Distinguished Club Program

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Contents 1 The 2008-2009 Distinguished Club Program 2 How It Works 3 The Goals 4 Recognition 5 Links

[edit] The 2008-2009 Distinguished Club Program

According to Toastmasters International, The Distinguished Club Program (DCP or Club Success Plan) exists to help a club provide an environment where members can learn speaking and leadership skills. To to this, the program focuses on educational awards and membership. Educational awards are the official awards issues by Toastmasters International when a member completes certain activities. Membership is the number of members in the club and how the club has grown over the past years. In 2006 the program went through some minor changes to reflect the changes made to the Communication and Leadership Program.

[edit] How It Works

From July 1st of any given year to June 30 of the next year, Toastmasters Clubs participate in the program. There are 10 goals each club should strive to achieve over the year. By creating a Club Success Plan, you will have a guide to get all 10 points over the next 12 months. World Headquaters tracks the progress of each club and reports can be downloaded from the Toastmasters International Webpage.

[edit] The Goals

To be eligable for any recognition you must, by year end on June 30th, have either:

• At least 20 members
• A net growth of at least 5 new members

You must also achieve:

1. Two Competent Communicators (CCs)
2. Two More CCs
3. One Advanced Communicator Bronze (ACB), Advanced Communicator Silver (ACS) or Advanced Communicator Gold (ACG)
4. One more ACB, ACS, or ACG
5. One Competent Leader (CL), Advanced Leader Bronze (ALB), Advanced Leader Silver (ALS) or Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM)
6. One more CL, ALB, ALS, DTM
7. Four new members
8. Four more new members
9. Minimum of four club officers trained during each of the two training periods
10. One dues renewal report and one club officer list submitted on time

[edit] Recognition

Clubs that meet both the membership requirement and do any of the following are eligible for one of the three types of recognition at year end:

• If you reach five of the ten goals: Distinguished Club
• If you reach seven of the ten goals: Select Distinguished Club
• If you reach nine of the ten goals: President's Distinguished Club

If you reach the goals, but fail to have the membership requirement, you do not earn the recognition.

[edit] Links

• 2005-2006 Club Success Plan Book - This is a sample of the Club Success Plan. It will be out of date soon.