{"id":5191,"date":"2020-07-13T10:32:43","date_gmt":"2020-07-13T15:32:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d30toastmasters.org\/staging\/5755\/staging1\/\/?page_id=5191"},"modified":"2026-07-02T16:26:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T21:26:49","slug":"contest","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/d30toastmasters.org\/staging\/5755\/contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"5191\" class=\"elementor elementor-5191\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a7dbd35 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a7dbd35\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ed41c4e\" data-id=\"ed41c4e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c5a02f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4c5a02f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">CONTESTS<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-30d29f9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"30d29f9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0693745\" data-id=\"0693745\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18d01d9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"18d01d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2026-2027 Contests<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-32fa992 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"32fa992\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-faf0951\" data-id=\"faf0951\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58115c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"58115c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">District 30 Speech Contests celebrate excellence in communication and leadership by providing members with the opportunity to showcase their speaking skills, inspire audiences, and advance through the Toastmasters contest process. These events strengthen member engagement, recognize achievement, foster learning through observation and evaluation, and unite clubs, areas, divisions, and the District in a shared commitment to personal growth and excellence.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Features<\/b><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Showcases the District&#8217;s top speakers in a structured, professional competition.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Provides members with opportunities to compete and advance through contest levels.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Demonstrates outstanding communication, storytelling, and presentation techniques.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The International Speech Contest leads up to a large audience venue representing contestants from around the world to be awarded the World Champion of Public Speaking\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><b>Benefits<\/b><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inspires members to pursue excellence in public speaking and leadership.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Encourages continuous learning by observing accomplished speakers.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Builds confidence, resilience, and poise in contestants.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strengthens relationships and collaboration across clubs and divisions.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Promotes member recognition, engagement, and pride in the District and the Toastmasters experience.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><b>Categories<\/b><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Humorous Speech Contest<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Table Topics Speech Contest (Impromptu Speaking)<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Evaluation Speech Contest<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Speech Contest (Projecting a Global Message)<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tall Tales Speech Contest<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Online Speech Contest<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d6e1cfa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d6e1cfa\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8a3844d\" data-id=\"8a3844d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5244038 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5244038\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Contest  Schedule<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ae56c24 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ae56c24\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1251a1a\" data-id=\"1251a1a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af76fe5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-tablepress-table\" data-id=\"af76fe5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tablepress-table.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<table id=\"tablepress-26\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-26\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Date<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Area Event<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">Lead<\/th><th class=\"column-4\">Location<\/th><th class=\"column-5\">Doors Open<\/th><th class=\"column-6\">Start Time or 1st Place TT Winner<\/th><th class=\"column-7\">End Time or 1st Place ISC Winner<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Thursday, February 19, 2026<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">B21<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">AD Cheryl Duda<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Harper College, building D, room D-193<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td><td class=\"column-6\">Susan Haslwanter<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">Seung-Hee Kyung-Lee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Tuesday, February 24, 2026<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">B22<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">PQd, DivD, AD<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"> Harper College, building D, room D-193<br \/>\n<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td><td class=\"column-6\">Dave Kluge<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">Alan Steiner<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Wednesday, February 25, 2026<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">B24 <\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Kerroy Campbell<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Harper College, building D, room D-193<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td><td class=\"column-6\">Rob Herrmann<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">Susan Woods<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Thursday, February 26, 2026<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">D34 <\/td><td class=\"column-3\">AD Flora Wu<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Des Plaines Library, 1501 Ellinwood St, Des Plaines, IL 60016<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td><td class=\"column-6\">Barbara Laane<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">Brian Huang<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Saturday, February 28, 2026<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">B23<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Muxiang Pajerski<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Schaumburg Library, Central Library<br \/>\n130 South Roselle Road,Schaumburg, IL 60193<br \/>\nAdult Classroom<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td><td class=\"column-6\">Sherry Geiwald<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">Rudy Segovia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Monday, March 2, 2026<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">D31<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Natalie Mylinski<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">contact D31@D30Toastmasters.org<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td><td class=\"column-6\">Cancelled<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">Cancelled<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Wednesday, March 4, 2026<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">E62<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Steve Sundstrom<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">One Rotary Center, 1560 Sherman Ave., Evanston, IL 60201<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td><td class=\"column-6\">Mark Parnaby<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">Dheeraj Raina<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Sunday, March 22 before E61<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">E64<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Ted Spieser<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Chicago Public Library - Roden Branch, 6083 N Northwest Highway, Norwood Park<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td><td class=\"column-6\">Confirm with PQD and E64@D30Toastmasters.org<\/td><td class=\"column-7\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Saturday, March 7, 2026<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">W74<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Mani<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Cancelled<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td><td class=\"column-6\">Cancelled<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">Cancelled<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Monday, March 9, 2026<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">N42<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Lori Grauer <br \/>\nN42@D30Toastmasters.org<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Gurnee Police Department 100 O'Plaine Rd, Gurnee, IL 60031<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">6:00PM<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">Jeff Stein<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">Sue Karmas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-12\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Saturday, March 19, 2026<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">N43<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">John Labbe<br \/>\nN43@D30Toastmasters.org<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Lake Villa Public Library<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">5:30:00 PM<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">6:00:00 PM<\/td><td class=\"column-7\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-13\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Wednesday, March 11, 2026<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">D32<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Stan Wertelka<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Cancelled<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">Cancelled<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">Cancelled<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">Cancelled<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-14\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Saturday, March 14, 2026<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">W71<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Venkata<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Naper Blvd Library - 2035 S. Naper Blvd. 60565<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td><td class=\"column-6\">2:00:00 PM<\/td><td class=\"column-7\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-15\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Saturday, March 19, 2026<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">N41<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Bonnie Sweet<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Lake Villa Public Library<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">5:30:00 PM<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">6:00:00 PM<\/td><td class=\"column-7\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-16\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Saturday, March 19, 2026<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">N44<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Glenn Sutton<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Lake Villa Public Library<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">5:30:00 PM<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">6:00:00 PM<\/td><td class=\"column-7\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-17\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Saturday, March 21, 2026<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">W73<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Marian Stricker<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Naperville 95th Street Library<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td><td class=\"column-6\">3:00PM<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">4:30P<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-18\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Sunday, March 22, 2026<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">E61<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Stella Lorens<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Chicago Public Library - Roden Branch, 6083 N Northwest Highway, Norwood Park<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td><td class=\"column-6\">1:00PM<\/td><td class=\"column-7\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-19\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Monday, March 23, 2026<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">E63<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Sabeel Ahmed<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Unity Islamic Center, 8944 Austin Ave, Morton Grove<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">6:00PM<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">7:00PM<\/td><td class=\"column-7\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-20\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Saturday, March 21, 2026<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">W72<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Craig Lloyd<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Naperville 95th Public Library<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td><td class=\"column-6\">2:00PM<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">3:00PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-21\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Sunday, March 22, 2026<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">D33<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Chicago Public Library - Roden Branch, 6083 N Northwest Highway, Norwood Park<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td><td class=\"column-6\">contact PQD@D30Toastmasters.org for location<\/td><td class=\"column-7\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-22\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Sunday, March 29, 2026<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Division Contests Begin  for Tall Tales and International Speech<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td><td class=\"column-6\">N\/A<\/td><td class=\"column-7\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-23\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Saturday, April 11, 2026<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Division D<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Stan Wertelka\u200b<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Harper , Z102<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td><td class=\"column-6\">11AM<\/td><td class=\"column-7\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-24\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Saturday, April 11, 2026<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Division B<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Don WIlliams<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Harper College Z building, room Z-102.