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WELCOME  TO TOASTMASTERS CONFERENCE 2008 HOSTED BY ST.MAARTEN,  PARADISE IN THE CARIBBEAN.

The District 81 of Caribbean Toastmasters currently holds two conferences each year on the third weekends (Friday to Sunday)  in May and October.

Annual Elections are conducted at the May Conference at which District officers due to take office in July1 are installed.

 

Purpose of Conferences

 

The purpose of the district conference is to provide educational training and leadership opportunities to all District Toastmasters.

 

The main activities at these conferences are:

 

Educational Sessions to address the needs of Toastmasters

Business meetings where Club representatives assist in making decisions about the future of the District.

Speech Contests where the Champion Toastmaster of each territory showcase their skills. (International & table topics in May, Evaluation and humorous in October)

Opportunities for fellowship among Toastmasters of the region.

Recognition of Toastmasters' accomplishments in the District.

Training for Club Officers, District Officers and Trainers

 

History of Conferences
  Dates Location No of locals No of Overseas
  2007 May Kingston Jamaica    
  2006 October Curacao, Netherlands Antilles 191 50
  2006 May Christchurch, Barbados 40 44
  2005 October St. Croix, USVI 10 36
  2005 May Port of Spain Trinidad & Tobago 44 58
  2004 October Curacao, Netherlands Antilles 69 14
  2004 May Ocho Rios, Jamaica    
  2003 October Bridgetown, Barbados    

 

Here are a few tips when planning to go to a conference.

The fifth conference of the CTCT was held in Barbados, May 19-21, 2006 at the Accra Beach Hotel. The Conference Theme was Toastmasters in Business: Developing Caribbean Leaders.

 The 82 Toastmasters who attended the conference including 40 locals and 35 first time benefited from several educations sessions:

General Education Sessions - New Recognition System presented by D’arcy Lopes, DTM

Other Education Sessions

  1. From Distinguished Club to Distinguished  District presenter Eileen Wolfe, DTM, PID
  2. Maximizing your Toastmasters ROI (Return on Investment) Presenter  Tony Olton, CTM
  3. How Successful Leaders Communicate presenter Marlene Hall, CL
  4. Building Clubs presenter Donna Knight, ATMB
  5. Meeting Protocol and Parliamentary Procedure presenter Major Skeete
  6. Developing the Leaders Among Us, presenter Robert Scott, DTM, Council Chair.
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November 4-6 2005 - St. Croix, US Virgin Islands

The November 2004 conference was held in St. Croix, US Virgin Islands at the Carambola Hotel. Some 80 Toastmasters attended. The conference theme was "Strengthen Caribbean Bonds... One Speech at a time.

 

May 2005 Conference in Trinidad and Tobago

 

The Trinidadian TMs put on a great show at the 4th Bi-annual Convention of the Caribbean Territorial Council of Toastmasters that was held in  Trinidad and Tobago on May 27-29th, 2005 at Cascadia Hotel and Conference Centre, St. Ann, Trinidad & Tobago.

 

The theme of the conference was "Effective Communication for Caribbean Integration"

October 2004 Conference in Curacao

Toastmasters around the region assembled at Breezes Resort in Curacao, Netherlands Antilles for their 3rd Conference, held in October 2004.  Garth Thomas of Trinidad & Tobago was the region's first Evaluation Contest Winner.

May 2004 Conference - Jamaica

The second, CTCT Conference was held at the Holiday In Resort in sunny Montego, Bay, Jamaica from May 28-31, 2004.

At this conference a new council, headed by Council Chair D'arcy Lopes, DTM of Netherlands Antilles, was elected to serve the region for the year 2004-2005.

The Caribbean 2004 Champion of Public Speaking was Hixwell Douglas of Jamaica and the Caribbean Table Topics Champion was Crystal Austin of Barbados.