vp of membership 1 rick sharon, dtm vice president of membership
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VP of Membership 3 Introductions Your name How long have you been in Toastmasters? Club name When & where you meet Company or community club? What do you hope to take away from this session?TRANSCRIPT
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Rick Sharon, DTM
www.ProfoundParadigms.com/html/toastmasters_resources.htm
Vice President of Membership
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Overview
• What does VP of Membership Do?• Membership Goals• Growth Strategies• Transforming Guests to members• Member Satisfaction• Resources• Brainstorming
– Your Challenges? What works?
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Introductions
• Your name• How long have you been in
Toastmasters?• Club name• When & where you meet• Company or community club?• What do you hope to take away from
this session?
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Membership Do?• Builds club membership• Increases member satisfaction• Prepares the Semiannual Membership
Report• Attends and participates in Executive
Committee meetings (of club officers)• Attends and votes at Area Council
meetings
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Membership Do?• Attend District-sponsored Club officer training• Arrange for a replacement if unable to attend club
meeting• Prepare your successor for office• Set Standards for your office e.g. mine:
– Attend every Club meeting– Have guest orientation packets at every meeting– Get contact info for every guest esp. via guest book– Follow-up with every guest within 24 hours
e.g. personalized Email or phone call– Have dues structure, application forms, and a way to
sign-up new members at every meeting– Have a “loaner” Basic Manual for every new member
the same day they join
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Membership Do?• Set standards for your office e.g. mine:
– Conduct induction ceremony for every new member within one month of their joining the club
– Induction ceremony presents a Membership Pinto every new member
– Every new member assigned a mentor (by VP of Ed)– Match every International Membership Contest with a
club membership contest with prizes for 1st-3rd places– Celebrate every member’s achievements
(half-way to CC, CC, AC, CL, ANYTHING)– Attend every Club Executive Council– Attend every Area Council– Attend Club, Area, and Division Speech Contests
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• Every club should add at least one new member per month
• If your club has fewer then 20 members, your goal should be to have a minimum of 20 members by year-end (end of June).
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• Put on a great meetingYour meeting is your best sales tool
• Get guests there to see it• Make guests feel welcome, involved• Orient guests to the meeting• Follow-up with guests after the meeting• Invite guests to return • Invite guests to join
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• Promote growth benefits to current membership
• Promote Toastmasters benefits to others
• Hold at least two membership contests• Offer recognition
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To Members
• Personally welcome guests and introduce them to other members
• Explain benefits, tailor to their needs• Vote in new members• Process their application• Welcome new members into the club
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Satisfaction
• Contact absent members• Conduct surveys• Distribute evaluation forms
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Resources• Your Club Officer Manual
– Club President received one for every club office last May or June
– Get it from your predecessor– Or order another
from on-line storeor supply catalog
– District “Store” may sell itat TLS and Conferences
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Resources
• Toastmasters Publications– “How To Rebuild A Toastmasters Club”– “Membership Growth”– “Membership 101”– “Membership Building Kit”– “Moments of Truth”– Various Promotional Brochures– Order from Supply Catalog or download from
www.toastmasters.org
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Resources
• International’s website: www.toastmasters.org• District 25’s website:
www.d25toastmasters.org• Rick’s Toastmasters Resources Website:
ProfoundParadigms.com/html/toastmasters_resources.htm• Rick’s Toastmasters Blog
ProfoundParadigms.com/blogs/Toastmast/• Club and District websites
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Resources
• Your other club officers• Form a membership committee
recruit club members to help you• Other VPs of Membership in your Area• Your Area Governor and their team• Area Council Meetings• Toastmasters Leadership Summit (TLS)• District 25 Conferences
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Brainstorming
• What are your challenges?• What works at your club?• What ideas have you thought of during
this meeting?• What have we missed?• What do you want to know more
about?
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Summary
• What does VP of Membership Do?• Membership Goals• Growth Strategies• Transforming Guests to members• Member Satisfaction• Resources• Brainstorming
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If you put into Toastmasters what you get out of
Toastmasters …You will never get out of
Toastmasters!