Welcome to our District 60 Annual Conference 2024!

Speeches can supercharge our passion, helping us to inspire, excite and lead others, if they are simple, sincere, contain personal stories about the speaker, are presented confidently, and are spiced with humour. Rob’s presentation gives practical examples of how we can all do this.

By attending this educational session Rob will share practical examples of how you can Supercharge Our Passion, Inspire, Excite, and Lead by crafting better speeches. As a bonus he will you show how you can save those speeches for posterity and in so doing help others in the future to supercharge their passion and inspire, excite and lead others!

Every failure is a stepping stone to success.  Success starts from a passion. You won’t be able to reach success without mistakes and failures. There is only failing forward.

In this session, you will explore your past experiences. Gin Aldeguer will guide you through a process that re-examines your past failures: Discover your passion, and turn mistakes into stepping stones for success!

Have you ever wanted to act like a rebel but couldn’t? Learn how to navigate challenges in pursuing your passion in spite of the naysayers. Come prepared to discuss your challenges and also learn about challenges from other individuals chasing their passions that lead to fulfilling and meaningful lives.

By attending this workshop, you will learn:

• How other mainstream artists break free of societal norms to chase their passion
• To begin you own journey about how to leverage your passion to support your career and personal life

All individuals have a passion in life, based on which we start building our professional brand unaware of doing so. For an individual to live to their potential however, it is important to build a powerful professional brand.

By attending this workshop, you will learn best practices to build a successful professional brand that will show you immediate positive results.

Audiences love a Hero story.  But the best story comes from learning how you worked tirelessly to solve a personal challenge.  People will crave your insights and solutions. Acquire a template for identifying turning points in your Hero’s journey.  Supercharge your Hero stories so you can inspire with passion.

Participants will hear actual examples of Hero narratives used by Toastmaster members delivering their workshops.  These very successful workshops open with a micro story that was created using the technique and template prescribed in this session. They will leave with a roadmap for how and why they should create their own Hero narrative story.

Does pursuing your passion seem out of reach or maybe sidelined due to other pressures or lack
of focus? Looking to rebalance, reorientate and renew your passion pursuits? Attend this
workshop and learn how to combat the lizards and sail into a brighter future!
By attending this session, you will learn:

1. How the brain reacts to everyday pressures which may impact one’s pursuit of their
   passions.
2. Resiliency techniques to better enable the pursuit of their passions.
3. A methodology to map out how best to achieve their passion.

Supercharge your passion by delving into the Japanese concept of ‘Tenshoku,’ which refers to ‘vocation’ or ‘heaven-inspired work.’

In this enriching session you’ll delve into the heart of ‘Tenshoku,’ the Japanese concept of ‘vocation’ or ‘heaven-inspired work.’ Our speaker, weaving his ancestral Japanese wisdom with modern entrepreneurial practicality, will guide you through the 3 keys to supercharging your ambition with samurai spirit: Initiative, Resilience, and Focus.

By attending this session, you will:

• Cultivate Unyielding Resilience: Acquire strategies to develop robust resilience across physical, mental, and emotional spheres.
• Develop a Tenshoku Mindset: Embrace the Samurai dedication to excellence
• Enhanced Focus, Clarity, and sense of purpose: Sharpen focus and clarity, to pinpoint your passions while achieving a grounded balance between ambition and practicality.