The Toast of Broadway club is focusing on several key initiatives to enhance member engagement and operational efficiency. They are considering the introduction of intensive speech craft courses to attract new members and help current members achieve their learning goals.
Members have learning goals that they are working towards
How can members mentor better?
Subtopic
What's in it for me
Mentorship
Build out the mentorship framework
Members Must Talk Every night
Three Speeches Per Meeting?
What do we want? More opportunities to speak or awards and recognition
Do we want to roster people on?
create more space in the meeting i.e. for awards or other segments
Speech craft courses & open meetings
create an intensive course for people
Every club should do it at least once a year
District help to advertise?
To become a distinguished Toastmaster you need to facilitate this a speech craft course
attract new members
People dropping out last minute
People have speeches planned so they have one up their sleeve
People let VP Education know when they have holidays in advance
Why do people drop out? This is the bigger question!
Specify the timeframe members need to give notification within
Reduces peoples time to prepare
How do you balance being fair to members and accountability
what are the consequences of pulling out last minute?
They lose their chance at the role (especially speaking role)
Member find someone to replace them (send an email directly out to members)
Toastmaster of the Evening making sure experienced members are on replacement roles
New Members Know what they are doing (when new to role)
Hyperlink the link to the role guides for all members and including a line around the lines of "if you aren't sure about your role check out the role descriptions here" https://toastofbroadway.org.nz/speaking-resources/
Make sure members know the roles are on the website
Social Events
Opt in for members and at a different times from our normal meeting!
Variety of Locations!
Planning!!!
When do we do this (during the week or weekend)
Find out the apetite for social events?
Self funded - meet ups BBQ BYO Food/Drink
Recurring event
Budget for each and stick to it
Promotion of event needs to be a lot in advance
Cadence?
every 2 months? or quarterly
Meeting variety
Picnic at the Domain!!! Cheeeeseeeeee, salami
Potluck
BRING A PLATE!
Meeting at a restaurant
Balance Attention Given to Members Versus Guests
Remember the member
Awards
Who decides on awards
President Vote
Committee Vote
Popular vote? Talley Vote (OR APP????)
What awards
Criteria and Feedback
Validation?
Most Improved Speaker
Best Table Topics (Decided by Topics Master?)
Best Evaluator (Decided by General Evaluator?)
Plaque passed around
Speaker of the Night (Speeches?)
Form factor of award (certs or handshakes or a little badge)