 {Photographer: Duane Noto}