Welcome to District 50 Toastmasters

Membership Building

Here are various resources to help you build or rebuild your membership.

How to Rebuild a Toastmasters Club

    A step-by-step guide for a club coach or club officer including possible solutions and tactics in rebuilding a Toastmasters club.

    https://www.toastmasters.org/resources/how-to-rebuild-a-toastmasters-club

    Membership Building

    A Toastmasters club is most beneficial to its members when operating at charter strength, which means 20 or more active members. This ensures ample opportunity to speak and lead within a more diverse group. To offset membership attrition, each club needs a constant influx of new members and should regularly devote time and effort towards promoting membership growth.

    With more members, clubs gain:

    • Increased enthusiasm at club meetings and functions
    • Membership diversity, which enriches all aspects of club programs
    • Greater depth of leadership and collaboration
    • Additional funding for club supplies and events

    In turn, members will benefit from a stronger communication and leadership development program that’s better suited to furthering professional and personal goals as well as improving local communities and organizations. The need for better communication and leadership is everywhere, and Toastmasters clubs must be ready to meet that need.

    Membership Building Resources:

    Membership Growth

    This manual offers tips for finding new members and convincing them to join your club.

    https://toastmasterscdn.azureedge.net/medias/files/department-documents/marketing-documents/1159-membership-growth.pdf

    Virtual Guest Packet

    This virtual guest packet is fully customizable for any club to update and make their own. In these changing times, many perspective members are joining via a virtual format, making it necessary for club officers to have a way to follow up with information necessary to draw in new members. This guest packet is exactly what every club needs.

    LINK HERE

     

    Membership Building Incentives from Toastmasters International:

    Smedley Award

    Program Dates: August 1 – September 30

    Can your club add five new, dual, or reinstated members with a join date between August 1 and September 30? Accomplish this goal and you’ll qualify to receive a Smedley Award ribbon, named in honor of Ralph Smedley, which you can display on your club’s banner. Qualifying clubs can also earn a special discount code for 10% off their next club order. (The discount code expires six months from the date of issue and is not valid with any other offer.)

    Applications and payments for members with a join date between August 1 and September 30 must be received at World Headquarters or online no later than September 30. The addition of transfer and charter members does not count toward Smedley Award credit.

    The winning clubs will be revealed online within a few weeks of the submission deadline. Winning clubs should allow up to 10 business days to receive their award if they are located in the United States, and up to 21 business days if they are outside of the United States.

     

    Talk Up Toastmasters

    Program Dates: February 1 – March 31

    Toastmasters love to connect, so take advantage of it. The Talk Up Toastmasters membership program is the chance to encourage your members to invite guests to a special meeting where prospective members can learn about Toastmasters’ many benefits. Then add five new, dual or reinstated members with a join date between February 1 and March 31, and you’ll receive a special Talk up Toastmasters ribbon to display on your club’s banner. Qualifying clubs can also earn a special discount code for 10% off their next club order. (The discount code expires six months from the date of issue and is not valid with any other offer.)

    Applications and payments for members with a join date between February 1 and March 31 must be received at World Headquarters or online no later than March 31. The addition of transfer and charter members does not count towards Talk Up Toastmasters credit.

    The winning clubs will be revealed online within a few weeks of the submission deadline. Winning clubs should allow up to 10 business days to receive their award if they are located in the United States, and up to 21 business days if they are outside of the United States.

     

    Beat the Clock

    Program Dates: May 1 – June 30

    Toastmasters are taught to run meetings on time, finish speeches on time and reach membership goals on time. In that spirit, Beat the Clock is a great motivator for finishing the year on schedule—on time and with record numbers!  Make it your club’s goal to earn the Beat the Clock award and encourage every member to take part. Clubs adding five new, dual or reinstated members with a join date between May 1 and June 30 receive a Beat the Clock ribbon to display on the club’s banner. Qualifying clubs also earn a special discount code for 10% off their next club order. (The discount code expires six months from the date of issue and is not valid with any other offer.)

    Applications and payments for members with a join date between May 1 and June 30 must be received at World Headquarters or online no later than June 30. The addition of transfer and charter members does not count toward Beat the Clock credit.

    The winning clubs will be revealed online within a few weeks of the submission deadline. Winning clubs should allow up to 10 business days to receive their award if they are located in the United States, and up to 21 business days if they are outside of the United States.

     

    Confident Leaders

    • Our club is rich with former, current and aspiring Toastmaster leaders, including district directors. We naturally focus on leadership. Thirty minutes is reserved at our meetings for discussion or a debate on topics related to leadership.
    • We meet the third Tuesday of each month. 7:00pm - 8:30pm.
    • Our hybrid meetings allow members and guests to join virtually or in person at Granite Park Building 1, 5800 Granite Parkway on Plano TX 75024.
    • Club website: CLeaders.toastmastersclubs.org
    • Contact for club: Dan Reeder, VPPR, dsreeder462069@gmail.com
    • Club number: 07479372
    • Membership requirements: Confident Leaders is open to past, current, and future leaders.

