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How to Earn Your Distinguished Club Award:
MAKE It Happen, Don’t Just LET It Happen
By Mike Goss, DTM, PMP
Most clubs start the Toastmasters year with great intentions, but with no
specific plan. As a result, they don’t accomplish as much as they wished.
When you apply project management level; some want to speak and lead
principles to achieving your Distinguished frequently, while others don’t.
Club award, you won’t just let your success Ask your club leaders for their
happen. You’ll make it happen. commitment level to achieve the goal.
Turning your Distinguished Club efforts The club president cannot do it alone.
into a project is easy: Share the load, according to each
officer’s role.
Make your Distinguished Club goal. Put
it in writing. Give it these components:
Measurable deliverable: President’s
Distinguished Club status.
Due date: by June 30,, 2015.
Accountable person: “We, the club
members, led by , our president."
Result: “Our club will achieve President’s
Distinguished Club status by June 30, led
by our club president, .”
Build your project plan. It doesn’t have to Set milestone check-in points during
be complicated, but it must contain key the Toastmasters fiscal year, to ensure
elements: that Distinguished Club requirements
will be met on time. Make mid-year
Write your project goal statement as corrections, if necessary.
discussed in the paragraph above
Build an annual club calendar
List the ten requirements for achieving containing your milestone events,
President’s Distinguished Club status. check-in points and your weekly
meetings.
List the current progress of each
member in their speaking and Build weekly agendas to match the
leadership manuals. member’s commitment level with the
Ask members for their commitment (Continued on page 19)
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MAKE It Happen, Don’t Just LET It Happen
By Mike Goss, DTM, PMP
Most clubs start the Toastmasters year with great intentions, but with no
specific plan. As a result, they don’t accomplish as much as they wished.
When you apply project management level; some want to speak and lead
principles to achieving your Distinguished frequently, while others don’t.
Club award, you won’t just let your success Ask your club leaders for their
happen. You’ll make it happen. commitment level to achieve the goal.
Turning your Distinguished Club efforts The club president cannot do it alone.
into a project is easy: Share the load, according to each
officer’s role.
Make your Distinguished Club goal. Put
it in writing. Give it these components:
Measurable deliverable: President’s
Distinguished Club status.
Due date: by June 30,, 2015.
Accountable person: “We, the club
members, led by , our president."
Result: “Our club will achieve President’s
Distinguished Club status by June 30, led
by our club president, .”
Build your project plan. It doesn’t have to Set milestone check-in points during
be complicated, but it must contain key the Toastmasters fiscal year, to ensure
elements: that Distinguished Club requirements
will be met on time. Make mid-year
Write your project goal statement as corrections, if necessary.
discussed in the paragraph above
Build an annual club calendar
List the ten requirements for achieving containing your milestone events,
President’s Distinguished Club status. check-in points and your weekly
meetings.
List the current progress of each
member in their speaking and Build weekly agendas to match the
leadership manuals. member’s commitment level with the
Ask members for their commitment (Continued on page 19)
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