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2025-2026 Incentives

Incentives are being fine tuned! Watch this space for opportunities to earn extra bonuses, District Dollars and materials to support your club in achieving excellence!
District Dollars continue this year! District Dollars earned last year have rolled over to this year. View your club’s District Dollars account balance here. For questions regarding District Dollars, scroll to the bottom of the page.

By March 1: Create club business cards

Consider creating a club business card to be distributed by all!  Not a personal card, but a card that lists date/time and location of your meetings and maybe some contact information — your web site or an email address?  Check out these templates from Toastmasters International — now consider USING them! 

 Our latest incentive to help clubs publicize their meetings is reimburse up to $20 toward business cards for your club! Submit it through Concur, ideally with a photo of the card as well as the receipt, and then get ready to bring in more guests even more easily!

By January 15: Bring members together for
Moments of Truth

Improve your club with thoughtful analysis and team-focused brainstorming!  Complete at least two of the six Critical Moments analyses, documenting participation (surveys, photos) and summarizing new goals and changes in an email to Sue Kohut  by January 15 (Spoiler alert: Unless you’re on pace for Smedley Distinguished, there’s room for improvement 🙂  )
Earn 10 District Dollars if you complete this project by January 15
Contact your Area or  Division Director or a trio member for help with fulfilling this project.

By February 28: Club Event

Hold a club event to reconnect, maybe ask and answer questions and touch base with the rest of the members of your team.  Agendas are great for time constraints and learning time management, but heading out to Culvers, going bowling, or taking over a conference room and eating lunch together means you have the flexibility to talk about shared interests, answer questions about speeches and even make professional networking connections.  Take a photo of your event showing more than half your membership and send it to Sue Kohut suekohut.dtm@gmail.com  by March 5 with a brief description of the event and one quote about something one attendee learned, and you will be awarded 20 district dollars!

By February 28: Dazzle your guests
with an open house

Hold an open house and bring in new Toastmasters!  Check out this new Open House guide from Bryson Bernarde, our Club Growth Director. Plan and hold an open house between November 1 and February 28 and gain 20 district dollars!  Send a photo of your event showing guests and members to Sue Kohut suekohut.dtm@gmail.com by March 1.
Plan, publicize, party and pursue!

Completed: Club Success Plan

We want your club to start  the 2025-26 program year on the right foot!  This year a Club Success Plan is required for eligibility to be distinguished! Clubs that complete their CSP and enter it on Club Central by September 15 earn 20 District Dollars!

Completed: Celebrate your Club

By September 20, celebrate your club culture success and future with a non-meeting get together.  Picnic? Ice cream social?  Game night?   Have at least half your members attend, and send a photo or screenshot to Sue Kohut suekohut.dtm@gmail.com by September 21 and you’ll gain 15 District Dollars!  It’s like the cookies are on us!

Awards From Toastmasters International

Each year, Toastmasters recognizes clubs that are outstanding in both member recruitment and educational excellence. You can read about the Distinguished Club Program and the Toastmasters Member Building Programs using the links below.

Toastmasters Member Building Programs

  • Smedley Award (August-September) – TI Banner Ribbon
  • Talk Up Toastmasters (February-March) – TI Banner Ribbon
  • Beat The Clock (May-June) – TI Banner Ribbon

Toastmasters Distinguished Club Program

  • President’s Distinguished Club – TI Banner Ribbon
  • Select Distinguished Club – TI Banner Ribbon
  • Distinguished Club – TI Banner Ribbon

District Dollars Q&A

Q: What are District Dollars?
A: It’s an account the district runs for your club. Every time your club earns or spends District Dollars, we adjust your club’s account balance.

Q: What can be purchased?
A: Anything that helps the club mission and promote the club’s growth. This includes D35 conference registration for your club, hybrid meeting equipment, ribbons, pins, books, and almost anything else that helps your club be successful.

Q: What cannot be purchased with District Dollars?
A: Alcohol & travel.

Q: How does a club redeem District Dollars?
A: When an item is purchased for the club, the club submits the receipt to the Concur system.  If no one in your club has access to Concue, please email the District Finance Manager to be added. The club can be reimbursed up to the value of the item, or up to the amount of District Dollars they’ve earned – whichever is lower.

Q: Do District Dollars expire?
A: We haven’t had to “expire” any District Dollars yet, and our intention is to roll them over from year to year. This intent is, however, contingent on Toastmasters International financial policy not changing – so we encourage you to spend your District Dollars as soon as is practical.

Q: What’s my club’s District Dollars balance?
A: See the link above.

Q: Other questions?
A: Please direct questions to the District Finance Manager.