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Club Leadership Training Session

Achieving Success As Vice President Public Relations

Rick Lakin, ACS, ALB, Sweetwater Valley Toastmasters

District 5 Officer Training

Rick Lakin, ACS, ALB rilakin@gmail.com Immediate Past President, Sweetwater Valley Toastmasters #3225, District 5, San Diego

sweetwatervalleytoastmasters.d5sandiegclubs.org

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The most important question that you must answer as VPPR?

What is Toastmasters?

** Vice President Public Relations

VPPR - Always associate acronyms with correct name to avoid The Jargon Effect.

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} Help officers clearly understand their roles. } Orient club members to better understand club officer roles. } Aid members when evaluating officers 
 and candidates for office. } Find resources that help you fulfill your role

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Our Goals for Today

** Big Picture Goals as VPPR

For you:

Improve your speaking and leadership skills

For the Club:

Support other members and make the club great.

For Toastmasters International:

Get New members and spread the word.

Attend district-sponsored club-officer training. Protect and publicize the Toastmasters brand. Promote the club to local media. Maintain a club website. Join a Toastmasters-moderated social networking website.

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Duties Outside the Club Meeting

Produce and distribute a club newsletter, preferably via email. Promote membership programs. Attend club executive committee meetings. Attend other Toastmasters events. Visit other clubs and network. Prepare your successor for office.

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Duties Outside the Club Meeting

Announce upcoming events and programs. Gather information for the newsletter or website. Greet members and guests. ** Encourage speakers to pronounce names correctly

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Duties At the Club Meeting

Provide a Public Relations Report Propose new promotion ideas

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Duties at the Executive Committee Meeting

Toastmasters is not Rocket Surgery Remember to have fun

Project an image


• f excellence.

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Branding Toastmasters

Branding is Colors:

Branding is the Toastmasters Logo

Show off your club’s personality. Attract new members. Keep current members updated.

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Maintain a Club Website

A club website can:

Is a Web service specifically for 
 Toastmasters clubs. Provides the tools needed to run a 
 successful club. Uses a standard, professional template. Is easy to use.

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** Maintain a Club Website

Toastmastersclubs.org

**Using TMClubSites.org and Wordpress

For novice as well as experienced website managers. Go to TMClubSites.org Request a website by sending an email to icrewdigital@gmail.com Send your club name and number and e-mail. That’s all.

Quality banner identifies club and district Comprehensive and informative menu items iCrewClubSites includes video tutorials to guide the webmaster in setting up the site

News automatically updates Club News, District News, News from Toastmasters International

Gmail Calendar includes District Events Webmasters enters meeting dates and club events

** Create a Business Card

**Special Events

Club Anniversaries Open House

For info Google: toastmasters open house

Community Activities Provide Outside Speakers

A responsibility
 and
 a privilege

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Additional Resources

New Members Join to Help Themselves Get Better We Recruit them to Make Us and the Club Better

Rick Lakin, ACS, ALB rilakin@gmail.com For more information go to:

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