club leadership advanced - winter 2015

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Leadership Applications Practicum (LAP)

Club Officer TrainingWinter 2015

1313A


Part 1 (60 minutes)

Tools and Resources

10 minute break

Part 2 (50 minutes)

Administration and Challenges

Agenda


Experienced Officers Training

What are the primary challenges & problems in your

Toastmasters

Club?


Membership

Growth

And

Development?



Recruiting

Orienting

Training

Retaining

MEMBERSHIP GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT


What are your best recruiting

tools?

RECRUITING


"The One Minute

Marketing Moment"

RECRUITING


RECRUITING

Because it has ___________ (feature),

you will receive

____________ (benefit) and what that means

to you is

______________ (value)

Can be reversed too!


Share it

from your

HEART!!!

RECRUITING


Your New

COLOSSAL

Membership

Growth Tool!

RECRUITING


Visitor Packet:Welcome Letter

"Confidence" brochure

All About Toastmasters

A Toastmaster Wears Many Hats

Find Your Voice

Features, Benefits and Value

The Benefits of Toastmasters Membership

a recent "Toastmaster" magazine

Promo Bookmark and Magnet

Club business card!

RECRUITING


RECRUITING RESOURCES

Membership Building Kit (Item #1160), includes:

- “Confidence” tri-fold marketing brochure

- “Find Your Voice” tri-fold marketing brochure

- “From Prospect to Guest to Member” brochure

- “All About Toastmasters”

- “The Benefits of Toastmasters Membership”

“Membership-Building Contests” (Item #1620)

“Do You Communicate with Confidence?” marketing poster

“The Toastmasters 5 Minute Miracle” ideas checklist

“Finding New Members for your Club” Successful Club Series presentation (Item #291)

“Clear Communication: Your Organization Needs It” brochure (Item #103)

“Membership Growth” reference tool (Item #1159)

“Let the World Know” publicity and promotion handbook (Item #1140)

Speechcraft Starter Kit (Item #205)

Club Leadership Handbook (Item #1310), VP Membership responsibilities, pp. 28-30

Distinguished Club Program and Club Success Plan (Item #1111), pp. 23-25

https://www.toastmasters.org/Leadership-Central/Logos-Images-and-Templates, customizable

marketing

materials, stationery, logos, website building, stock images~ a plethora of tools to creatively market!

Features and Benefits and Corporate Value worksheet

https://www.toastmasters.org/Leadership-Central/Logos-Images-and-Templates


ORIENTING

What are your “Best Practices”

to Orient

New Members?


ORIENTING

New Member Kit:Welcome Letter

New Member Profile Sheet

Member Interest Survey

Mentor Interest Survey

A Toastmaster Wears Many Hats

CC & CL Manual

Membership card & pin!


ORIENTING/RETAINING

Do you have a Mentoring Program?


ORIENTING

Which pages orient new members?

Do you have an orientation meeting?

Pages 4-6,

60-82

Pages 2-5,

64


ORIENTING/RECRUITING???

The Better Speaker Series

Beginning Your Speech

Concluding Your Speech

Controlling Your Fear

Impromptu Speaking

Selecting Your Topic

Know Your Audience

Organizing Your Speech

Creating an Introduction

Preparation and Practice

Using Body Language


TRAINING


TRAINING/RECRUITING???

The Leadership

Excellence Series

The Visionary Leader

Developing a Mission

Values and Leadership

Goal Setting and Planning

Delegate to Empower

Building a Team

Giving Effective Feedback

The Leader as a Coach

Motivating People

Service and Leadership

Resolving Conflict


TRAINING

The Successful Club Series

Moments of Truth

Finding New Members

Evaluate to Motivate

Closing the Sale

Creating the Best Club Climate

Meeting Roles & Responsibilities

Mentoring

Keeping the Commitment

Going Beyond our Club

How to be a Distinguished Club

The Toastmasters Educational Program


First Impressions

Membership Orientation

Fellowship, Variety and Communication

Program Planning and Meeting Organization

Membership Strength

Achievement Recognition

TRAINING/RETAINING

Moments of Truth/

Two Minute Education Moments


TRAINING/RETAINING


TRAINING/RETAINING

http://www.clubscheduler.com

How Far

in Advance

Does Your Club Schedule

Meetings?

