12 July 2025
Article published by: wxie
Date of publication: 12 July 2025
Thank you, Toastmaster of the Day.
Dear fellow toastmasters, dear leaders,
My name is laoxie. I am very pleased to come to the FedEx club and share with you the things I know about Toastmasters.
Let’s look at some numbers. Raise your hands if know the meaning of these numbers.
1971 - the establishment of FedEx in the United States.
220+ - Toady FedEx is operating in over 220 countries globally.
500000+ - There are more than 500000 employees in FedEx.
FedEx is very successful.
Let’s see another set of numbers.
1924 - the foundation of Toastmasters International in the United States.
148 - Now there are Toastmasters club in over 148 countries all over the world.
300000 - The total number of members of Toastmasters is about 300000 now.
Toastmasters International is very successful non-profit organization.
Actually, FedEx and Toastmasters has very close relationship. Do you know that
Frederick W. Smith was an active Toastmasters member in his early career?
What’s more:
FedEx has a strong culture of effective communication and leadership development, aligning with Toastmasters’ mission.
Who knows about Toastmasters International’s mission?
We empower individuals to become more effective communicators and leaders.
Today, I am going to give your a very brief introduction of Toastmasters International regarding its
History - Organization - about District 85 - something you would like to know about club - what you can do as a member
If you have questions, you can stop me and we can discuss.
We already know that Toastmasters was founded in 1924, but just like the idea of FedEx was originated in 1965 far before the establishment of the company, the first unofficial Toastmasters meeting was in 1905. District 85 is very young though, Shanghai became a district just in 2020.
This is the organization of Toastmasters. We have a structure similar to a corporate.
World Headquarters - Board of Directors - Regions - Districts - Divisions - Areas - Clubs - Members.
District 85 is part of region 14. Region 14 is really just China.
There are 112 clubs in District 85 distributed in 7 Divisions - KLNOPQR. Each Division has 4 Areas.
For example, I am the current Division Director of Division N in District 85.
Who knows where FedEx Shanghai Growing club is?
Yes, it is one of the 4 clubs in Area 2 of Division N.
Let’s see what our club’s performance looks like.
You have 16 members, while the DCP is 2. I encourage you attend today’s COT. You will learn how to improve your DCP.
I know there are at least 2 other clubs from FedEx in China, one in Guangzhou and another in Wuhan. They are not in D85.
FedEx club Wuhan has much longer history than our club in Shanghai, while its DCP is just 1.
However, I am very glad to see that FedEx Guangzhou is a President’s Distinguished club.
For the company, it would be a very interesting project if you can find the correlation between a successful club and a successful team. I would assume that FedEx Guangzhou performs better than Shanghai and Wuhan.
As a member, if you would like to take the chance there are many things you can achieve in the club. You can
work your Pathways projects - there are 6 pathways you can choose.
practice your leadership - there are 7 different club officers you can do.
You can join the yearly speech contest - you may become the next world public speech champion.
You can start your journey to the highest educational achievement in Toastmasters - DTM: not for disappeared toastmasters but for distinguished toastmasters.
Yes, there are things you can explore, like to become an Area Director, an Division Director.
Toastmasters is where leaders are made. If you want, you can be a leader in the club, in your company and in your life.
Now I would like to take questions if you have.
尊敬的主持人、各位头马会员、联邦快递的伙伴们，大家好！我是老谢。今天，我想用两组数字开始我的分享：
这两家组织有一个共同点：联邦快递创始人弗雷德·史密斯，年轻时曾是一名头马会员。这是巧合吗？还是证明了——卓越的领导者，往往从卓越的沟通开始？
头马的雏形始于1905年的非正式聚会，就像联邦快递的创意早在1965年就已萌芽。而上海D85大区虽然年轻（2020年成立），却像联邦快递在中国的业务一样充满活力！
弗雷德·史密斯在头马锻炼的沟通能力，是否助力了他后来打造‘隔夜送达’的传奇？我想答案是肯定的。
头马的架构和联邦快递的全球网络异曲同工： - 会员如‘包裹’，俱乐部是‘本地站点’（比如你们的‘联邦快递上海成长俱乐部’）。 - 区域是‘枢纽’，分区是‘转运中心’（我是N中区总监）。 - 最终汇成D85大区——上海112家俱乐部，分布在7个中区。
有趣的是：你们的俱乐部就在N中区2小区，而我的‘管辖范围’正是N中区！
联邦快递广州俱乐部的头马成绩是‘杰出俱乐部’——这是否意味着他们的业务团队也更出色？数据值得深思！
而联邦快递上海俱乐部目前有16名会员，DCP分数是2分。今天的N中区俱乐部官员培训（COT）就是提升的关键机会！
在头马，每个人都能： 1. 修炼Pathways：6大学习路径，像联邦快递的职业晋升通道。 2. 担任俱乐部官员：7种角色，都是领导力的实战训练场。 3. 参加演讲比赛：也许下一个世界冠军就在你们中间！ 4. 冲击DTM（杰出头马会员）：这是头马体系的‘博士学位’。
头马不只是一个演讲平台——它是联邦快递未来领导者的孵化器。当你们在职场中需要‘准时交付’方案时，头马锤炼的表达能力就是你们的‘物流网络’。
最后，我想用弗雷德·史密斯的一句话结束：‘问题不是障碍，而是需要被交付的机会’。现在，我很乐意‘交付’时间给你们的提问！
“在头马，没有‘包裹丢失’，只有‘观点待签收’！”
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