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District 4 Toastmasters - Where Leaders Are Made
 
D4TM New Clubs All Stars Contest
The Top Three Clubs to Sponsor the Most New Club
Demo Meetings Between Now and May 11th Will Win:
$l00 Toastmasters Gift Certificate
Reserved Seating and Recognition at the Spring Conference
Custom Workshop/Speaking Event for Your Club

Contact Lt Governor Marketing Rita Barber at for more details

Newly Adopted Clubs!
  •  Friday Toastmasters
      (formerly TAC-Talk Toastmasters)
      Adopted by David Gaul

  •  Steinbeck Club
      Adopted by Scott Seggerman

Three New Featured Clubs
  • Top Gun   • AKQA BLRB   • Redwood Ramblers   • Opportunity Speakers   • Millbrae'ers Club   • Sustainable Speakers

Adopt a Club is all about showcasing clubs that are up for adoption so members can see how they can help them through coaching.
Adopt a Club: See which clubs want your help! Go Cap!
Love Your Club, But Wondering About
Advanced or Specialty Clubs in District 4?

Step Up
Great Specialty and Advanced Clubs Abound in District 4
Advanced Clubs include:
 •  Evening Stars in San Francisco
 •  Next Step in Santa Clara
 •  Pacific Speakers Association in Aptos

Specialty Clubs include:
 •  Agile Articulators – Debate Club
 •  Point of Order – Parliamentary
     Procedures Club
 •  SF JET – Japanese English
     Toastmasters in San Francisco

  •  Peninsula Pros in Monterey
  •  Pro Toasties in San Mateo
  •  Surf City in Santa Cruz


  •  SV JET – Japanese English
     Toastmasters in San Jose
  •  SV MET – Mandarin English
     Toastmasters in Santa Clara
  •  Vakpatugalu – Kannada Club
…and many more

Have an Idea for a Club? Create It!
Contact Lieutenant Governor Marketing Rita Barber at for help
and information on how to build a new Advanced or Specialty Club
Toastmasters Has Made It Easier for Your Club to Excel!

Did you know the complete Better Speaker Series is available as a free download? Present a module to help your club members become better speakers while having a presentation ready to fill in for a last-minute speaker cancellation.

Note that the Successful Club and Leadership Excellence Series are also available for free download.

Modules from these three series fulfill goals for the Advanced Leader Bronze and Advanced Communicator Silver awards.
Club Ambassador Program
It's easy to get started in the Club Ambassador Program. Become a guest, a representative and a future leader, simply by stepping outside your club and visiting another club.

Benefits to Toastmasters who participate in the Club Ambassador Program include:

  •  Bringing new ideas to your club
  •  Completing Communication and Leadership Educationals
  •  Earning District Recognition
  •  Add vitality to club meetings
  •  Meet new friends

To participate, simply attend a meeting outside your club, complete the Club Ambassador form making note of three unique observations during the visit, and the form to CAP Director, Vaishali Sirkay.

See the Club Ambassador Program page for the current list of ambassadors.
Ready to Do Your HPL Project?
Join the Club Fitness Program!
Along with the Club Ambassador Program comes another new District 4 offering: The Club Fitness Program. This program steps in to help fortify clubs with 13 to 20 members grow beyond.

How do you benefit? If you want to do an HPL (High Performance Leadership), but don’t have a project – then this is the one for you! You can put your great skills as a Toastmaster to work and help a club on building and promoting their club by becoming a Club Fitness Leader.

If your club needs a little extra help to grow, contact LGM Rita Barber and she’ll get you connected with a Club Fitness Leader. It’s a win/win for everyone!

District 4's Beacons of Excellence

Congratulations to the following Toastmasters for reaching one or more of their educational goals in December.

Will we see YOUR name up here next?

Achievements not shown here can be found on the Toastmasters International Educational Achievements report.

See the "Beacons" page for additional examples of excellence within District 4.

Competent Communicator (CC)
Bagai, Rosy
Bendalam, Raju
Cavanagh, Brett Spencer
Diaz, Silvia M.
Hao, Jennifer
Haurylau, Mikhail
Hohensee, Michelle
Iu, Yu
Lavian, Tal
Lin, Carol
Lourie, Matthew E
Maschmeier, Daniel Mark
Nakamura, Robin Y
Roberts, Cindy
Tsachev, Ventsislav T
Wei, John T

SCUMBAT Club
Saratoga Toastmasters Club
Laser Sharp Speakers Club
City Shakers
North Valley Toastmasters
KT Talkers Club
Santa Cruz Downtown Toastmasters
Toast Twisters Toastmasters Club
Ventritalks
San Mateo Toastmasters Club 191
True Talking Toastmasters (TTT) Club
Lettuce Speak
San Pedro Squares Toastmasters Club
Adlibmasters Club
SAP Toastmasters Club
Saratoga Toastmasters Club
Advanced Communicator Bronze (ACB)
Menteer, Eileen
Stout, MaryJo

Early Risers Club
Willow Glen Icebreaker Club
Advanced Communicator Silver (ACS)
Hanan, Josephine
McGeorge, Vernon E

San Jose Toastmasters Club
Switch-On Toastmasters Club
Competent Leader (CL)
Lee, Sho-Rong
Nakamura, Robin Y
Nayak, Atul
Salimi, Sol
Singer, David

Millbrae'ers Club
San Pedro Squares Toastmasters Club
Yahoo! Yapsters Club
True Talking Toastmasters (TTT) Club
Silver Tongued Cats Club
Advanced Leader Silver (ALS)
Jin, Sue-May

Agile Articulators - Speech and Debate


District 4 - The Golden Gate District
Serving the Greater Bay Area Since 1937
Important Dates and Events

Club Officer Training
Training for all club officers including those elected annually will be conducted throughout District 4 until the end of February. Updated information about the trainings and TLIs are posted on the Training Schedule page.

Checklist
Club Events Calendar
Lists special club events that may be of interest to guests and members of other clubs along with information and meeting dates for specialty clubs.

Open House
Stand & Deliver Toastmasters
7:00 - 8:15 am Wednesday March 7

Find a Club
See a list of District 4 clubs by city or use our interactive Club Locator Map.

Use Toastmasters International's Club Finder to locate a club anywhere in the world. Toastmasters Bay to Bay



Watch the first episode of the year - episode 40(!) of Bay to Bay. And join us in the audience at our next taping on Feb. 13 at 9:15 pm. Speakers 4 StageTime!
Request speakers for your Toastmaster club meetings.

SF Speakers4Stagetime: San Francisco

Speakers4Stagetime: Peninsula/South Bay

More about Speakers 4 StageTime. Faces of Four
A Monthly Tκte-ΰ-Tκte with a District 4 Toastmaster. Curious about what it means to be an Area Governor? Get to know Area G4 Governor Mike McCreavy better. Mike's leadership is helping Area G4 towards its goals to become Distinguished Area read more...

Rewards & Recognition
Every Toastmasters club is encouraged to actively work towards achieving the goals in the Distinguished Club Program (DCP).

The District will reward and recognize clubs that meet a milestone as they work towards becoming Distinguished.

See the Rewards & Recognition page for details. Toastmasters PSA


District Officers
District Governor Jennifer Stephenson
Lt Gov Education
and Training
Miriam Kojnok
Lt Gov Marketing Rita Barber
Public Relations
Officer
Atul Nayak







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