Building Excitement into Your Area

Doris Henn, DTM

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How can you build excitement into your Area?

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Club Officer Installation – Official Ceremony

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Club Officer Installation – Two Options

Chocolate Bar Method Who’s Who in the Zoo?

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Installing Club Officers Can be Fun!

Ice Breaker – Introduce yourself to the club

Emphasize the importance of club executive positions

Highlight the major functions of each exec role

Club Leadership Handbook – pg. 57 & 58.

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Travelling Gavel/Stuffie

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How does it work?

Get a box that will hold your gavel/stuffie

Club members: Travel from one club to

another Take part in the meeting Collect an agenda to

include in the box

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Benefits of Travelling Gavel Program

Members step outside their club

Creates fun as the Gavel/Stuffie shows up at a new meeting

Creates some friendly competition between Areas

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Speakers Exchange

One club member travels to a new Area club each month to present a speech

Create a schedule

Each club should have 1 guest speaker each month

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Area Marketing/Promotion

Consider an Area Marketing Campaign

Flyer to advertise club meeting time/place

Branded Advertising

Excited Toastmasters

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Community Fairs/Marketing Opportunity

Advertise clubs in the Area

Give free coupons to attend Area club meetings

Use District 42 “Pop Up Banners”

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Area Potluck/Speech Marathon

Participation from each club

Variety of speeches Good food New Friendships Invite Spouses –

prospective new members

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Area Barbeque/Social Events

Hot Potato – Table Topics

Sizzling Speeches

Good Food

Building Friendships

Membership Building

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Be Creative – Share your Ideas With your Area Council

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Questions?