<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td><td class=\"column-6\">noon<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">3:00:00 PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-25\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Saturday, April 18, 2026<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Division N<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Liz Hutson<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Gurnee Police Department 100 O'Plaine Rd, Gurnee, IL 60031<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">8:30:00 AM<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">9:00 AM<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">12:00:00 PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-26\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Saturday, April 18, 2026<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Division W<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">PQD, DivD<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Naperville Public Library, 95th Street<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td><td class=\"column-6\">1:00PM<\/td><td class=\"column-7\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-27\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Sunday, April 19, 2026<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Division E<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Syed<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Muslim Education Center, 8601 Menard Ave, Morton Grove<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td><td class=\"column-6\">1:00PM<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">5:00PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-28\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Wednesday, May 6, 2026<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">District 30 Online Speech Contest<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Patti \/ John<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">https:\/\/us06web.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/6pItBZGETii_XUvryRYBuQ<br \/>\n<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td><td class=\"column-6\">7:00PN<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">9:00:00 PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-29\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Friday, May 8, 2026<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">District Conference \u2013 Day 1-Tall Tales<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Harper College, Wojcik Center-Bldg W <br \/>\n1200 West Algonquin Road Palatine, IL 60067<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td><td class=\"column-6\"><\/td><td class=\"column-7\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-30\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Saturday, May 9, 2026<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">District Conference \u2013 Day 2-ISC<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Harper College, Wojcik Center-Bldg W <br \/>\n1200 West Algonquin Road Palatine, IL 60067<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td><td class=\"column-6\"><\/td><td class=\"column-7\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-26 from cache -->\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4ea3c49 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4ea3c49\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b9c4234\" data-id=\"b9c4234\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d9574e3 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d9574e3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b272881\" data-id=\"b272881\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd5fe8b elementor-widget elementor-widget-tablepress-table\" data-id=\"fd5fe8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tablepress-table.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<table id=\"tablepress-27\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-27\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Date<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Division Event<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">Lead<\/th><th class=\"column-4\">Location<\/th><th class=\"column-5\">Doors Open<\/th><th class=\"column-6\">Start Time or 1st Place TT Winner<\/th><th class=\"column-7\">End Time or 1st Place ISC Winner<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Sunday, March 29, 2026<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Division Contests Begin  for Tall Tales and International Speech<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td><td class=\"column-6\">N\/A<\/td><td class=\"column-7\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Saturday, April 11, 2026<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Division D<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Stan Wertelka\u200b<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Harper , Z102<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td><td class=\"column-6\">11AM<\/td><td class=\"column-7\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Saturday, April 11, 2026<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Division B<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Don WIlliams<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Harper College Z building, room Z-102.<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td><td class=\"column-6\">noon<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">3:00:00 PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Saturday, April 18, 2026<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Division N<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Liz Hutson<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Gurnee Police Department 100 O'Plaine Rd, Gurnee, IL 60031<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">8:30:00 AM<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">9:00 AM<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">12:00:00 PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Saturday, April 18, 2026<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Division W<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">PQD, DivD<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Naperville Public Library, 95th Street<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td><td class=\"column-6\">1:00PM<\/td><td class=\"column-7\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Sunday, April 19, 2026<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Division E<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Syed<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Muslim Education Center, 8601 Menard Ave, Morton Grove<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td><td class=\"column-6\">1:00PM<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">5:00PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Wednesday, May 6, 2026<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">District 30 Online Speech Contest<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Patti \/ John<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">https:\/\/us06web.