October 7, 2021
Hello
Congratulations on re-committing to Toastmasters by renewing your membership dues. Continue to share your growth with your friends and family - give them a gift of membership and encourage them to join a Toastmasters Club. Spread the joy of a great learning experience.
Please help me welcome our newest clubs in the district - Universal Entrepreneur Toastmasters and SiTimer Champion Toastmaster Club. As a result, we have more members enjoying the benefits of Toastmasters.
Thank you to the Club Presidents and Club VPs of Education for attending the Fall Business Meeting and approving the budget, alignment, and appointed officers for the 2021-22 Toastmasters year. I highly encourage all the clubs to participate in the District programs as they are designed to help you and your members succeed.
Why is DCP (Distinguished Club Program) important for the club and its members?
When a club earns Distinguished status or higher, it indicates that the club provides a positive and supportive learning environment to all its members, and helps them achieve their goals.
Educational Goals: Clubs that continually submit various educational levels in Pathways are meeting the needs of all the members to build basic skills, retaining skilled speakers, providing mentors and leaders to support a growing and thriving club.
Membership Goals: Members who are learning in growing clubs have lots of fun. With increasing club membership, they gain experience speaking to a larger audience along with receiving a broader spectrum of feedback, which allows faster, stronger, and better growth.
Training and Administration Goals: Clubs that achieve these goals are often run smoothly and will help the club officers gain members’ confidence that the club is efficient and supportive of their goals.
As club officers, these measurable DCP goals direct you to sustainable club success. Continue to serve the needs of individual members and support them in achieving their individual goals. Get a jump start on your club's DCP goals by taking advantage of the Early Achievers Program.
Why Be A Club Coach?
Club Coach is a unique program that is both challenging and rewarding, aimed specifically to increase a club membership which inevitably improves the overall health of a club. What's in it for You? You can earn credit as a Club Coach, be closer to Distinguished Toastmasters (DTM) recognition and learn transferable skills that are very useful in other walks of life, to name a few - strategic thinking and planning, team building, collaboration, facilitation, organizational analysis, negotiation, and most importantly helping the club to be self-sufficient and sustainable. To know more details, reach out to us at clubcoaching@d101tm.org
Fall Fusion
Join us on October 30 for great Educational Sessions, Town Hall, and Speaker Showcase (Humorous and Table Topics). Participate in our Halloween Costume Contest!! For more details please check our district Fall Fusion webpage.
Membership Building
Building and maintaining your club’s membership is important and can be challenging. Having a healthy club membership of at least 20 ensures different ideas, more participation, better learning for all, and more fun. Implement a membership-building program within your club. A few proven methods to add new members are holding an open house meeting, hosting a membership-building contest, and publicizing your club on social media (MeetUp, LinkedIn, Facebook, etc). Congratulations to all the clubs that participated and earned in the Open House Challenge.
We will continue to support you to grow in Toastmasters and beyond. You can reach out to me through the District 101 Slack channel, join the Club Officer After Hours or simply send me an email. Looking forward to seeing you at Fall Fusion!
