Mentoring

One of my good friends and fellow Toastmasters has come up with a definition of DTM that I like (not Don't Time Me):
Destined To Mentor

Part of mentoring is the ability to help people by understanding something that you see in them.  One of my favorite things to see is when people realize their potential and what I saw in them.
During my time as an Area Director, Assistant Division Director, Conference Chair and Division Director, one of my goals was to find people who I saw something in and help enable them to take the next step.
During this time, I've been privileged to see someone that I asked to be an Area Contest Toastmaster be a District Contest Toastmaster, a once Conference first timer become a Division Director-elect and an energic Toastmaster become the first person in her club to become an Area Director (and likely the first DTM from her club).

The Pathways Mentoring program will just help further this and I couldn't be more excited to take advantage of this.  The Introduction to Toastmasters Mentoring Project in Level 2, helps people take a look at how mentoring helped them and is the foundation for the mentoring program that will help improve everyone's Toastmasters experience by helping provide a better foundation for equipping mentors.  It won't be trying to guess when someone is ready anymore and it gives people a better idea of where they can best help mentor others.

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