{"id":689,"date":"2011-05-31T16:27:57","date_gmt":"2011-05-31T21:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikeraffety.com\/blog\/?p=689"},"modified":"2012-04-19T23:53:55","modified_gmt":"2012-04-20T04:53:55","slug":"the-road-to-distinguished-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeraffety.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/31\/the-road-to-distinguished-district\/","title":{"rendered":"The road to distinguished district"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mikeraffety.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/trophy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-694\" title=\"trophy\" src=\"http:\/\/mikeraffety.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/trophy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"109\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a>Tomorrow is June 1, the last month in the Toastmasters year.\u00a0 Lots of people plan their work around deadlines, and Toastmasters are no different.\u00a0 From individual to district, many Toastmasters goals have June 30 as a drop-dead deadline.<\/p>\n<p>In the next-to-last-year of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toastmasters.org\/distinguisheddistrict\" target=\"_blank\">Distinguished District Program<\/a> (DDP) as we know it, with four critical success factors, and exactly six Presidents and six Select Distinguished districts, people are paying attention to performance.\u00a0 Let&#8217;s take a look at the May 26 report.<\/p>\n<p>Out of 82 districts, three have already met all four goals and are distinguished before the end of May!\u00a0 Those are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tmdistrict12.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">D12<\/a> (southern California)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.toastmastersd9.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">D9<\/a> (eastern Washington, northeastern Oregon, northern Idaho)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foundersdistrict.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">DF<\/a> (southern California)<!--more--><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>D9 was the first district in the world to reach distinguished (on the May 13 report), very impressive!\u00a0 By pulling ahead of the rest, they have a good shot at finishing the year even more strongly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Membership payments goal<\/strong>:\u00a0 12 district have met this goal (15%), with D59 (continental Europe) in the lead at 112% of the target number to be distinguished.\u00a0 54 more districts are in the 90-99% range, which is well within reach.\u00a0 If you&#8217;re one of these, promote the &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.toastmasters.org\/membershipcontests\" target=\"_blank\">Beat the Clock<\/a>&#8221; contest heavily, add your own local district awards to supplement what WHQ sends out (10% off a TI store purchase).\u00a0 If you&#8217;re going to make an effort to renew lapsed members, reach out to the clubs and get the club officers to make that call &#8212; the lapsed member is not likely to respond positively to a call from a district officer who is a complete stranger and knows little about their club.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Paid clubs goal:<\/strong> 16 districts have met this goal (20%), with D85 (China) in the lead at 112% of the target (19 more clubs than the goal!).\u00a0 53 more districts are in the 90-99% range, and could reach it, depending on what new clubs or late renewals they have in the pipeline.\u00a0 If a club is not sure they can charter by June 30, the district could incentivize them by offering to buy them a club banner (if they don&#8217;t already) or buy each charter member a Toastmasters membership pin.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CCs earned:<\/strong> 32 districts have met their CC goal (39%), with D32 (western Washington) in the lead at 150% of the goal.\u00a0 29 more districts are in the 80-99% range (lots more education awards are posted in June every year).\u00a0 Last year, only three districts missed their CC goal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ACs earned:<\/strong> 74 districts have met their AC goal (90%), with D1 (southern California) in the lead at 236% of goal (more than doubling it!).\u00a0 10 more districts have also doubled the goal, and all but 8 districts have met or exceeded it.\u00a0 This has been an easy goal for all but the very newest districts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other awards:<\/strong> D85 (China) has the largest net gain in clubs (President&#8217;s Extension Award), 23 (they&#8217;ve chartered 37 new clubs this year, almost one for each of 41 areas!).\u00a0 D71 (Britain and Ireland) has the highest percentage of clubs at charter strength membership (President&#8217;s 20+ award), 78%.<\/p>\n<p>A lot can change in 30 days.\u00a0 Behind all these numbers are members meeting their goals to be better communicators and better leaders.\u00a0 Make sure every member in your club is progressing towards their goals, getting scheduled for manual speeches, giving constructive useful evaluations, and serving as a leader in the club and in the district.<\/p>\n<p>This is what builds the Toastmasters brand, more than any logo ever can.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tomorrow is June 1, the last month in the Toastmasters year.\u00a0 Lots of people plan their work around deadlines, and Toastmasters are no different.\u00a0 From individual to district, many Toastmasters goals have June 30 as a drop-dead deadline. 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