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Best Regards!

Steve J Davis, DTM

Vice President of Education 2020-2021

Club Coach 2019-2020

Please welcome Michael Ard as our incoming Vice President of Education 2021-2022

Table of Contents

1 Standards of Conduct

2 Sherwood Town Criers Toastmasters International Club #589207 Achievements

2.1 Sherwood Town Criers has attained President’s Distinguished Status!

2.2 Sherwood Town Criers Club #589207 DCP Report_30_June_2020

2.3 Sherwood Town Criers DCP ClubReport_30_June_2021

3 Distinguished Club Program and Club Success Plan

3.1 Club Success Plan Toastmasters International Year 2020-2021

3.2 Club Leadership Handbook

4 June 2021 Leader Letter

5 Online Meetings

5.1 Timer Zoom Backgrounds

6 Club Officer Roles

6.1 Immediate Past President

6.2 President

6.2.1 President Manual

6.2.2 President Slides PDF

6.3 Vice President of Education

6.3.1 Vice President Education Manual

6.3.2 Vice President Education Slides PDF

6.3.3 Speech Contests

6.3.4 Speech Contest Tutorials

6.3.5 toastmasters-1171-speech-contest-rulebook_final-2020-2021

6.3.6 International Speech Contest Judge’s Guide and Ballot

6.3.7 1172 International Speech Contest Ballot

6.3.8 Best Practices for Online Speech Contests

6.3.9 8078-Project Competencies Path

6.3.10 Master of Public Speaking

6.4 Vice President of Membership

6.4.1 Vice President Membership Manual

6.4.2 Vice President Membership Slides PDF

6.4.3 Membership page at Toastmasters International

6.4.4 434M-Online Member Flier

6.4.5 434P-Online Prospect Flier

6.5 Vice President of Public Relations

6.5.1 Vice President Public Relations Manual

6.5.2 Vice President Public Relations Slides PDF

6.5.3 Vice President of Public Relations Responsibilities

6.5.4 1140 Let the World Know

6.6 Secretary

6.6.1 Secretary Manual

6.6.2 Secretary Slides PDF

6.7 Treasurer

6.7.1 Treasurer Manual

6.7.2 Treasurer Slides PDF

6.8 Sergeant At Arms

6.8.1 Sergeant at Arms Manual

6.8.2 Sergeant at Arms Slides PDF

6.9 Club Officer Tools

6.10 How to Rebuild a Toastmasters Club

7 Meeting Roles

7.1 A Toastmaster Wears Many Hats

7.2 Master Your Meetings

8 Accredited Speaker Program

9 Rotary International and Toastmasters International Alliance

9.1 Toastmasters/Rotary Educational Courses: Flash Sheet

9.2 The Rotary Alliance Presentation

9.3 Toastmasters | Rotary Brand Guidelines

9.4 Why Toastmasters Benefits Rotary Clubs

9.5 Rotary – Power in Our Connections

9.6 A Thrilling Alliance: Toastmasters and Rotary

10 2021 Virtual Convention

10.1 AUGUST 23–28, 2021

11 Toastmasters’ First-Ever Virtual Convention

11.1 Replay for Free! 2020 Toastmasters International Convention Agenda – August 24-29

12 A Message From International President Richard E. Peck

13 Sherwood Town Criers has attained President’s Distinguished Status!

14 DTM, Distinguished Toastmaster

14.1 Education Program

14.2 Pathways learning experience:

14.3 Speech Contests

14.3.1 Download entire Evaluation Speech Contest kit above, in a zip file. Or, see each form below.

14.3.1.1 1170 Judges Certifications of Eligibility and Code of Ethics-ff

14.3.1.2 1168 Results Form-ff

14.3.1.3 510A-D Speech Contest Certificates-ff

14.3.1.4 1189 Speech Contestant Profile-ff

14.3.1.5 1183 Speaker’s Certification of Eligibility and Originality-ff

14.3.1.6 1182 Notification of Contest Winner-ff

14.3.1.7 1179A Evaluation Contest Tiebreaking Judges Guide and Ballot-ff

14.3.1.8 1179 Evaluation Contest Judges Guide and Ballot-ff

14.3.1.9 1177 Evaluation Contestant Notes-ff

14.3.1.10 1176 Counters Tally Sheet-ff

14.3.1.11 1175 Time Record Sheet and Instructions for Timers-ff

14.3.1.12 1171 Speech Contest Rulebook_2020-2021

14.3.2 International Speech Contest

Standards of Conduct

For more information regarding Ethics and Conduct, see Policy 3.0 and Protocol 3.0.