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/6pItBZGETii_XUvryRYBuQ<br \/>\n<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td><td class=\"column-6\">7:00PN<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">9:00:00 PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Friday, May 8, 2026<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">District Conference \u2013 Day 1-Tall Tales<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Harper College, Wojcik Center-Bldg W <br \/>\n1200 West Algonquin Road Palatine, IL 60067<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td><td class=\"column-6\"><\/td><td class=\"column-7\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Saturday, May 9, 2026<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">District Conference \u2013 Day 2-ISC<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Harper College, Wojcik Center-Bldg W <br \/>\n1200 West Algonquin Road Palatine, IL 60067<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td><td class=\"column-6\"><\/td><td class=\"column-7\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td><td class=\"column-6\"><\/td><td class=\"column-7\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-27 from cache -->\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-71178b6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"71178b6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f5202a6\" data-id=\"f5202a6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-209d773 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"209d773\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">District 2025-2026 Winners<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-160c8cc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"160c8cc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-eb28892\" data-id=\"eb28892\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47705c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"47705c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">District 30<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5da0f25 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5da0f25\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<table dir=\"ltr\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" data-sheets-root=\"1\" data-sheets-baot=\"1\"><colgroup> <col width=\"179\" \/> <col width=\"90\" \/> <col width=\"100\" \/> <col width=\"164\" \/> <col width=\"100\" \/><\/colgroup><tbody><tr><td>Online Speech Contest<\/td><td>Susan Woods<\/td><td>EH2<\/td><td>Arlington Heights Club<\/td><td>5\/4\/2026<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Tall Tales<\/td><td>Rob Hermann<\/td><td>PM1<\/td><td>Mount Prospect Club<\/td><td>5\/8\/2026<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>International Speech Contest<\/td><td>Rudy Segovia<\/td><td>DTM<\/td><td>Northwest Surburban Club<\/td><td>5\/9\/2026<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e6eb4e4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e6eb4e4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f7f5a68\" data-id=\"f7f5a68\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0211fc1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0211fc1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">District 103<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7879971 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7879971\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<table dir=\"ltr\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" data-sheets-root=\"1\" data-sheets-baot=\"1\"><colgroup> <col width=\"179\" \/> <col width=\"90\" \/> <col width=\"100\" \/> <col width=\"164\" \/> <col width=\"100\" \/><\/colgroup><tbody><tr><td>Contest 1<\/td><td>Winner<\/td><td>Title<\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">Club Name<\/span><\/td><td>Date<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Contest 2<\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">Winner<\/span><\/td><td>Title<\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">Club Name<\/span><\/td><td>Date<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Contest 3<\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">Winner<\/span><\/td><td>Title<\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">Club Name<\/span><\/td><td>Date<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-da674c8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"da674c8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-71ef4a2\" data-id=\"71ef4a2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e2318e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5e2318e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"17622\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/d30toastmasters.org\/staging\/5755\/contest\/main-contest-page_trophy-awards\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/d30toastmasters.org\/staging\/5755\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/MAIN-CONTEST-PAGE_TROPHY-AWARDS.jpg?fit=1424%2C752&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1424,752\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"MAIN CONTEST PAGE_TROPHY AWARDS\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/d30toastmasters.org\/staging\/5755\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/MAIN-CONTEST-PAGE_TROPHY-AWARDS.jpg?fit=1024%2C541&amp;ssl=1\" width=\"1024\" height=\"541\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/d30toastmasters.org\/staging\/5755\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/MAIN-CONTEST-PAGE_TROPHY-AWARDS.jpg?fit=1024%2C541&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-17622\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/d30toastmasters.org\/staging\/5755\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/MAIN-CONTEST-PAGE_TROPHY-AWARDS.jpg?w=1424&amp;ssl=1 1424w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/d30toastmasters.org\/staging\/5755\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/MAIN-CONTEST-PAGE_TROPHY-AWARDS.jpg?resize=300%2C158&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/d30toastmasters.org\/staging\/5755\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/MAIN-CONTEST-PAGE_TROPHY-AWARDS.jpg?resize=1024%2C541&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/d30toastmasters.org\/staging\/5755\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/MAIN-CONTEST-PAGE_TROPHY-AWARDS.jpg?resize=768%2C406&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-attachment-id=\"17622\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/d30toastmasters.org\/staging\/5755\/contest\/main-contest-page_trophy-awards\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/d30toastmasters.org\/staging\/5755\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/MAIN-CONTEST-PAGE_TROPHY-AWARDS.jpg?fit=1424%2C752&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1424,752\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"MAIN CONTEST PAGE_TROPHY AWARDS\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/d30toastmasters.org\/staging\/5755\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/MAIN-CONTEST-PAGE_TROPHY-AWARDS.jpg?fit=1024%2C541&amp;ssl=1\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-daee4ad\" data-id=\"daee4ad\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c7c215 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4c7c215\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Meet the winners<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5db91e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d5db91e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>District 30 has a long history of mentoring, supporting, and producing remarkable speakers.