Monday, July 2, 2007

Founder's District becomes Distinguished!

Congratulations to Immediate Past District Governor Celly F. Adamo, DTM! Founder's District has achieved Distinguished status, exceeding its goals for educational awards, memberships and new clubs. At this writing, we stand #25 in the world! Not since 2002 has Founder's District been recognized by Toastmasters International as a Distinguished District.

We extend our deep appreciation to every member, Club officer and District officer for making this a reality. We have realized Celly's vision to be on the stage at the Toastmasters International Convention in Phoenix this August. Please plan to join Celly and her team at the Convention. Be sure to register online before July 23rd to get the preferred rates!

Our 2007-2008 Toastmasters year has just begun. We all need to work hard for the next 12 months getting new members for our clubs, keeping our valued current members, and building new clubs so even more people will enjoy the benefits of Toastmasters. Let's work hard to help District Governor Alanda Dyer, DTM, make Founder's District Distinguished once more. If we are truly successful this year, we may even achieve Select Distinguished (#7-12 of all Districts in the world) or President's Distinguished (one of the top 6 Districts in the world).

Now, for the commercial: if you are a Toastmaster with experience in new media marketing, or if you would like to gain valuable, transferable skills in this arena, please contact me. I have an opening in the Founder's District marketing staff for a New Media Manager.

Let's Speak - Lead - Achieve! our way to success!

3 comments:

Gregg Van Citters, DTM said...

We were just notified yesterday (July 17, 2007) that Founder's District ranks #1 in Region II, and #21 in the world (out of 78 Districts). Congratulations to Celly F. Adamo, DTM and her team from 2006-2007!

Unknown said...

A clarification to questions about being a Select Distinguished vs. President's Distinguished District:

Districts 1-6 = President's Distinguished.
Districts 7-12 = Select Distinguished.

Gregg Van Citters, DTM said...

Another update this morning: 2 Districts had accumulated more points than Founder's but did not make their minimum goals for the Critical Success Factors (CCs, ACs, new clubs, member growth). Thus, they will not be Distinguished, moving our ranking up to #19 in the world!

Welcome to Founder"s District Marketing Blog!

This year we are starting a new communication tool within Founder's District: this blog. We invite you to steal our ideas to improve your club by attracting new members, keeping your current members, and rebuilding your club with special events like Open Houses or Speechcraft.

We also invite you to join with us in achieving your Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM) goals. When you join a Demonstration Team or serve as a new club Sponsor or Mentor, you are helping Founder's District grow, bringing the many benefits of Toastmasters to more people throughout Southern California. At the same time, you get accomplish one goal toward your Advanced Leader Silver (ALS) - the last leadership step to the DTM!

When you serve as a Club Coach for a low-member club, you not only accomplish a goal toward your ALS and DTM, you also reap the benefits of learning how to coach, motivate and inspire a group of people to grow, thrive and help their club become Distinguished, Select Distinguished or President's Distinguished. For more information on how a club achieves one of these prestigious awards, view the Distinguished Club Program manual at the Toastmasters International website.

Let us help you achieve your personal Toastmasters goals this year! To find out more about our upcoming training programs for Demo Teams, Sponsors, Mentors and Coaches, please contact me, or visit us on the web for event information and useful files to download.

We wish you all the success in the coming year!

The Founder's District Marketing Team