Resources at Toastmasters International

Resource Library at Toastmasters International

Governing Documents of Toastmasters International

Club Officer Elections

Sherwood Town Criers Toastmasters International Club #589207 Achievements

Sherwood Town Criers has attained President’s Distinguished Status!

Sherwood Town Criers Club #589207 DCP Report_30_June_2020

Sherwood Town Criers DCP ClubReport_30_June_2021

Distinguished Club Program and Club Success Plan

Club Success Plan Toastmasters International Year 2020-2021

Club Leadership Handbook

MEMBERSHIP BUILDING PROGRAM FOR INDIVIDUALS

Ralph Smedley Fund

Pathways Frequently Asked Questions

International Convention

COVID-19 updates from Toastmasters International

June 2021 Leader Letter

Online Meetings

Many great resources here! Check out the Banners and great tools for Public Relations.

R.I.S.E. Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence.

Right-click on image and save to your computer, tablet, or mobile phone. Upload to your Zoom account for one of your virtual background choices.

Timer Zoom Backgrounds

Green. The Speaker has reached the minimum time for their speech.

Right-click on image and save to your computer, tablet, or mobile phone. Upload to your Zoom account for one of your virtual background choices.

Yellow. The Speaker is still OK with the allotted time for their speech.

Right-click on image and save to your computer, tablet, or mobile phone. Upload to your Zoom account for one of your virtual background choices.

Red. The Speaker has exceeded the allotted time for their speech. There is a 30 second grace period. Being over time by 31 seconds or more will disqualify the Speaker from any Contest, and may disrupt our Meeting Agenda timing.

Right-click on image and save to your computer, tablet, or mobile phone. Upload to your Zoom account for one of your virtual background choices.

The Speaker is 31 seconds or over in their allotted time for their speech. Slow Flashing Red video background. Will loop in Zoom.

Right-click on video and save to your computer, tablet, or mobile phone. Upload to your Zoom account for one of your virtual background choices. Try this link if you are having any difficulty downloading the video. https://sherwoodtowncriers.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/red-flashing-3.mp4

The Speaker is continuing to speak past their grace period of 30 seconds, and they have not stopped after seeing the slow flashing red video. Faster Flashing Red Zoom Background with Black then COLORED BARS. Will loop in Zoom.

Club Officer Roles

Meeting Roles

A Toastmaster Wears Many Hats

Master Your Meetings

Accredited Speaker Program

Rotary International and Toastmasters International Alliance

Rotary – Power in Our Connections

A Thrilling Alliance: Toastmasters and Rotary

2021 Virtual Convention

AUGUST 23–28, 2021

Toastmasters’ First-Ever Virtual Convention

Replay for Free! 2020 Toastmasters International Convention Agenda – August 24-29

A Message From International President Richard E. Peck

22 September 2020

Sherwood Town Criers has attained President’s Distinguished Status!

DTM, Distinguished Toastmaster

The Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM) award represents the highest level of educational achievement in Toastmasters. The requirements to achieve the DTM will change slightly with Pathways.

Education Program

To earn the DTM designation in the traditional education program, you are required to:

Earn the Competent Communicator (CC) award.
Earn the Competent Leader (CL) award
Serve at least six months as a club officer
Serve a complete one-year term as a district officer.**
Serve as a club sponsor, mentor or coach.**
Participate in the preparation of a Club Success Plan.
Earn your Advanced Communicator Gold or Advanced Toastmaster Gold award.
Earn your Advanced Leader Silver or Advanced Leader award.*

*Please refer to each award application for a complete list of requirements.

Award Applications

Pathways learning experience:

To earn the DTM in Pathways, you are required to:

Complete two learning paths.
Serve as a club officer for 12 months, participate in the preparation of a Club Success Plan, and participate in a district-sponsored club officer training program. (If your club has six-month terms for officers, you can fulfill this requirement by serving as a club officer twice, but you don’t have to do it in consecutive terms.)
Serve a complete one-year term as a district officer.**
Serve successfully as a club mentor or coach.**
Serve successfully as a club sponsor or conduct a Speechcraft or Youth Leadership program.
Complete the DTM project. (Members are required to create and implement a project of their own design, in which they demonstrate the skills and expertise they have gained.)

* Please refer to the Distinguished Toastmaster Award Application for a complete list of requirements.