by Manhal Shukayr, DTM
Club Growth Director, District 50 Toastmasters
Toastmasters Helping Toastmasters (THT) is a new program being introduced this year into District 50. Designed by your Club Growth Director, this program will help clubs that may be struggling with membership and/or attendance. Club meetings that have higher attendance have more energy which in turn is more inviting to guests.
The THT team is made up of 2 to 4 Toastmasters. The team commits to attending your club meetings for 4 consecutive meetings. During this time, your club can hear different speakers, evaluators, and have help filling all meeting roles. This experience will benefit your current members. For the THT team members, it is a chance to speak outside of their home club as well as experience other Toastmasters meetings. Your club will treat them just as any other member. They should be assigned roles and participate in your meeting.
During this time, we recommend that your club host an open house. Again, a larger, more vibrant club will help in converting guests to members. For ideas on how to host a successful open house, contact Rena Tackett, the district open house chair at openhouse@d50toastmasters.org.
Upon completion of the 4 meetings, the THT team will have completed their task and will be able to check off one of the options for the District 50 Booster Award lapel pin.
This exciting, new program will help our district remain one of the best districts in the world. Team members will experience firsthand that Toastmasters is more than just their own home club. Toastmasters is a family of members dedicated to bringing the communication and leadership skills to more and more people.
If you would like to have a THT team for your club or would like to be part of a THT team, please contact Kristi Boyett, DTM, your club care chair at clubcare@d50toastmasters.org or Manhal Shukayr, DTM, your club growth director at cgd@d50toastmasters.org.
I look forward to seeing you as a THT team member and to your club growing and being the best Toastmaster club it can be.