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97252d2 elementor-mobile-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"97252d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"#\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Past Contest Winners<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-79dffe04 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"79dffe04\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-676e8893\" data-id=\"676e8893\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78e98d42 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"78e98d42\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sign up for the Official District 30 Newsletter<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3461a349 elementor-widget elementor-widget-constant-contact\" data-id=\"3461a349\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"constant-contact.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\tPlease select a form.\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b509a2c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b509a2c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-da4f4c1\" data-id=\"da4f4c1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-d94188b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d94188b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-28881d4\" data-id=\"28881d4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c826d46\" data-id=\"c826d46\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CONTESTS 2026-2027 Contests District 30 Speech Contests celebrate excellence in communication and leadership by providing members with the opportunity to showcase their speaking skills, inspire audiences, and advance through the Toastmasters contest process. These events strengthen member engagement, recognize achievement, foster learning through observation and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":846,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"full-width-container","site-content-style":"unboxed","site-sidebar-style":"unboxed","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5191","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.9 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"CONTESTS 2026-2027 Contests District 30 Speech Contests celebrate excellence in communication and leadership by providing members with the opportunity to showcase their speaking skills, inspire audiences, and advance through the Toastmasters contest process. These events strengthen member engagement, recognize achievement, foster learning through observation and evaluation, and unite clubs, areas, divisions, and the District in\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/d30toastmasters.org\/staging\/5755\/contest\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 4.9.9\" \/>\n\n\t\t<!-- Google tag (gtag.js) --> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=G-D8Y8C09FHP\"><\/script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-D8Y8C09FHP'); <\/script>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"District 30 Toastmasters\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Contest - District 30 Toastmasters\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"CONTESTS 2026-2027 Contests District 30 Speech Contests celebrate excellence in communication and leadership by providing members with the opportunity to showcase their speaking skills, inspire audiences, and advance through the Toastmasters contest process. These events strengthen member engagement, recognize achievement, foster learning through observation and evaluation, and unite clubs, areas, divisions, and the District in\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/d30toastmasters.org\/staging\/5755\/contest\/\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/d30toastmasters.org\/staging\/5755\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/NBM_1281-1024x683.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:secure_url\" content=\"https:\/\/d30toastmasters.org\/staging\/5755\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/NBM_1281-1024x683.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-07-13T15:32:43+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-07-02T21:26:49+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Contest - District 30 Toastmasters\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"CONTESTS 2026-2027 Contests District 30 Speech Contests celebrate excellence in communication and leadership by providing members with the opportunity to showcase their speaking skills, inspire audiences, and advance through the Toastmasters contest process. These events strengthen member engagement, recognize achievement, foster learning through observation and evaluation, and unite clubs, areas, divisions, and the District in\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/d30toastmasters.org\/staging\/5755\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/NBM_1281-1024x683.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Christine Crow\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d30toastmasters.org\\\/staging\\\/5755\\\/contest\\\/#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d30toastmasters.org\\\/staging\\\/5755#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d30toastmasters.org\\\/staging\\\/5755\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d30toastmasters.org\\\/staging\\\/5755\\\/contest\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Contest\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d30toastmasters.org\\\/staging\\\/5755\\\/contest\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Contest\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d30toastmasters.org\\\/staging\\\/5755#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d30toastmasters.org\\\/staging\\\/5755\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"District 30 Toastmasters\",\"description\":\"Where Leaders Are Made\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d30toastmasters.org\\\/staging\\\/5755\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d30toastmasters.org\\\/staging1\\\/\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/toastmasters-logo2x.png\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d30toastmasters.org\\\/staging\\\/5755\\\/contest\\\/#organizationLogo\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d30toastmasters.org\\\/staging\\\/5755\\\/contest\\\/#organizationLogo\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d30toastmasters.org\\\/staging\\\/5755\\\/contest\\\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d30toastmasters.org\\\/staging\\\/5755\\\/contest\\\/\",\"name\":\"Contest - District 30 Toastmasters\",\"description\":\"CONTESTS 2026-2027 Contests District 30 Speech Contests celebrate excellence in communication and leadership by providing members with the opportunity to showcase their speaking skills, inspire audiences, and advance through the Toastmasters contest process. These events strengthen member engagement, recognize achievement, foster learning through observation and evaluation, and unite clubs, areas, divisions, and the District in\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d30toastmasters.org\\\/staging\\\/5755\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d30toastmasters.org\\\/staging\\\/5755\\\/contest\\\/#breadcrumblist\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-07-13T10:32:43-05:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-02T16:26:49-05:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d30toastmasters.org\\\/staging\\\/5755\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d30toastmasters.org\\\/staging\\\/5755\\\/\",\"name\":\"District 30 Toastmasters\",\"description\":\"Where Leaders Are Made\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d30toastmasters.org\\\/staging\\\/5755\\\/#organization\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO -->\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"Contest - District 30 Toastmasters","description":"CONTESTS 2026-2027 Contests District 30 Speech Contests celebrate excellence in communication and leadership by providing members with the opportunity to showcase their speaking skills, inspire audiences, and advance through the Toastmasters contest process. These events strengthen member engagement, recognize achievement, foster learning through observation and evaluation, and unite clubs, areas, divisions, and the District in","canonical_url":"https:\/\/d30toastmasters.org\/staging\/5755\/contest\/","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"","webmasterTools":{"miscellaneous":"&lt;!