Milestones of the Toastmasters of Basel Club
January 2020
We celebrated 20 Years of Toastmasters in Basel!
November 2017
Cindy Piccolo received her Distinguished Toastmaster medal at the District Conference in Milano and we congratulate her for this achievement. We now have two distinguished Toastmasters in our club we are very proud of Sandra and Cindy.
July 2017
Our former president Miao Gerhard becomes the new Area Director for the term 2017/2018.
June 2017
Our club receives again the President’s Distinguished Club Award for 2015-2016 under the presidency of Ralf Dümpelmann.
May 2017
Caroline de Stexhe wins the 3rd place in the public speaking contest at the District Conference in Winterthur.
July 2016
The Toastmasters of Basel attains again the President’s Distinguished Club Award, the highest award for a Toastmasters Club, for 2014-2015 under the presidency of Miao Gerhard.
November 2015
Sandra Van de Cauter is awarded Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM) at the Fall Conference in Amsterdam.
Sandra Van de Cauter, former Division Governor, receives the award for ‘President Distinguished Division 2014-15‘. This is an incredible achievement, of which our club is very proud.
Sandra Van de Cauter is awarded ‘Division Governor of the Year‘. This award is a result of a vote among all District members with the final vote of the District Governor.
Read more about this on our blog!
2015/16
Caroline de Stexhe becomes new Area Director 2015/2016, congratulations!
March 2015
Sandra Van de Cauter and Stefan Steinemann
Sandra Van de Cauter is awarded Distinguished Toastmaster.
July 2014
Sandra Van de Cauter becomes Division E Governor (Switzerland). Congratulations Sandra!
May 2014
The Toastmasters of Basel attains as the first club in Switzerland the President’s Distinguished Club Award, the highest award for a Toastmasters Club, for 2013-2014 and achieves 9/10 of club goals.
April 2014
Fouad Alame wins 3rd place in Division E (Switzerland) Spring 2014 English International Speech Contest.
October 2013
Fouad Alame wins 2nd place in Division E (Switzerland) Fall 2013 English Humorous Speech Contest with his speech “Standing on two legs”.
June 2013
The Toastmasters of Basel attains President’s Distinguished Club Award for 2012-2013 and achieves 9/10 of club goals.
May 2013
Cindy Piccolo is elected Secretary on the Executive Board of Toastmasters Committee District 59 and serves 2013 – 2015.
April 2013
Fouad Alame wins 2nd place in Division E (Switzerland) Spring 2013 English International Speech Contest with his speech “Inspiring voices”.
November 2012
Janene Liston wins 1st place in District 59 (includes numerous countries of Continental Europe) Fall 2012 English Humorous Speech Contest with her speech “Caveman Two Point Ugh!” and 3rd place in English Table Topic Contest.
September 2012
Olivia Schofield, a World Champion Finalist of Public Speaking in 2011 in Las Vegas, gave our club an interactive workshop “How to sizzle on stage”.
June 2012
The Toastmasters of Basel attains President’s Distinguished Club Award for 2011-2012 and achieves 10/10 of club goals.
May 2012
Paulo Francisco Lay wins 2nd place in Division E (Switzerland) Spring 2012 English Evaluation Contest.
Janene Liston wins 2nd place in Division E (Switzerland) Spring 2012 English International Speech Contest with her speech “Duckie moon”.