Vice President Education - Doug Kelly DTM PDG

Member: 
Doug Kelly DTM PDG

The vice president education is responsible for  maintaining a positive environment and providing the programs through which members can learn and grow.

 Outside the Club Meeting the VP Education:

  • Plans club meetings, completing schedules and assignments at least three weeks in advance.
  • Promotes participation in the educational program. Gets commitment from members to earn the next level of achievement and track their progress toward these awards.
  • Orients new members to the Toastmasters program within two meetings after they join.
  • Assigns every new member a mentor.
  • Attends club executive committee meetings and preside when the president is absent.

At the Club Meeting:

  • Ask each new member to be a Table Topics participant at the first meeting after joining. Assign him or her to a meeting role at the third meeting or earlier, and assign the Ice Breaker manual project at the fourth meeting or sooner.
  • Ensure a club member conducts The Successful Club Series programs Evaluate to Motivate, Moments of Truth, Mentoring and Finding New Members for Your Club at least once per year.
  • Monitor club performance quarterly in cooperation with the club president.
  • Initial Speakers’ Project Completion Records and ensure eligible members fill out their award applications.
  • Preside over the meeting when the president is absent.
Source: Toastmasters International (http://www.toastmasters.org/Members/OfficerResources/ClubOfficerResources/ClubOfficerRoles/MaintainingtheToastmasterseducationalprogram.aspx)