-- Google tag (gtag.js) --&gt; &lt;script async src=\"https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=G-D8Y8C09FHP\"&gt;&lt;\/script&gt; &lt;script&gt; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-D8Y8C09FHP'); &lt;\/script&gt;"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/d30toastmasters.org\/staging\/5755\/contest\/#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/d30toastmasters.org\/staging\/5755#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/d30toastmasters.org\/staging\/5755","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/d30toastmasters.org\/staging\/5755\/contest\/#listItem","name":"Contest"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/d30toastmasters.org\/staging\/5755\/contest\/#listItem","position":2,"name":"Contest","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/d30toastmasters.org\/staging\/5755#listItem","name":"Home"}}]},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/d30toastmasters.org\/staging\/5755\/#organization","name":"District 30 Toastmasters","description":"Where Leaders Are Made","url":"https:\/\/d30toastmasters.org\/staging\/5755\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/d30toastmasters.org\/staging1\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/toastmasters-logo2x.png","@id":"https:\/\/d30toastmasters.org\/staging\/5755\/contest\/#organizationLogo"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/d30toastmasters.org\/staging\/5755\/contest\/#organizationLogo"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/d30toastmasters.org\/staging\/5755\/contest\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/d30toastmasters.org\/staging\/5755\/contest\/","name":"Contest - District 30 Toastmasters","description":"CONTESTS 2026-2027 Contests District 30 Speech Contests celebrate excellence in communication and leadership by providing members with the opportunity to showcase their speaking skills, inspire audiences, and advance through the Toastmasters contest process. These events strengthen member engagement, recognize achievement, foster learning through observation and evaluation, and unite clubs, areas, divisions, and the District in","inLanguage":"en-US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/d30toastmasters.org\/staging\/5755\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/d30toastmasters.org\/staging\/5755\/contest\/#breadcrumblist"},"datePublished":"2020-07-13T10:32:43-05:00","dateModified":"2026-07-02T16:26:49-05:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/d30toastmasters.org\/staging\/5755\/#website","url":"https:\/\/d30toastmasters.org\/staging\/5755\/","name":"District 30 Toastmasters","description":"Where Leaders Are Made","inLanguage":"en-US","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/d30toastmasters.org\/staging\/5755\/#organization"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"District 30 Toastmasters","og:type":"article","og:title":"Contest - District 30 Toastmasters","og:description":"CONTESTS 2026-2027 Contests District 30 Speech Contests celebrate excellence in communication and leadership by providing members with the opportunity to showcase their speaking skills, inspire audiences, and advance through the Toastmasters contest process. These events strengthen member engagement, recognize achievement, foster learning through observation and evaluation, and unite clubs, areas, divisions, and the District in","og:url":"https:\/\/d30toastmasters.org\/staging\/5755\/contest\/","og:image":"https:\/\/d30toastmasters.org\/staging\/5755\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/NBM_1281-1024x683.jpg","og:image:secure_url":"https:\/\/d30toastmasters.org\/staging\/5755\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/NBM_1281-1024x683.jpg","article:published_time":"2020-07-13T15:32:43+00:00","article:modified_time":"2026-07-02T21:26:49+00:00","twitter:card":"summary_large_image","twitter:title":"Contest - District 30 Toastmasters","twitter:description":"CONTESTS 2026-2027 Contests District 30 Speech Contests celebrate excellence in communication and leadership by providing members with the opportunity to showcase their speaking skills, inspire audiences, and advance through the Toastmasters contest process. These events strengthen member engagement, recognize achievement, foster learning through observation and evaluation, and unite clubs, areas, divisions, and the District in","twitter:image":"https:\/\/d30toastmasters.org\/staging\/5755\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/NBM_1281-1024x683.jpg","twitter:label1":"Written by","twitter:data1":"Christine Crow","twitter:label2":"Est. reading time","twitter:data2":"4 minutes"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"5191","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":{"focus":{"keyphrase":"","score":0,"analysis":{"keyphraseInTitle":{"score":0,"maxScore":9,"error":1}}},"additional":[]},"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"content","og_image_url":"https:\/\/d30toastmasters.org\/staging\/5755\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/NBM_1281-1024x683.jpg","og_image_width":"0","og_image_height":"0","og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":"","og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":true,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"WebPage","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":null,"schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":"-1","robots_max_videopreview":"-1","robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":"default","local_seo":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"ai":{"faqs":[],"keyPoints":[],"schemas":[],"titles":[],"descriptions":[],"socialPosts":{"email":[],"linkedin":[],"twitter":[],"facebook":[],"instagram":[]}},"created":"2021-09-28 00:08:18","updated":"2026-07-02 22:24:30","seo_analyzer_scan_date":null},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/d30toastmasters.org\/staging\/5755\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\tContest\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/d30toastmasters.org\/staging\/5755"},{"label":"Contest","link":"https:\/\/d30toastmasters.org\/staging\/5755\/contest\/"}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PhgSgh-1lJ","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/d30toastmasters.org\/staging\/5755\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/d30toastmasters.org\/staging\/5755\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/d30toastmasters.org\/staging\/5755\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d30toastmasters.org\/staging\/5755\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/846"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d30toastmasters.org\/staging\/5755\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5191"}],"version-history":[{"count":59,"href":"https:\/\/d30toastmasters.org\/staging\/5755\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17959,"href":"https:\/\/d30toastmasters.org\/staging\/5755\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5191\/revisions\/17959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/d30toastmasters.org\/staging\/5755\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}