Kwanza Kenya TM Newsletter - Jan-Feb 2019

Word From The President Fellow Toastmaster , The advent of our Toastmasters year began with the transition to a new Education system, Pathways. Kwanza embraced this change wholeheartedly led by our determined, energetic and diligent Vice President Education, Serah Njoroge. Our Vice President Membership led by Sarah Adhiambo with an exciting membership campaign that resulted in Kwanza achieving the Smedley Award. Moreover, she became the first person in the East African region to achieve a Pathways education award paving the way for many more. Have you been following our social media pages? If you may have noticed #Kwanza, #EastAfricaToastmasters, #WhereLeadersAreMade during the East Africa Twitter Challenge where Kwanza yet again took the lead thanks to the digital "savinness" of our Vice President Public Relations, Clifford Kinyua. We are also pleased to have retained 80% of our members who paid their dues on time through the leadership of our very able Treasurer, Joram Mburu which counted towards our club goals. Our Club Secretary, Josephine Mwaura established a sub committee that makes sure that meetings are well captured. Finally, Kwanza is home to "Teangle", a tea and mingling session conceived by our every affable Immediate Past President, Nguru Wachira and superbly organized before every meeting by our Sergeant-At-Arms, Irene Onyango. It is through teamwork demonstrated by this excellent team and the commitment and support by our members that Kwanza is currently the first and the only club in this region to achieve the  "President's Distinguished Club award" having achieved 9 out of 10 goals. With 6 months to go, I have no doubt that 2019 will be a year of dizzying heights and achievements for Kwanza Kenya. Monica Oraro  President , Kwanza Kenya Toastmasters Club​ In This Issue "Now that I am a DTM " - Angela Rarieya "A Worthwhile toastmasters Journey"- Japheth Musau The East Africa Toastmasters Conference   Club Activities Table Topics & Taped Speech contests on 12th March Talk-up membership Drive   Engage Us Facebook Twitter Kwanza.Toastmastersclubs.org NOW THAT  I AM DTM... Interview with Angela Rarieya We sat down with our Very own "Angela Rarieya -DTM" to get to understand her Journey  to DTM and what it has been and what the future holds. Talk to us about how it feels to finally achieve the much coveted DTM status: Read more.  A WORTHWHILE TOASTMASTERS JOURNEY by Japheth Musau "Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars."- This quote by Dr. Norman Vincent Peale is one of the guide posts that have directed the steps in my Toastmasters journey. The design of life is such that it personifies each one of us a traveler on a journey to some place. Most of us joined Toastmasters with the belief that the tried and tested education program, the friendly club atmosphere and the guidance of our mentors would all work in concert like many parts of a vehicle to take us to our destination, wherever that may be. By committing to attend club meetings regularly, to do the utmost best when preparing for speech and other meeting roles and to support other members in their journey we create the right climate for growth in the club. Read more..   The EastAfrican Toastmasters Conference, 2019 on 9th - 11th May 2019 The East African Toastmasters Conference, 2019 will take place on 9th - 11th May 2019 in the heart of Kampala City at Serena international Conference Center. The Annual Conference will brings together Toastmasters their friends and public speakers and leaders from five countries namely Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Ethiopia, to experience the best of Toastmasters in the East Africa region..Read More. Get your Tickets. Upcoming Events The Kwanza Talkup  Membership Campaign is on!  More Details   Table topics and Taped speech contest on the 12th of March "The art of communication is the language of leadership".~ Jane Humes. Kwanza Kenya Toastmasters Club Executive Committee (EXCO) Monica Oraro – President Serah Njoroge– Vice President Education (VPE) Sarah Adhiambo – Vice President Membership (VPM) Clifford Kinyua– Vice President Public Relations (VPPR) Josephine Mwaura – Secretary Joram Mburu– Treasurer Irene Onyango – Sergeant-At-Arms (SAA)   Copyright © 2019  KWANZA KENYA TOASTMASTERS CLUB, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is : kwanzakenya@gmail.com

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A Toastmaster's Romance.

  

A Toastmasters RomanceTable Topic: 'Will you marry me?' You have one to two minutes. You're Invited The officers and members of SEMA Toastmasters would like to invite you to be our guest during our next meeting. Bring a friend. We will meet on the 6th of March at United Kenya Club, Nairobi from 6.30pm to 8.30pm A guest fee of 300 KES is charged on attendees who are not members of Toastmasters International

Toastmasters District 114

The Toastmasters District 114 geographically covers the greater East Africa region. Included countries this far are Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. The district is taking shape at a commendable pace and is promising to be a formidable district worldwide.

