Transcript Training for New Vice Presidents of Education

January 5, 2013 – District 8 TLI
St. Louis, MO
Leigh Britt, ACS-ALB
What are you expected to do as
VPE?
 Promote the Toastmasters Educational
Program
 Plan club meetings
 Orient New Members
 Organize Club Contests
What are you expected to do as
VPE?
 Attend club executive committee meetings
 Fill in for the president as needed
 Attend district council meetings and vote
the club’s proxy.
 Vote at international business meetings.
 Arrange for your replacement or assistance.
 Prepare your successor for office
Promote the TM Educational
Program
 You are the “in-house expert” on educational
awards!
 Work with your executive committee to plan the
Successful Club Plan
 Know the educational status of your members,
their goals and ask when they plan to reach their
next goal.
 To earn the Advanced Leader Bronze you must
serve as a club officer and help prepare the Club
Success Plan.
Club Success Plan
Goals your club should strive to achieve during the year:
1. Two CCs
2. Two more CCs
3. One ACB, ACS, or ACG
4. One more ACB, ACS, or ACG
5. One CL, ALB, ALS, or DTM
6. One more CL, ALB, ALS, or DTM
7. Four new members
8. Four more new members
9. Minimum of four club officers trained during each of two training
periods
10. One membership renewal report and one club officer list
submitted on time
How can you communicate
your Club Success Plan
to members?
Document and Celebrate!!
 Sign manuals as projects are completed
 Sign off on award applications and/or
submit online for members
 Celebrate! Recognize the awards achieved
by your members!
Plan Club Meetings
 How is it done?
 Electronically – FreeToastHost, Google or
other shared document?

Toastmasters.org/Software
 Hard copy sign up passed around at
meetings?
 Pre-assigned schedules
How do you encourage
participation in meetings?
 Full-cycle awards
 Personally asking
 Encourage a new member to take on a role
 Connect with the educational goal of the
member
 Discussing upcoming agendas at meetings
 Delegating to the Toastmaster to help recruit
10 Tips for Using the CL Manual
1. Assign CL evaluators at every meeting.
2. Increase member awareness by requiring that
members bring their Competent Leadership
manuals to every club meeting.
3. Display the Competent Leadership manual at every
meeting.
4. Recognize members when they complete CL
manual projects. Ribbons for each project are
available from the Toastmasters store.
10 Tips for Using the CL Manual
5. Work with the President to promote
Competent Leadership at each club meeting.
6. Place equal importance on the leadership and
communication tracks by including
accreditations for both tracks in all
correspondence, agendas, and programs for
your club.
7. Post the Competent Leadership Achievement
Chart during meetings and keep it up-to-date.
10 Tips for Using the CL Manual
8. Ask members to perform and receive evaluations
on at least three meeting roles for each speech he
or she presents.
9. Use the club website and newsletter to remind
members to bring their CL manuals to the meeting.
Post a congratulatory list of those who have
completed the manual.
10. Ask each member who achieves the CL award to
mentor a new member in the manual.
Orienting new members
 Orientation for new members
 Scheduling new members for roles and their
ice breaker
 Assigning a mentor
 Serving as a mentor is a required activity
for the CL and ACG
 Successful Club Series – “Mentoring”
Club contests
 Spring Contests:
 International Speech Contest
 Evaluation Contest
 Fall Contest:
 Humorous Speech
 Table Topics
 Other contests:
 Tall Tales
Why contesting?
Successful Club Contests
 Read and know the rules!
 International Speech: Contestants must have
completed 6 speeches before competing
 Personnel: Contest Chair, Chief Judge, at least 5
judges, tiebreaking judge, 3 counters, 2 timers,
unless impractical
 Delegate – Contest Chair can be a project to
achieve CL