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Area Governors, you are the face of the Council to the Clubs! Let your Division Governor know if you need any help at all!!

Leadership Resources

Leadership is a life long study. When we joined Toastmasters we wanted to improve our communication skills. Leadership and communication go hand in hand. We become better communicators by taking on leadership opportunities and become more confident communicators.

In Toastmasters, we have the opportunity to not only develop our leadership skills, but to help others believe in themselves and thus become our future leaders.

Below are some tools to help you along your leadership journey:

• Toastmasters Leadership Manuals Presentation
• Toastmasters Leadership Manuals Presentation with Speaker Notes
• Competent Leadership Matrix 1
• Competent Leadership Matrix 2
• Competent Leadership Matrix 3
• Toastmasters Member Progress Tracker (Excel file)
  

YACT Officer Training and Resources

Toastmasters International District Officer and Club Officer Manuals

The new District Leadership Handbook (Item 222) and Club Leadership Handbook (Item 1310) have been mailed to district leaders and club officers worldwide. These materials were mailed later than in years past in order to allow for a redesign of the content and to incorporate the refreshed brand to the new manuals.

Both the District Leadership Handbook (Item 222) and Club Leadership Handbook (Item 1310) are now easier to reference, featuring role-specific icons and even more additional resources and citations from Toastmasters governing documents. 

YACT Officer Training and Induction Ceremony

The June 30, 2011 YACT Officer/ Area and Division training and Induction Ceremony was a fun and educational event! Portions of the training and ceremony were captured on video and are available via the links below:

1. YACT Officer Best Practices

2. Jane Thomas, Immediate Past Council Governor, “The State of the YACT Council”

3. Alison Boyce, Council Governor, “Voice the Vision for 2011-12”

4. Keith Baldwin, YACT Past Council Governor, "YACT Officer Induction Ceremony for Incoming 2011-12"

During the training and induction ceremony for the 2011-2012 Yukon-Alaska Council of Toastmasters, an activity was provided to solicit feedback from past, current and incoming officers about their position and thoughts on what they perceived would help (or would have helped) and hinder their success for the coming year.  The rules were simple:

1. Everyone participates.
2. All feedback is valuable.
3. Write your feedback on the color coordinated post-its with the provided Sharpie markers for all to see.
4. Write one thought / idea per post-it.  Stick under appropriate heading (Club Officer Helps, Club Officer Hinders, Area Governor Helps, Area Governor Hinders, Division Governor Helps, Division Governor Hinders, YACT Trio & Support Officers Helps, and YACT Trio & Support Officers Hinders).
5. Participants’ bucket and group common ideas.
6. Review the most common themes.

The results of this activity are focused on where you as a Club Officer, Area Governor, Division Governor or YACT Trio & Support Officers should focus your time and efforts in the coming year to help EVERYONE be successful. 

We captured notes from this activity! These notes benefit all Toastmasters whether you are a member, Club Officer, Area Governor, District Governor, or a member of the YACT Trio (Council Governor, Lt Gov Education and Training, Lt Gov Marketing) / YACT Support Officers! 

Please send YACT dues to YACT Treasurer, Peggy Hansen, at the following address:

Peggy Hansen

Mailing address: 7731 Mayfair Drive #3, Anchorage, AK 99502

USA YACT clubs:

YACT offers clubs the option of electronic transfers from a United States Toastmaster club bank account to the YACT bank account through VANCO. Clubs will need send a completed VANCO Authorization Form to the YACT Treasurer. Unfortunately, we cannot offer this service through VANCO to Canadian Toastmaster Clubs.

This makes it easy for a Toastmaster Club Treasurer to pay YACT dues since they don’t have to write a check and mail it to the YACT Treasurer.

There are some Vanco Services fees associated with this, but they are minimal. Should the club choose this payment option, the fees will be paid by the club and added to the total of the transaction.

1) There is a one time set up fee of $.50 added to the initial transaction and this fee is not charged again unless bank account information is changed.

2) There is a $.50 transaction fee added to the transaction each time money is transferred. Compare that to the cost of a postage stamp, and we think you'll agree the convenience is worth it!

If your Toastmaster club decides to use this method of payment, the YACT Treasurer will need your club bank account number and the bank routing number and you would have to sign a YACT Bank Transfer Authorization form (which is attached). Once you are ready to have money withdrawn from your bank, email the withdrawal notice to the YACT Treasurer. They will email you back BEFORE the funds are withdrawn to verify the information.

There is no requirement to use electronic transfers instead of mailing checks to YACT. If you have any questions about this, please contact the YACT Treasurer above.

Monthly YACT officer conference calls are held the first Thursday of each month (except for the November as we met at the conference in Anchorage). Meeting minutes from the YACT Officer meetings are available below:

July 2011

August 2011

September 2011

November 2011 Executive Council

November 2011 General Council

December 2011

January 2012

February 2012

March 2012 

April 2012 Executive Council

April 2012 General Council

May 2012