Tag: area director

Meet the Area Directors: Begonia Reyes

Name: Begonia Reyes
Position: Area 21 Director
Club(s): Impact 21 and What Exit?
 
Other positions: VP of Membership at What Exit?
I have previously served as Sergeant of Arms at Brunswick Toastmasters and as Secretary at Brunswick Advanced.
 
How long have you been in Toastmasters? 
I started my journey in November 2014.
 
What are your plans for the district/area/division?
As an Area director, my plan is to work with the clubs and encourage them to participate in as many training as possible and get involved in contests either as a participant or as a duty holder.
 

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Meet the Area Directors: George Bertele

Name: George Bertele, CC ALB

Position: 2017-2018 Area 41 Director

Club(s): State Street Princeton Toastmasters

Other positions: 2015-2016 VP Membership, 2016-2017 President and, 2017-2018 VP Membership – all with State Street Princeton Toastmasters

How long have you been in Toastmasters?  Since June, 2014 when our club was chartered

What are your plans for the district/area/division?

For Area 41, I look forward to getting to know the clubs more (I have previously been a visitor to a couple of them). Then, I want to see how the motivation level is for each club, and find out how I can help and what advice I can share. And of course, I am hoping to have a Distinguished Area this year.

Why did you join Toastmasters?

I always knew I was “OK” at doing presentations at work, but also realized there was definitely room for improvement. Also, I thought learning about leadership would help longer term with my career, as I had previously supervised a few individuals in my team, and again did “OK”, but also realized, as with my speaking, I could always improve. Plus, the founder of our club, Laura Lee, really bugged me a lot about joining.

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From Toastmasters to Officiating a Wedding

In 2015, I joined Toastmasters. At the time, I never intended to officiate a wedding. Even though I was ordained, I had never used my ordination. That changed when a mutual friend of the groom told me that his friend needs someone to officiate the wedding. I jumped at the opportunity, but internally thought “Kevin… what do you think you’re doing? This is a wedding, not explaining the rules to a board game.”

Before the wedding, I met with the bride and groom and they explained to me what they wanted. It was nothing out of the usual as far as wedding ceremonies go. The day of the ceremony, I made sure I had the wedding certificate ready and kept practicing the script the bride and groom wanted me say.

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