District 52 Club Growth Director’s May Blog Post

Club Growth Director Report

We currently have 77 active clubs and out of those 72 clubs are in good standing. We have around 2500 member payments for the whole year and added at least 260 new members since last year.

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Top Clubs Membership wise

Top clubs with the most NEW members

 Top Divisions Member-wise

New Clubs

1. Quest Masters – Chartered in February and are having bi-weekly meetings. Two mentors have been assigned for the club.
2. LADWP Metro – Chartered in April and are having bi-weekly meetings. One mentor has been assigned to the club. We still need one more mentor for the club.
3. CBRE Glendale – Will be chartered in May and are having bi-weekly meetings. Two mentors have been assigned for the club.
4. SRAR/YPN Toastmasters – Will be chartered in May and are having bi-weekly meetings. Two mentors have been assigned for the club.

 Re-instated Clubs

1. Toastmasters at Logix. A Club coach has been assigned to the club.
2. Malibu Toastmasters.

Clubs In Pipeline

1. JP Morgan Chase – Demo meeting date TBD. Club sponsors and mentors have been assigned.
2. Northrop Grumman– Demo meeting in June. Club sponsors and mentors have been assigned.
3. LA Care – Demo meeting date in June
4. D52 Metaverse Toastmasters – Meeting weekly to garner interest.

Club Growth & Member Retention Initiatives for the year

1. Helped clubs move to a hybrid environment. Club officers were able to setup a call with CGD to go over what is required for them to conduct hybrid meetings.
2. Ran workshops and trainings to help clubs move to a hybrid setup.
3. Club Growth Summit for District 52 members happened in September which focused on brainstorming sessions for club building, membership building and retention.
4. We ran incentives for all clubs in good standing for early renewals.
5. We ran incentives for all clubs in good standing for Top up Toastmasters
6. We ran the “Check Heartbeat” Initiative for Area Directors to determine the following for each club:
   1. Renewal status
   2. Members and membership status
   3. Club activity, frequency, and meeting status
7. Launched “Call to care” Initiative for each club.
8. Launched new programs and incentives for
   1. Club Ambassadors and
   2. Club Embassy
9. Encouraged clubs to get testimonials, success stories and MyWhy videos from the members to boost membership.
   1. Encouraged clubs to host Open Houses to boost their membership and ran workshops on how to run an Open House.
   2. Held a Club Rescue Panel to help at-risk clubs.