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Deniz Şenelt Kalelioğlu, DTM
for District 109

Nominated for both Program Quality Director and Club Growth Director, 2025-2026. Driven to serve members better - through quality, growth, interactivity and results, aiming effective and joyful Toastmasters experience for all.

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Deniz Şenelt Kalelioğlu

Strategy

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Start early, plan well, and actively work with an extensive team

Strategic planning and adding standard procedures

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Use the brand value of Toastmasters to get support

Cultivate 3rd party relationships and increase support

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Maintaining continuity - increasing attendance

Committees and events

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Early actions and using the extensive network

Any visibility opportunity and targeted actions

Relationship building and empowering members

Knowing and following up with old and new members

Highlights

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Program Quality Director role

  • Continue our successes,
    like TLIx series, 24hr Trainathon and Winter event.
  • Enhance for better,
    like COTx, Contest support and Speechcraft support.
  • Develop new initiatives,
    like Academies (RISE, DEI and Sponsorship), Project Libraries (DTM, HPL and Rotary alliance) and District Leadership Mentoring system.

Club Growth Director role

  • Maintain Committees and add
    like Club Mentors, Club Sponsors, Club Coaches, and Corporate Clubs Support.
  • Expand collaboration,
    PQD, DD, PR Manager, and divisions for empowering local leaders and building core interest among 3rd parties.
  • Innovate outreach opportunities,
    like District Corporate Summit, DTM Panel, and World Speech Day Panel for membership retention, membership increase, club growth and new club formations.
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Promises

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  • Effectiveness and joyful memories
  • Making Toastmasters serve members better
  • Better growth with quality and quantity
  • To be present, active, and approachable
  • Starting early, planning well
  • Strategic thinking and adding standard procedures
  • Maintaining continuity & increasing attendance
  • Working together with an extensive team
  • Motivation and empowerment for all

Biography

  1. Joined in 2000, active member since 2007 consecutively

  2. DTM twice, at the pathways and past system (2014 and 2020)

  3. Presidential Citation Recipient (2018)

  4. Professionally: Trainer & past training director & current training company owner

  5. Organized, designed & delivered training programs and events globally

  6. Education: Cognitive Psychology MA degree & PhD candidate in Industrial and Organizational Psychology with a concentration on leadership

  7. Attended (speaker & trainer) and organized: TI conferences (10), District conferences (5), other NGO conferences (20+), District Conference (Organizing Committee, 2024), HOF (organizing committee, 2023), Twice District TLI speaker (Quality, 2023 and 2024), District Conference speaker (Networking, 2021), DOT trainer (Training on Quality, 2018), Division keynote speaker (Lausanne, 2018), District workshop facilitator (Networking, 2018), and District Application preparation (2019)

  8. Network – national international - 100 nationalities - entrepreneur

  9. Innovation: National Summit (2016), Corporate Summit (2019), DTM Mastermind (2023)

  10. Club Coach (2020) and TI Certified Mentor (2020)

  11. Club sponsor (10), Club mentor (9), Individual sponsor (44)

  12. D109 Division H Director 2023-2024

  13. D109 District PQD Team member - 24hr Trainathon chair 2024-2025

  14. Hobby - Travelling (have travelled to 90 countries)

  15. Mom of a 5-year-old daughter named Zeyno and an Irish Setter dog named Star

Testimonials

"I've been always impressed by her great enthusiasm for our organization. Her friendly manner, dedication to the job in hand and readiness to go the extra mile to get things done, is very impressive. Blessed with high levels of Emotional Intelligence, Deniz's leadership abilities, work ethic and personal make-up, make her an ideal candidate for any leadership role."

Ted Corcoran

Toastmasters International President 2003/2004

"I have known Deniz for more than a decade. The first impression I got was that she is a dedicated and persevering individual. She would not hesitate in bringing together a team of capable individuals and plan to achieve the aspired goals… Deniz is a sphere of renewed energy that would be an asset to any team she is a part of."

Mohammed Murad

Toastmasters International President 2014/2015

"She has an extraordinary passion for quality and attention to detail … As a leader, Deniz always demonstrated a high level of creativity and was able to build, nurture and grow work teams composed of people from diverse nationalities, backgrounds and personalities. She has great leadership skills and experience and will succeed in even the most challenging environments."

Michael Kern

Past Vice President PR - Istanbul Toastmasters

"Deniz brings many people together across different clubs. An example was her HPL project 'DTM Mastermind', she invited me and another club's member to be co-facilitators, she could have done it herself, but she wanted us to grow together. I believe Deniz is one of the best contributors to our division, other divisions can also benefit from her experience and vision."

Özge Arslan Ayvacıklı

Past President - Ankara Kolejliler Toastmasters

"Deniz was the one who initiated Corporate Summit as her DTM project. She encouraged me and Sabri Dönmez to be the co-directors in its 3rd year. She shared her experiences with us before and during the summit and led us to follow the path. We had a successful Summit by acting together from the very beginning. She would be a great support to any team."

Yakup Bademci

Past President İzmir Türkçe Toastmasters - Corporate Summit Co-director

"I am a DTM due to her continuous support, encouragement and push sometimes, thanks Deniz for being our role model. We founded Ankara Türkçe Toastmasters in 2013 with her mentorship. During challenging times of Covid 19 pandemic, she was one of the few that we can discuss possible solutions and we can always have solution-oriented communication."

Sami Uzun, DTM

Past President Ankara Türkçe TM - Club Coach Ankara Kolejliler TM

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