Become a District Leader

We encourage you to nominate for a District 73 Leadership Position as you will further your self-development, communication, and leadership skills by stepping into these leadership positions. Set yourself a new goal for 2025-2026 and strengthen your leadership skills.

Leadership opportunities such as these are hard to come by in the workforce so take the time now to read the information and consider nominating yourself or sow the seed with a member in your club to take that next step, opportunities abound. Nominations for the elected roles close on 21st March 2025 12AM AEDT.

Please consider nominating for a District Leadership position for our 2025-2026 Toastmasters year, the District needs your support.

For more information about these roles, refer to the District Leadership Handbook and the District Administrative Bylaws, Article VII: Officers in the Governing Documents.

Each year there are specific positions up for nomination.

Nominated Roles, elected at the May District Council Meeting

• District Director
• Program Quality Director
• Club Growth Director
• Seven Division Director positions (Bass, Central, Eastern, Metro, Northern, Ranges, Southern)

All of these positions are required to be interviewed by the District Leadership Committee (DLC). For more details, please look through the District Nominations Schedule.

With regard to the District Director’s (David Martin DTM) communication of 9 January 2025, informing the District that the number of divisions may be impacted with notice given to propose the dissolution of Southern Division. Please don’t allow this to impact in any way your thoughts about applying for Division Director candidacy, as your geography doesn’t impact your selection suitability for the role.

Appointed Roles

We are also calling for nominations for Finance Manager, Administration Manager, and Public Relations Manager to form a pool of candidates from which the incoming District Director for 2025 – 2026, may select candidates to fill these roles. Candidates for these roles are appointed by the incoming District Director. These positions are not interviewed by the DLC. Refer to: District Administrative Bylaws, Article VII Officers.

Additional District 73 roles which may be appointed by the District Director currently include: Logistics Manager; Parliamentarian; Technology Manager; Webmaster; Newsletter Editor; Communications Manager; Historian; Club Coach Co-ordinator; Speechcraft Co-ordinator; Senior Data Analyst; Education & Training Co-ordinator; Youth Leadership Co-ordinator; District Contest Co-ordinator; Club Extension Chair; Club Retention Chair; Alignment Chair; and District Leadership Committee Chair.

Elected Roles

• Area Directors

Please note that Area Director roles are elected via the respective Area Council meetings. Should you have an interest in an Area Director role please contact your Area Director or Division Director to express your interest. If the Area Director Elections are not held prior to the District Council meeting in May 2025, the incoming District Director will appoint members to these roles.

Message from Kevin Broughton DTM, IPDD, DLC Chair:

Interested? Excellent! Here are your Next Steps:

• Chat to mentors and friends, current and previous role holders – Yes, they think it’s a great idea and will support me if I’m successful
• Read the Call for Nominations – Yes, that’s what I want to do
• Check that you are eligible for the role you are applying for – Yes, I’ve done that stuff, but I want to be sure, so I’ve checked my profile on Toastmasters International AND at the time of taking office:
  • District Director will have served at least six (6) consecutive months as Club President and at least 12 consecutive months as a Program Quality Director, Club Growth Director, Division Director, or a combination of these.
  • Program Quality Director and Club Growth Director will have served at least six (6) consecutive months as Club President and at least 12 consecutive months as a Program Quality Director, a Club Growth Director, a Division Director, an Area Director, or a combination of these.
  • Division Director will have served at least six (6) consecutive months as a member of a District Council.
  • Will have been an active member of a Toastmasters club in good standing for the entire preceding 12 months, or a member for 12 consecutive months within the past three (3) years within District 73.
• Review the District Leader Competencies – Yes, I have them covered and/or I can grow into them
• Fill out the District Leadership Nominating Form – Yes, all sections filled in, and there’s some additional information to go with it I will email
• Fill out the District Leader Agreement & Release Statement – Yes, done, and I remembered to use the role I am applying for, not my currently held role when I signed the form
• Fill out the 450H District Leader Biographical Information – Yes, and I made sure my club(s) Base Camp Managers have submitted all my outstanding awards too
• SEND THESE THREE FORMS TO: DLC Chair, Kevin Broughton, DTM () before midnight 21 March 2025. And please, don’t forget to include a profile photo, a headshot in png or jpeg format, as all successful candidacy applications will be posted on the District Website.

Please note: the District Leadership Committee, as well as reading all your forms, have forms of their own. These are used during the interview process. Yes, you will have to attend an online interview process with at least two members of the District Leadership Committee before the end of March 2025. You can see it here. It’s a bit like Speech Contestants checking out the Judge’s Guide and Ballot Sheet. There’s also the District Leadership Candidate Showcase Potential Questions – having an answer to each of these would certainly be a strong step in the right direction.

Once all your forms are submitted, I will be in touch to arrange the interview with members of the District Leadership Committee (DLC). I don’t do any of the interviews, but I oversee the process to ensure fairness, and I write up the reports for the District based on the recommendations of the DLC. Successful candidates will be part of a Showcase, Saturday the 10 May 2025 at 7.30pm AEST, over ZOOM. All candidates have the opportunity to share their vision for the future of D73 before the members of District 73 ready for voting at the District Council Meeting, to be held on Saturday the 17 May 2025.

And one final note from me around what it means to move forward into a leadership role with District 73.

You are committing, where applicable, to attending the District Leadership Training Weekend, if a member of the trio – then the annual and semi annual training (usually an international destination), facilitating Club Officer and District Officer Training, two District Council Meetings, four District Executive Council Meetings, helping out at contests (Club through to District), Club Visits, Area and District Council Meetings and of course having fun and growing yourself whilst growing others. But remember, Toastmasters works because we aren’t afraid of growing through failure, we aren’t afraid to ask for help, and we always set up when called to do so!

If you have questions, don’t hesitate to reach out. Let’s work together to continue Toastmasters’ 100-year tradition of growing confident leaders!

Kind regards,

Kevin Broughton, DTM
District Leadership Committee Chair 2024-2025
Immediate Past District Director 2023-2024
Toastmasters International District 73