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a Tells a Story
Karen O'Keefe, DTM
Have you ever wanted to celebrate an accomplishment of another
member of your club—and struggled to find out all he or she has
achieved? Would you like to see how you (or your club) compare with
others in your district or internationally? Wouldn’t it be great if you could just run a report
and get this information rather than asking around (or poking through the International
website)? If you are interested in the numbers and would like access to this kind of
information and more—keep reading. Toastmasters have all kinds of talents…happily
some of them have applied their mad skills to creating reports the rest of us can use.
TmTools—Tools for Toastmasters
These reports were created by George year. As you can see, the form is easy to fill
Marshall, DTM. They are useful whether out.
you are a member at large, a
club officer, or a district You can find information
leader. about a particular club by
typing in a club name or
You can use Marshall reports number, which will display
to explore all kinds of abundant information
information about earned about that club (awards,
educational awards. You can Distinguished Club
search awards by member, Program progress, and
club number, award type, and other club info). You can
award totals. For example, you can look also look up the maximum number of
yourself up by name to see all your awards awards any member or club has achieved
over time—or for this year only. You can back to the earliest year available online.
also look up multiple people at one time. You can also explore progress toward the
In this example, I looked up both our Triple Crown award (any three awards in a
District Governor’s and my awards for this given program year).
I encourage you to link to George
Marshall's reports and refer back to them
often. Give it a try today. You will be
surprised at how helpful this information
can be. Please tell other members about
this site as well.
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Karen O'Keefe, DTM
Have you ever wanted to celebrate an accomplishment of another
member of your club—and struggled to find out all he or she has
achieved? Would you like to see how you (or your club) compare with
others in your district or internationally? Wouldn’t it be great if you could just run a report
and get this information rather than asking around (or poking through the International
website)? If you are interested in the numbers and would like access to this kind of
information and more—keep reading. Toastmasters have all kinds of talents…happily
some of them have applied their mad skills to creating reports the rest of us can use.
TmTools—Tools for Toastmasters
These reports were created by George year. As you can see, the form is easy to fill
Marshall, DTM. They are useful whether out.
you are a member at large, a
club officer, or a district You can find information
leader. about a particular club by
typing in a club name or
You can use Marshall reports number, which will display
to explore all kinds of abundant information
information about earned about that club (awards,
educational awards. You can Distinguished Club
search awards by member, Program progress, and
club number, award type, and other club info). You can
award totals. For example, you can look also look up the maximum number of
yourself up by name to see all your awards awards any member or club has achieved
over time—or for this year only. You can back to the earliest year available online.
also look up multiple people at one time. You can also explore progress toward the
In this example, I looked up both our Triple Crown award (any three awards in a
District Governor’s and my awards for this given program year).
I encourage you to link to George
Marshall's reports and refer back to them
often. Give it a try today. You will be
surprised at how helpful this information
can be. Please tell other members about
this site as well.
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