    The Evaluators

    • Our advanced club is for evaluations. We offer everyone attending an opportunity to speak, including evaluations of the evaluators.
    • When: We hold a hybrid meeting every second Thursday, 7:00 - 8:15pm.
    • Where: La Madeleine’s, 8008 TX-121, Suite 100, Frisco, TX 
    • Website: https://TheEvaluators.ToastmastersClubs.org
    • Contact: Robert Srb,  President, 214.686.3098, groovy1004@sbcglobal.net
    • Club Number: 01761504
    • Membership requirements: no membership requirements

    Park Central Toastmasters

    • Park Central offers 43 years of experience, excellence and Toastmasters educational programming to help support our members’ goals. We achieve this through our unique meeting format focused on providing members up to six opportunities to give formal speeches.
    • When: We meet online by Zoom the third Sunday of each month, 1:00 to 3:00pm 
    • A typical Park Central monthly program includes four to six prepared 5 - 7 minute speeches:
      • First speech focuses on “Tips on Excellence”
      • Two more speeches from Pathways program
      • One Pathways editorial speech which expresses an opinion
      • One Pathways rebuttal speech which expresses an opposing view to the editorial speech. The rebuttal speech is prepared after hearing the editorial speech with often only FIVE minutes to prepare. This can challenge the most experienced Toastmaster! It is a little scary!
      • Evaluations for each prepared speech:   The Evaluations given at the club are motivating, effective, and balanced.
      • Table Topics:   Park Central Members Are Known for Creative Answers to Challenging Questions.
    • Club website: http://parkcentral.toastmastersclubs.org/ 
    • Club Contacts:
      • Stephanie Moses, DTM, VP Membership: 214-498-3711
      • Anne Barab, DTM, Accredited Speaker, Treasurer: 214-293-9009
      • Jyotsna D. Pai, DTM, President: 214-403-0331
    • Club Number: 4095
    • Membership requirement:  Completed Pathways Level 2 and working on Level 3 (or completed Competent Communicator from the Legacy program)

    Let's Talk Club

    • We are the enhanced advanced club. We can mentor Toastmasters on an array of speaking and leadership skills. Examples are creating and delivering speeches, impromptu speaking (We have an Impromptu Speech Contest most years.), evaluations, anything related to speech contests, TLI training, one-on-one mentoring, and many more areas. 
    • When: We meet on the second Sunday of the month from 2:30 to 4:00pm. 
    • Where: Our meetings are in-person only at Meadows Baptist Church, 3001 Los Rios Boulevard, Plano, TX 75074. We meet in Building 3001A (the “Love” portable building, just south and close to the main church building). The Meadows complex is directly across the street from Plano East Senior High School.
    • Club website: https://letstalktx.toastmastersclubs.org/ contact-695532@toastmastersclubs.org   (This goes to our VP Membership Lisette Cumberland.)
    • Club number: 695532
    • Membership requirements: At least two levels in Pathways.

    Prostmasters

    • Networking, as well as giving speeches in a non-traditional environment, is our specialty.
    • When: Meeting time varies based on events, but the third Tuesday of the month is our standard, 7:00pm CT.
    • Where: Location where you meet: We meet at local breweries or pubs; therefore, it varies.
    • Contact: Robert Sessions, robertsessions@hotmail.com
    • Club Number: 06613239
    • We meet mainly in person, but we can set up hybrid.
    • Membership requirement: New members must be a member of another Toastmasters club.

    Roving 49ers

    • Roving 49ers is a place where past, present, and future leaders gather in a relaxed setting in a member’s home to share their successes and challenges and to learn the art of successful leadership. Roving 49ers has become a forge where leaders are honed, all while relaxing in a fun atmosphere, and enjoying a great meal and the camaraderie of fellow Toastmasters. Over the past 35 years our unique combination has made us THE destination for Toastmasters interested in furthering their leadership skills.
    • When: We meet on the second Saturday of each month. In-person potluck starts at 6:00pm CT; hybrid meeting begins at 7:00pm CT.
    • Where: Members' homes in a hybrid meeting.
    • Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100083688521307
    • Contact: Kathie Clark, DTM,  kaclark50@verizon.net
    • Club Number: 6590
    • Membership requirement: Roving 49ers is open to past, current, or future Toastmaster leaders.

    Super DTMs

    • We assist and mentor Toastmasters who are working towards their DTM.
    • When: We meet online on the second Thursday of each month, 6:30pm
    • Where: We meet online only.
    • Contact: Diana Pritchard, pritchard.diana@gmail.com 
    • Club Number 07026328
    • Membership requirement: Membership is open to those who already belong to another Toastmaster club.

    Tyler Advanced Toasties

    • We focus on thorough evaluations and leadership opportunities to motivate and assist members in growing their leadership skills. 
    • When: We meet on the second Tuesday of the month, 7:00pm
    • Where: Hybrid Meetings. We meet via Zoom and in person at Tyler Innovation Pipeline, 217 East Oakwood Street, Tyler, TX 75702
    • Facebook: Tyler Advanced Toasties 
    • Contact: Diana Pritchard, pritchard.diana@gmail.com
    • Club Number: 7463287
    • Membership requirement: Membership is open to all Toastmasters who are members of another Toastmaster club..