President's Tip of the Week

President's Tip of the Week

Effective Evaluations (Series)
>    The Basics of Evaluation (6/4/08)
>    Learning How to Evaluate (6/18/08)
>    Three Tips to Keep Your Evaluation on Track (6/24/08)
Club Standards - Your Opportunity for Leadership (Series)
>    Standard 1: Meetings are showcase events (4/3/08)
>    Standard 2: Club officers are effective (4/10/08)
>    Standard 3: Membership recruitment is ongoing (4/15/08)
>    Standards 4 and 5: Member inductions & Mentoring (4/21/08)
>    Standard 6: Members are working toward CC, CL, etc. (4/28/08)
>    Standard 7: All members are trained in effective evaluation (5/5/08)
>    Standard 8: Members are recognized for their accomplishments (5/12/08)
>    Standard 9: Everyone is working to help the Club become a Distinguished Club (5/19/08)
>    Standard 10: Administrative work is handled promptly and efficiently (5/27/08)
Gilbert Toastmasters Mentor Program (3/26/08)
The Distinguished Club Program (3/18/08)
The Ah Counter (3/10/08)
Evaluating Someone with More Experience (3/3/08)
How to Use the Competent Leader Manual (2/20/08) Click here for CL Tracking Sheet
Turn Your Real-Life Speaking Engagements into Credit Toward Your Toastmaster Award (2/14/08)
Playing it by the Book (2/7/08)
How to Make a Great Speech Even Greater - Write a Fabulous Introduction (1/31/08)
Four Things a Speaker Needs to Do Before the Sergeant-at-Arms Pounds the Gavel (1/17/08)
On the Spot Speakers (1/14/08)

Toastmasters International (TI) has researched the ingredients that make the difference between a good club and a great club, and they have identified 10 key factors. I am going to share these with you in a series of Tips of the Week, with a particular focus on how every member contributes to Gilbert Toastmasters success.

Swift recognition of achievement encourages members to set and achieve even higher goals. We recognize achievement of goals in two ways. Our longstanding tradition is to provide a standing ovation to anyone who completes an educational goal. This provides immediate recognition and encouragement from the entire club. To complement this, we have added a new tradition of immediately presenting the new name badge so that the recognition of the member's accomplishment is ongoing.

If you attended last week's meeting, you had the pleasure of hearing Katherine give the final speech in the Competent Communicator manual. When she finished, she received a standing ovation and was then presented with her new name Toastmasters badge. Was it just me, or did you notice a bright glow of satisfaction radiating from Katherine as she received her standing ovation and badge? As you enjoyed that glow, didn't it work inside you to increase your motivation to achieve your own award? That's what standard 8 is all about.

You can help us continue to help our club meet this standard in two ways. First, let Emi know when you are approaching a milestone achievement. The best time to do this is after you've given a speech or completed a project in the CL manual and are having her sign off your completion record. Just point out to her that you've got one more speech or one more project left to complete. The second way to help is to come to meetings and participate in the inspiring moments of recognition as our members achieve their goals.