Toastmasters Awards to Promote and Reward Marketing Excellence

Dear Toastmasters of District 51,

Welcome to the new Toastmasters Year !The Marketing Committee for Toastmasters International District 51-Peninsula Malaysia congratulates you on accepting a new Toastmasters challenge … a challenge shared by 1550 fellow Toastmasters in Peninsula Malaysia who are commencing the year as District, Division, Area or Club officer.

This will be a year in which we can all serve our fellow members in a way that we can begin to repay all the benefits we have ourselves received through being associated with Toastmasters.However, it should also be a year in which we help Toastmasters in four very specific ways :

1. Recruit new members
2. Ensure that we retain our existing members
3. Help to create new Clubs
4. Do all we can to preserve our existing Clubs – particularly helping those Clubs which are struggling to survive

Led by Francis Ng, Lieutenant-Governor, Marketing for Peninsula Malaysia, the Marketing Committee is seeking to help you in this process. With the approval of District Governor Ritchie Chong, we will be offering a whole range of awards over the next 12 months to :

• Promote Excellence
• Reward Performance
• Motivating Members

You can begin working towards these awards TODAY at individual, Club, Area & Division level.

Please also look out for a separate email we will be sending you providing full details so you can begin planning. But, as an “appetite-whetter”, one of the many award categories is the “Early Bird” award. This Award will recognise the marketing efforts of ALL Toastmasters Clubs during the FIRST month of the new Toastmasters Year.

Awards will be made to the top THREE Clubs in Peninsula Malaysia which generate the largest NET percentage increases in Club membership during the period from 1 July to 31 July 2009 (but there must be a NET increase of minimum 5% of membership in the Club during this period).

Please use the new Toastmasters year as a period of 12 months in which you can spread the Toastmasters message to more Malaysians and – at the same time – develop your own communication and leadership skills and help your Club, Area or Division to a higher level of Excellence.Check your mailbox again in the next few days to discover details of ALL the new Marketing Excellence Awards which you can aspire to.

A Service to Members from Toastmasters International District 51-Peninsula Malaysia

With Best Wishes for a successful and enjoyable Toastmasters year aheadon behalf of the Marketing Team for Toastmasters International District 51 – Peninsula Malaysia :Francis Ng, DTM - Lieutenant-Governor, Marketing [Tel. : 019-2222 911]Azmi Shahrin, DTM - Marketing Committee, Communication [Tel. : 019-9198 557] Geoff Andrew, DTM - Marketing Committee, Awards [Tel. : 014-6622 013]

Please reply to this Marketing Team eMail at tmd51p.marketing@gmail.com