BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.6//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:233@d71toastmasters.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20220723T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20220723T130000 DTSTAMP:20220723T165638Z URL:https://d71toastmasters.org/events/district-cot-on-23rd-july/ SUMMARY:District Club Officer Training - July 2022 DESCRIPTION:The Program Quality Team hosted a Club Officer Training event t hat was relevant\, engaging and fun.\n\nHere is a brief summary of what wa s covered\, along with some useful links.\n\nWelcome by District Leaders\n Brenda Lannon\, District Director\, welcomed us and set out the theme of g rowing community together. With over 300 participants in the event\, this was a great demonstration of our members' and officers' dedication to help ing our members.\n\nElizabeth Jordan\, Program Quality Director\, explaine d the format of the event and highlighted that it was an opportunity for e veryone to learn together. She shared a quote\, "I am still learning".  T his was attributed to Michaelangelo\, who said it at the age of 87 while p ainting the Sistine Chapel.\n\nParliamentary Procedures and Effective Meet ings\nLarry Lyons\, District Parliamentarian\, described the benefits of " Parliamentary Procedure" within meetings. This approach allows important i tems to be be discussed\, for everyone to be able to contribute and for de cisions to be made effectively.  He recommended Roberts Rules of Order Ne wly Revised\, In Brief\, 3rd edition as an extremely helpful resource\, to be used alongside the Toastmasters International Governing Documents.\n\n The Distinguished Club Program and Documented Changes in People\nTed Corco ran\, DTM and Past International President\, explained the value of the Di stinguished Club Program in creating "Documented Changes in People".  He shared ten reasons why being a Distinguished club is important:\n\n Shows how well clubs deliver the Club Mission\n Measures personal growth of me mbers\n Focuses clubs on service to members\n Affords club officers and members practice in setting and achieving goals\n Reflects positively on the leadership and management qualities of club officers\n Gives members a sense of pride in the club's success\n Develops a club culture of succe ss\n Maintains the Toastmasters brand\n\nTed celebrated the achievements of clubs in the 2021-22 Toastmasters year in which 100 clubs achieved Dist inguished status or better.  He then set us all the challenge of working together as a team to achieve at least 150 Distinguished clubs in the 2022 -23 year\, our District's 50th anniversary year.\n\nJuly Poem - At the Sta rt of the Toastmasters Year\nPhilip Khan-Panni\, District Poet-in-Residenc e\, read his poem for July:\nHow we sighed for the sight of a room full of folks\nWho would look in your eye\, even laugh at your jokes\;\nThere is nothing quite like it when people are near\nAt the start of a Toastmasters year.\n\nAll throughout the pandemic we managed with Zoom\;\nIt was not q uite the same as being live in the room.\nTrying to cope with it all raise d a new set of fears\nDuring two techie Toastmaster years.\n\nWe had visit ors coming from faraway lands\nAnd the things that they told us we could q uite understand\,\nFor they carried the cadence of shared interests\nAnd b eing willing to give of their best.\n\nLet us see the next year as if brea king new ground\,\nWe should strengthen the bonds with the new friends we found\,\nAnd together move on as new targets appear\nAt the start of this Toastmasters year.\nClub Officer Roles Breakout Rooms\nClub officers were trained in their roles within role-specific breakout rooms.  Our thanks t o the facilitators:\nPresident: Liz Welch &\; Maria Orlovic\nVP\, Educa tion: Sue Burnett &\; Gerard Mannix\nVP\, Membership: Danny Banks\nVP\, Public Relations:  Ernold Van Bueren\nTreasurer: Steve Campion\nSecretar y: Brenda Lannon\nSergeant-at-Arms: Elizabeth Jordan\n\nCreating a Quality Club\nSteve Campion\, DTM\, Past Administration Manager\, facilitated a d iscussion on how to create a high quality club.  Steve introduced the Mom ents of Truth process\, in which club members and officers are asked to ev aluate their club based on:\n\n First impressions\n Membership orientati on\n Fellowship\, variety and communication\n Program planning and meeti ng organisation\n Membership strength\n Achievement recognition\n\nIt wa s recommended that every club conducts a Moments of Truth session as soon as possible\, so that the club can celebrate their successes and decide on priorities for the future.\n\nSteve then described the Club Success Plan\ , an important document that helps club executive committees and their mem bers to plan for the year ahead. It helps with setting expectations about how committee members will communicate and support each other\, how decisi ons will be made and how achievements will be recognised.  It supports mo re detailed planning for educational activities and the building of member ship strength. All clubs are encouraged to work on a Club Success Plan as soon as possible\, and share with with their members and Area Director.\n\ nClosing Remarks\nBrenda Lannon\, District Director\, thanked the Program Quality team for the excellent training session and for the enthusiasm and engagement of all club officers in attendance.  Elizabeth Jordan\, Progr am Quality Director\, thanked presenters and attendees and asked that we g ive special recognition to the technical team that supported the event (Ca meron Mcconnachie\, Gearoid Murphy\, Liz Welch\, Matty Behan\, Moira O'Bri en and Sarinca Janga).\n\n \;\n\nUseful resources\n\n Club Leadership Handbook\n Distinguished Club Program\n Club Success Plan\n Member Int erest Survey\n Moments of Truth\n Club Success Plan\n\n \; CATEGORIES:Club Officer Training (District-sponsored) END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Dublin X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Dublin BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20220327T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:IST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR