A Day in the ITC Bintang Toastmasters Club

November 14, 2015

A Day in the ITC Bintang Toastmasters Club

I read the news today. Oh boy, did ITC Bintang Toastmasters Club just being awarded the President's Distinguished Club again? Congratulations to Past President and current Division P Director Benny Chia and his exco for the outstanding and illustrious term of 2014/2015.

Our Benny Chia (3rd from left) flanked by District 51 Director Sue Ding, Immediate Past District 51 Governor Wendy Wong, our member cum Area P5 Director Victor Ong, our current President Pam Lee, our member Alvin Sai and District 51 Club Growth Director Andrew Tan

For the uninitiated, the award is given based upon a set of criteria stipulated by Toastmasters International under the Distinguished Club Program to ensure clubs possess the characteristics of quality. A high quality club encourages and celebrates member achievement, provides a supportive and fun environment and most importantly, offers a professionally organized meeting with variety.

At ITC Bintang Toastmasters Club, officers are trained in all aspects of club quality to ensure that members have access to a formal mentoring program, are provided evaluations that help them grow and are motivated to achieve their goals. In short, the Distinguished Club Program includes 10 goals which are grouped into 4 fours namely Education, Membership, Training and Administration.

The following are the goals a club should achieve during the year:-

A) Education

Goal 1	:	Two Competent Communicator (CC) awards.
Goal 2	:	Two more CC awards.
Goal 3	:	One Advanced Communicator Bronze (ACB), Advanced Communicator Silver (ACS) or Advanced Communicator Gold (ACG) award.
Goal 4	:	One more ACB, ACS or ACG award.
Goal 5	:	One Competent Leader (CL), Advanced Leader Bronze (ALB), Advanced Leader Silver (ALS) or Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM) award.
Goal 6	:	One more CL, ALB, ALS or DTM award.