- My experience with DCP: From no success to Presidential Distinguished by putting the focus on the members and their goals.
- DCP is not the reason the club exists, it is not the ultimate goal of the club, nor is it the mission of the club.
- DCP is a tool to measure if we are fulfilling our mission and if we fulfill the mission of a TM club, we will succeed with DCP.
- Broken down into three parts: membership, education and club management
- Education and membership are two parts of a whole
- EX: 4 CC awards = focus on letting new members speak and developing their skills
- How do you do that: mentoring program for everyone, manual speeches with helpful evaluations, programs to help develop speaker skills, etc.
- If guests see a club that is actually helping members then they will join.
- DCP is important for officers to be aware of (or be focused on depending on the club's goals for the year), but the general member does not need to know anything more than the idea of goals for the club and when you have successfully reached them.
- Chill out about DCP- if your club is focused on your members it will happen.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Explaining DCP in 5 Mins.
I am going to TLI tonight. I have been asked to lead two sessions: VP MEM/PR and DCP. There are some interesting changes happening in District 31 and I am anxious to be part of how it plays out. I have my VP session done with a nifty hand out and now I have to finish my "DCP in 5 Minutes" speech. I am trying to focus on my own complaints about how people talk about this. In other words, I am trying to shift away from the "how to do DCP" to make the discussion more "DCP will reflect this, but it's just a tool". Here is the current outline:
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Looking forward to hearing how it went and what these changes are in your district.
Interesting that you put the Membership and PR VPs together. Or was that just how the program rolled?
Good for you Sara, being part of the solution and not like most people - complaining without action.
Excellent points about the DCP - too many people act if it is the be all and end all. I once talked to a club President who convinced a member to wait a few months to register her ACS because "the club didn't need it".
I pointed out that the member needed it, and the club was healthy enough with a good core of senior members that the AC requirements wouldn't be a problem - and if it was, he had more to worry about than getting the 'point'.
The member registered her ACS the following week. I'm going to steal your notes in case I get to present the DCP again (I often do the VP of Ed and President workshops).
Greetings, Sara!
I would like to encourage you to somehow post your talk in such a way that people can learn from it, just as if they had attended your session at the TLI. I would find it most inspiring, and it would be an extra value for me if I were able to share it with others.
Because what you say is sensible. I feel alignment with your thinking. Because what you say is not the cant usually associated with discussions of the DCP.
I am encouraged, too, to see that you have been asked to present this talk again. It says that others see value in your unique take on matters.
To put it in other (not necessarily better) words, "DCP considered harmful to club's service to its members."
All the best!
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