2022 District 49 Conference | Opening, Keynote and Awards

This event is a part of the 2022 District 49 Conference.

Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/82727590238 | passcode 2020

We will launch this year's conference beginning with the Education Awards, Membership Contests, and our bookstore promotion. Chanti Niven will deliver her keynote I See You. Additionally, we will highlight newly chartered clubs.

Program

National Anthem and Hawaii Song by Lisa Chaly

Hawaii-based Singer-Songwriter, Lisa Chaly, has been a member of Toastmasters since 2020. As a Performing Artist, Lisa is known for her soaring vocals and stage presence, having starred as Maria in The Sound of Music at the Historic Palace Theatre and Laurie Williams in Oklahoma! at University of Hawai'i-Hilo's Performing Arts Center. For the past 5 years, Lisa has been producing original music and custom songs for local productions and is co-creator of the Maka'iwa Keiki YouTube channel that teaches basic Hawaiian Language through fun, family-friendly animated music videos. She is honored to be singing the National Anthem and Hawai’i Pono’i to open the 2022 District 49 Conference.

Keynote by Chanti Niven

Chanti Niven

Keynote Speaker: Chanti Niven is a multiple award-winning international public speaking champion, successful entrepreneur, a popular business and speaking coach hired by some of the world's most successful people, including celebrities, entertainers, politicians, executives, and educators. She helps her clients uncover their personal brands and dramatically increase their income. Her clients double, triple, and even quadruple their income through coaching. She is the creator of the Captivating Speakers Program, is the founder and owner of Chanti Niven International (CNI), CEO of Captivating Speakers LLC., and is Vice-Chair of GERA (The Global Education Research Alliance). Chanti, from South Africa, a recent citizen of the United States shares her inspirational keynote 'I SEE YOU'. Chanti shares that her dramatic circumstances, a brush with death and blindness for three years, led her to live her passion and love for helping people express their stories and messages and be captivating! You "speak" before you open your mouth to say a word. You most likely are not aware of how you come across and how others SEE you. The way you enter a room, walk, dress and gesture, speak louder than your words. The words you choose and how you speak adds to the picture. Learn how you can present the best version of yourself and be captivating. The native greeting in South Africa for 'I SEE YOU' is “SAWABONA” and it literally means “I SEE YOU” As to say, “I respect and acknowledge you for who you are”. Chanti will share how you can present the best version of yourself in 'I SEE YOU'.

Speech Contests Recording
In the afternoon, speech contest finalists for the International Speech Contests will meet with the contest officials and jury in a closed session. Speech contests will be streamed on Wednesday afternoon at the Speech Contest Watch Party.