Club officers, Find your voice, Make a difference!  Earn $$$ with our Membership Growth and Program Quality Incentives. Earn awards for delivering an excellent guest experience, member experience and officer experience to help your members reach their goals and your clubs to become Distinguished.

Awards & Incentives currently available with more details can be found below in both chart and narrative form.

Use Concur to get District Bucks. Read more about our district bucks program at https://d57tm.org/getting-reimbursement/ .

See the District Bucks Spreadsheet Click here  or copy this into your browser:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1e-LjxE6q4Eo73inogPTuC6zka-k2IeEP/view

to see what your club has earned in the District Bucks program.

For special Area Director Incentives, click here.

2021-2022 Incentives

What?	When is it happening?	How Much?	Who?	How?
Open House	August 2020to June 2021	$50.00/per OH	Clubs having up to six (4+2) Open Houses	Have an Open House with an agenda, a flyer or some other advanced publicity, at least three guests or one new member and/or a screenshot and saved chat, a lot of fun and the ability to submit within 30 days
Get your dues payments to TI	February 1, 2020 to February 28, 2021	$10.00 first 8 $20.00 first 20	Clubs with dues payments to TI	Be among the first clubs to get 8 dues in and/or be among the first clubs to get 20 payments to Toastmasters International
Seven Out of Seven	November 1, 2020 until February 28, 2021	50.00/training period	Clubs with all officers trained	Train all Seven of your Officers, enjoy your quality club and get the District Bucks
Triple Crown Award	July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022	A stunning plaque and bragging rights	Individuals, why not you?	Earn at least three Pathways awards, at least one of them a Level 5, the other awards can be any level.
Outstanding Achievement Toastmasters Award (OATM)	July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022	A stunning plaque and bragging rights	Individuals, why not you?	Achieve at least two items in each of five categories: going beyond your club, membership, leadership, communication, and training.  Have you Vice President of Education verify your achievements and send a notice to Abe  abemaz@pacbell.net.
Newsletter Contest	Starts November 1, 2021 to April 1, 2022	$100 for 1st place,  $75 for 2nd place,  $50 for 3rd place	All D57 clubs with a newsletter	Tune up your club newsletter to compete for the best in District 57.
New Club Referral	Now to March 2021	Get a t-shirt and a sense of satisfaction	Toastmasters in clubs in D57, why not you?	Provide a new club lead that turns into a Chartered Club and send an email to Julie@d57tm.org
New Member Referral	Now to March 2021	Get a notebook, mug, or other Toastmasters item and the joy of accomplishment	District 57 Toastmasters Club members	Refer someone  who joins a D57 Toastmasters Club, send an email to Julie@d57tm.org
Club Coach	Now to June 30	Get a notebook, mug, or other Toastmasters item and (of course) the joy of accomplishment	Club Coaches, why not become one now?	Someone who is a Club Coach and coaches their Club to Distinguished
Club Ambassador	Now to June 30, 2021	$25.00 District Bucks plus certificate, $50.00 District Bucks plus plaque	Club Ambassadors, why not become one now?	For the first level of award, increase your club’s DCP level by 2 goals, for the second level, increase your club’s DCP level by more than two goals.
Double Your Levels	Now to May 15, 2021	$20.00 District Bucks	DIstrict 57 Toastmasters Clubs tracking Pathways awards	Clubs who double their number of Pathways levels from last year
Moments of Truth	January 1 to April 15, 2021	$20.00 District Bucks	All Clubs	Clubs who conduct a Moments of Truth and provide an agenda(s) showing the MOT. Send this to Abe at abemaz@pacbell.net
Distinguished Club Program Acknowledgement	January 1 to April 15, 2021	$20.00 District Bucks	All Clubs	Get 8 or more goals by April 15, 2021.
GEM Goals	From July 1, 2021 to May 1, 2021	$25 for one goal $50 for two goals	All Clubs

Online Open House Experience Incentive

Running online open houses is easy if you work as a team. Learn best practices, tips and tricks here to run a successful online open house (there are key differences between a virtual and in-person open house). Now – the incentive:

Earn $50 in District Bucks for your club by running an online open house  To get reimbursed, email openhouse@d57tm.org the following within 30 days of your event. 

• • An advertisement of your open house on social media/email to former members/all guests you’ve had in the past
  • An open house agenda
  • Your online guest book
  • Which guest(s) became member(s)?  You should have at least three guests or at least one new member.
  • A photo/screenshot of your online open house.

Not sure what qualifies as an open house? Here’s a short definition and purpose of a Toastmasters Club Open House:

Definition:

• An event that is planned, organized, promoted and hosted by a Toastmasters Club at their regular club meeting day, time and location.
• Events that are not hosted by a Toastmasters Club, such as community events or events sponsored by other organizations, such as college career fairs, Farmers Markets, etc. do not qualify as a Toastmasters Club Open House

Purpose: there are two purposes of an Open House:

• To provide members with practice in collaboration and teamwork, building valuable skills that can be applied outside of Toastmasters as well as within the club, adding value for club members
• To grow the club by attracting new members

 

The Gem Awards

Want to Experience Excellence? Earn rewards tailored to your club. Every club has 2 personalized goals to accelerate your success this year. Earn a $25 reward for each goal. The reward will be $25 or $50 in District Bucks to your club. 

The Gem Awards will be tabulated and ready for reimbursement between April 1st and May 30th. 

What are your personalized goals:

To be updated soon!

Emerald goals for clubs that weren’t a Distinguished club last year (2019-2020):

1. Add 8 new members
2. Earn 4 Level 1 Pathway Awards

Sapphire goals for clubs that were Distinguished last year (2019-2020):

• Earn 4 Level 1 Pathway Awards
• Earn 4 Level 2 Pathway Awards

Ruby goals for clubs that were Select Distinguished last year (2019-2020):

• Earn 4 Level 2 Pathway Awards
• Earn 2 Level 3 Pathway Awards

Golden goals for clubs that were Presidents Distinguished last year (2019-2020):

• Earn 2 Level 3 Pathway Awards
• Earn 1 Level 4 and 1 Level 5 Award

See your personalized club goals below:

 

Email Julie@d57tm.org with any questions.