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District 55 Club Coach Program
The club coach’s mission is to help your club achieve Distinguished status under the Distinguished Club Program (DCP). That includes completing 5 of the 10 goals of the Distinguished Club Program and adding a net of five new members to your club during the Toastmaster year (July 1 to June 30). The Distinguished Club Program measures how healthy a club is, so achieving Distinguished status is desirable and an indication that your club is moving from a low member club to a thriving club!
Any club with 12 or fewer members is eligible for a club coach (maximum of two for each club). This is a service provided by Toastmasters International to help clubs who want to grow and get firmer footing. Since the coach would be attending meetings regularly, an added person to help with the programming needs is a real plus! In addition, the coach can present some of the Successful Club Series Toastmasters modules such as Moments of Truth to help your entire club analyze A) where you stand at the present,B) where you want to be, and how you can get from point A to point B.
Club Coach Questions & Answers
How will the Club Coach work with our Club?
The coach is a resource person. Ideally the coach would meet with your officers, and you would have brainstorming sessions about ways to grow the membership of your club and make other improvements. Your club members have the final say. Your club will vote on what you want to do and make the final decisions.
What’s in it for the coach?
If your club achieves Distinguished status, the coach gets credit toward the Advanced Silver Leadership (ALS) designation. The coach also makes new friends and hopefully learns more about being a servant leader.
How will District 55 help?
District 55 will help in several ways.
- Find a Club Coach for your club.
- Provide a coach's kit, packed full of materials for your club to use to assist in your journey toward Distinguished status. Just look at what is inside that kit:
- The complete Successful Club Series: Toastmaster presentation modules to help your club grow
- Stand Up and Speak! Table Topics Game
- Cards for Table Topics: Table Talk
- Cards: Word of the Day
- Cards: Word of the Day II
- Cards: Toastmasters Can Help
- Flier: Because Communication Isn’t Optional
- Flier: How Confident Are You?
- Flier: Toastmasters Can Help!
- Demo Manual: Your Speaking Voice
- Demo Manual: Gestures:Your Body Speaks
- Demo manual: Competent Communication
- Demo manual: Competent Leadership
- For Toastmasters Year 2011-2012 - Rewards for A) having a Coach appointed and B) achieving Distinguised Club status or better. Check out the details on the Coached Club page.
How do I request a Coach for my Club?
Simply fill out the Coach Request Form
How do I volunteer to be a Coach?
Simply fill out the Volunteer Form
District 55 wants you to succeed!
We want to do everything we can to help!
Contact Lieutenant Governor Marketing Bill Greenham if you need additional information.
Posted 7/26/2011