CLUB OFFICERS’ ONLINE WORKSHOP:

WORKSHOP 2: CLUB SUCCESS PLANNING

INTERVIEW WITH LEADERS

WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES FOR YOUR CLUB IN PLANNING FOR SUCCESS?

• Please list in the text chat the issues that are challenging your club?

• Please comment in voice about the ways you are seeking solutions?

WHAT STRATEGIES ARE WORKING FOR YOUR CLUB?

INTERVIEWS:

1. Viranga Ratnaike – Manningham TM, Melbourne

2. Adrienne Bowd – Victorian Governors TM, Melbourne

3. Gwyn Pinto – Royal Lunch n’ Learn TM, Canada

4. Carole McCulloch - Albury Wodonga TM

HELPING EXECUTIVES PLAN FOR CLUB SUCCESS?

INTERVIEW WITH VIRANGA RATNAIKE, MANNINGHAM TM, D73, MELBOURNE

YOUR THEME: HELPING EXECUTIVES PLAN FOR CLUB SUCCESS

1. Current district officer role

2. Philosophy for the role of VPE

3. Leading club officers in the task of club success planning

• processes, strategies and tools

4. Resources for sharing

BEST PRACTICES IN CLUB SUCCESS PLANNING

INTERVIEW WITH ADRIENNE BOWD

DISTRICT 73 CLUB COACH CO-ORDINATOR

RMIT TOASTMASTERS CLUB - VPE

VICTORIAN GOVERNORS TOASTMASTERS CLUB,

YOUR THEME: BEST PRACTICES IN CLUB SUCCESS PLANNING

1. Role of Club Coach Co-ordinator

2. Advice for club coaches

3. Executive team at RMIT achieve ongoing success

4. Victorian Governors Toastmasters Club provide help to other clubs

WHAT ARE THE BEST CLUB SUCCESS PLAN STRATEGIES USED BY YOUR CORPORATE

CLUB OFFICERS?

INTERVIEW WITH GWYN PINTO, ROYAL LUNCH'N'LEARN, D15 , CANADA

YOUR THEME:STRATEGIES FOR HELPING CORPORATE CLUBS

1. What is your current role in Royal Lunch n Learn and Advanced Royal Toastmasters?

2. How does RLL plan for club success?

3. What club success planning strategies are you using for the pre -charter Advanced Royal Toastmasters club?

4. How are you using technology to assist in your success planning?

5. What other advice would you like to share with clubs struggling to charter?

WHO IS GWYN PINTO?

• At RLL, I am IPP ( immediate past president ) Was President from Nov 2014 to June 2016.

• At ART, I am club Sponsor and member.

• Both clubs are in Toronto, Canada. Both are open corporate clubs. Meet at lunchtime on premises of the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC).

TIPS AND STRATEGIES FROM GWYN PINTO: PART A

• RLL goes over the DCP & Club Success plan in June/July time frame.

• The year we chartered we were Distinguished. Last year, we were Presidents Distinguished.

• We are again targeting Presidents Distinguished.

• We encourage all members to participate and have fun. We have a weekly Smarties Award.

• We encourage all our Executive to go for Triple Crown and to set an example.

TIPS AND STRATEGIES FROM GWYN PINTO: PART B

• For the pre-charter, we are holding on to a number of Awards, among a few senior members to get this club Presidents Distinguished.

• Our VPEd is the IPDD (immediate past District Director) of D60. He has spoken to everyone about their goals and is working to help all members achieve their goals.

• As an advanced club, we specialize in evaluations. We have round table evaluations and table topic evaluations.

• We have the weekly KitKat Award.

• We keep our members focused and have other contests. Also there is the Elevator Pitch Contest, the Vacation Contest, and others.

• All RBC clubs participate in the Annual Royal Speech Contest.

TIPS AND STRATEGIES FROM GWYN PINTO: PART C

• As club sponsor for both, I set up FTH and ES for both clubs from day one. However, left it up to them to use which they preferred.

• RLL uses FTH for everything (ES is still available)

• ART uses FTH as public facing website and ES for everything else.

• For Communication, we use email as the main method.

• Both clubs also have FB and LinkedIn. We also have RBC Connect ( internal FB on intranet )

TIPS AND STRATEGIES FROM GWYN PINTO: PART D

• Keep at it. For some, it is easy. Keep promoting the club. Make sure to ask people to join, they like to be asked. Meet people one on one for coffee and ask.

• Share your TM story, that has a big impact. Promote at District level, on local free newspapers, Eventbrite, Kijiji – free classifieds

• Put posters in office buildings ( kitchens, print rooms, bathrooms, elevator banks); Other buildings ( churches, grocery stores, libraries )

• We use a laundry flyer ( where people can tear off the contact information strips.)

• Run Membership campaigns ( I had monthly incentives…bring a guest get a ballot, guest joins another ballot, guests get ballots too….at the end of month there is a draw for a Starbucks / Tim Horton coffee gift card.) Or have prize draws.

COLLABORATING ON CLUB SUCCESS PLAN

DOCUMENTATION?

PRACTICAL SOLUTION FROM ALBURY WODONGA TOASTMASTERS

Advanced Manual:Communicating on TelevisionProject 2: The Interview ShowProject 3: When You’re the Host

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