So far it has grown to two divisions and thirty-nine clubs in seven Areas. Division D has five areas and thirty clubs. Division E has two areas and nine clubs.

Why not sponsor a club and ratchet your thrill of growing your Leadership experience to a new high. 

DCP Reports 2015-2016

 The Distinguished Club Program results for 2015-2016 are now final. Below are the results for the East Africa Clubs as extracted from Club Central. I notice Sudan, Burundi, Somali are not represented. How did your club fare? More importantly what is your clubs plan for 2016-2017?

In 2015-2016 what was your individual contribution towards your clubs DCP goals? A CC or a CL or an advanced Award? What will be your personal contribution this year?

Meeting Days

Nairobi's recently Chartered

Three new Toastmasters clubs have chartered in Nairobi in the recent past. They are offering interesting meeting times, away from the familiar 6:30 p.m. Even of greater interest is that some of the corporate sponsored clubs are open to the public.

K-Toastmasters

Club Number: 5099075,

Charter Date:  Apr. 15, 2016

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Phone: +254 20 360 3000

Meeting Times: 1st Thursday, 6:30 a.m - 7:30 a.m. & 3^rd Thursday, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Location: Villa Rosa Kempinski, Training Room
PO Box 14164 Nairobi, 00800 Kenya

Membership Restriction: Corporate club, restricted to Employees of Villa Rosa Kempinski

Toastmasters@Chiromo

Club Number: 5011794,

Charter Date: Apr. 15, 2016

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Phone: +254 20 3293000

Meeting Times: 1st & 3rd Thursday 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

Location: Standard Chartered @ Chiromo (Head Office)
PO Box 30003 Nairobi, 00100 Kenya

Membership Restriction: None; the club is open to all interested parties.

GE Kenya Toastmasters Club

Club Number: 4883017,

Charter Date: Nov. 27, 2015

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Phone: +254 7011 71721

Meeting Times: 1st & 3rd Thursday 2:00 p.m.

Location: General Electric
General Mathenge Drive Nairobi, 00100 Kenya

Membership Restriction: Corporate club. Restricted to Employees of GE

courtesy of http://toastmate.blogspot.com/2013/05/toastmasters-clubs-in-kenya.html

Video - Blogging Your Way Into A book

The talk Blogging Your Way Into A book came and passed. The result, a video.

Blogging Your Way Into A book

 I heard a stalwart Toastmaster in Kenya, and an avid blogger, (Hint: she has not blogged for sometime while her last blog was a blank page titled Jamhuri day),  say that what she loves most about Toastmasters meeting is that she can learn so many things about different things within two hours.

Today she will learn how to Blog Her Way Into A book.

At Kwanza Kenya Toastmasters Club, we have a special talk by Anthony Gitonga, a blogger, speaker, coach, and author of five books, including "Made for Greatness". He will be speaking about, Blogging Your Way into a Book.


Other work by the author include.

Blogging as my creative writing way: http://www.anthonygitonga.com/145-my-creative-way.html

•       Effective speaking: A series of 5 amazing articles: http://bit.ly/Y6HTIf
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·         Branding yourself as a writer/speaker: http://www.anthonygitonga.com/leading-greatness/leadership/three-reasons-why-you-should-create-a-personal-brand.html

·         Branding yourself as a writer/speaker: http://www.anthonygitonga.com/leading-greatness/leadership/3-ways-to-live-to-build-a-personal-brand.html

Guest Fees: sh300
Door closes at 6:30 pm or house full which is earlier.

Downtown Toastmasters Club

One of my goals this year is to sponsor a club.

I am thinking of a Club catering for the Nairobi residents who take public transport. As such am thinking of a club meeting downtown, around Hilton-Kencom-Kenya Cinema.
Downtown Toastmasters Club will be its name and it will meet every 2nd and 4th Thursday at Norwich Union House starting 6:00 p.m 
We need to build and start with a critical mass of thirty members to be able to get chartered (20 members) and also meet our first-year budget. Please circulate the information in your clubs.

Membership: We welcome these type of members

1. Transfer Members - A Toastmaster transferring from another club.
2. Duo Member - A Toastmaster joining Downtown while still keeping is a membership to another club.
3. New Member - One who has not been member elsewhere.