How Important is Smooth

Club Scheduling?


RETAINING

What are YOUR “Best Practices”

to Retain

Your Members?


RETAINING

Meeting Variety:Backward Meetings!

Debates, Club Growth Discussions

& Facilitations,POSTURE PEELER??

Achievement

Recognition

Quality Speeches

& Evaluations...



Club Officer TrainingWinter 2015

1313A

Part Two:

Administration

&

Challenges


We provide a

supportive and positive

learning experience in which

members are empowered to develop

communication and leadership skills,

resulting in greater self-confidence

and personal growth.

Experienced Officers Training – Part 2


INTEGRITY

RESPECT

EXCELLENCE

SERVICE

Experienced Officers Training – Part 2


Service to Members

Members are the heart and foundation of Toastmasters.

Members

Area Council(Recommended structure)

Area governorAssistant area governor education & trainingAssistant area governor marketingSecretaryClub presidentsClub vice presidents educationClub vice presidents membership

Clubs

Areas

Divisions

Districts

Regions

Board of Directors

World Headquarters


Service to Members

Members are the heart and foundation of Toastmasters.

MembersDistrict Council

District executive committeeClub presidents and vice presidents education

District Executive CommitteeDistrict governorLieutenant governor education and trainingLieutenant governor marketingPublic relations officerSecretaryTreasurerDivision governorsArea governorsImmediate past district governor

Clubs

Areas

Divisions

Districts

Regions

Board of Directors

World Headquarters


Education Program

Club Leadership Essentials

D55 Spring

Conference

May 15-17, 2015


325,000 members 14,000 clubs 126 countries

Toastmasters International


Conduct Club Business



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"Logos

Images

Templates"


Ten

minute

break

Congratulations


www.tmd55.org


Teamwork


President

Vice President Education

Vice President Membership

Vice President Public Relations

Secretary

Treasurer

Sergeant-at-Arms

Immediate Past President

The Executive Committee


Create a club budget

Develop a Club Success Plan

(Item 1111)

Strategize for success in the

Distinguished Club Program

Create and oversee other club

committees as necessary

Executive Committee Duties


The Executive Committee


Distinguished Club Program Goals

Education

1. Two CCs2. Two more CCs3. One ACB, ACS or ACG4. One more ACB, ACS or ACG5. One CL, ALB, ALS or DTM6. One more CL, ALB, ALS or DTM

Membership7. Four new members8. Four more new members

Training9. A minimum of four club officers trained during each of two training periods

Administration

10. On-time payment of membership dues accompanied by the names of eight members (at least three of whom must be renewing members) for one period and on-time submission of one club officer list


Sergeant at Arms


Treasurer


Professional Administration...

Treasurer

Dues Receipt


Secretary


Vice President Public Relations


Vice President Membership

Handle Membership!- visitor kit- new member kit

- new member orientation

- new member applications- membership renewals- help promote special events


Vice President Education


President


What are YOUR CHALLENGES?


Challenges Break Out Session

Succession Planning (replacing yourself)

Lagging Members unwilling to give speeches or show up regularly

Overly sugar-coated or hyper critical evaluations

Flat meetings- need some new ideas!

Not using EasySpeak or other club role scheduling challenges

A club officer not doing his/her job

One or two officers doing everyone's jobs!

Dealing with difficult personalities

Corporate club issues

Small club issues

Social media tools and implementation...


Leadership Applications Practicum

Leadership: A process of social influence which

maximizes the efforts of others toward the achievement of a goal." ~ Forbes Magazine

Applications: The action of putting something

into operation; practical use or relevance; sustained effort.

Practicum: A useful section of a course of study.


What are your TAKE AWAYS?

Search

"Logos

Images

Templates"

New Member

Orientation Kit

D55 Spring

Conference

May 15-17, 2015


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