Page 10 - October 2020 Voices
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PJ’s PERSPECTIVE
What Motivates You?
PJ Kleffner, DTM - District Director
Congratulations to the many clubs and members Toastmasters year, we
who earned incentives offered by our District will be announcing
Program Quality Director and Club Growth new incentives for the
Director during the first quarter. We are second half. However,
delighted to award these clubs and members a some incentives are
total of $1500 in gift certificates, and a ring light running all year,
to improve lighting for Zoom meetings. like completing the
These awards were earned by completing Pathways Mentoring
various goals, including submitting a Club Module, submitting leads
Success Plan, holding an open house, paying that result in a chartered
member dues early, and conducting the Moments Club, and a “starter kit” for newly
of Truth module to examine your Club’s chartered Clubs.
strengths and weaknesses. We are in the process You may ask “What are incentives, and
of mailing out the gift certificates and all should why all this focus on them?” The dictionary
be received by the end of October. defines an incentive as “a thing that motivates or
No worries if you didn’t qualify for one of encourages one to do something.” Yes folks, our
these incentives, because there will be more! For secret is out—we are trying to motivate you! We
example, the next incentive is for Area Directors want you to do those things that Toastmasters
to submit their Club visit reports by the end of International has learned over the years will
October. Clubs that have all seven of their officers help keep your Club strong and vibrant. Some
trained at both summer and winter TLIs will people—and Clubs—tend to be self-motivated,
receive incentives. Summer TLI was back in June, while others benefit from an external push. One
and the other half of that goal is coming up in of my biggest challenges as your District Director
the two-part TLI on December 5th and January is to figure out when to push, and when to just
16th. Watch the D7 Events Calendar for details. stay out of the way. Hopefully, I’ve found the
While you are there, click on the “Incentives” right balance.
tab to see what else you can do to earn incentives. Motivation is a funny thing, and one size does
As we rapidly approach the mid-point of our not fit all. Many people are motivated by money,
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