Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Summertime club officer training

Good morning fellow Toastmasters,

I have been asked by several club officers when the next training will be. Currently there is no scheduled training date. The last training session took place in Mississauga on June 19th.

I am working on scheduling club officer training in the Guelph area, I will keep you posted on the details.

It is important that all your club officers receive their training as it increases their ability to effectively manage their respective club, grow as leaders and earn DCP point which are used as indicators of a clubs health. DCP points (Distinguished Club Plan points) are the measure used by Toastmasters International to gauge the health of individual clubs. Details are feedback to Area Governors and Clubs in order to facilitate the providing of assistance to clubs when required. Clubs that earn 5 points or more out of 10 are recognized by Toastmasters International.

The following link is the Distinguished Club Plan manual from Toastmasters International

http://www.toastmasters.org/DCPmanual.aspx

Give it a read and discuss it with your club.

Have a great Canada Day!

Bill

Sunday, June 28, 2009

Blog #1 for Area 62 Toastmasters

Things are about to get underway for the 2009 -2010 toastmasters year. I am excited to be the area governor for area 62 (Guelph, ON)

There are 6 great clubs, two of which are corporate club.

I have spoke to most of the executive or club presidents and I am looking forward to my first club visits and inducting the new club officers in July.

I want to let everyone know that my role is one of facilitation, I am here to make sure your clubs have every opportunity to bring your members goals and your club goals to fruition. The tools are available as it the training and support from myself and every other toastmaster.

The main purpose of this blog is to create a vehicle through which ideas can be easily communicated, comments can be made and we may stay on top of the goings on for our Toastmasters area.

We will have an exciting year of speeches, training, contests and social events where we will learn and grow. We may even make some new friends along the way.

all that said, Ready, Set ............. GO!