Take advantage of a community organization or company seminar. If the sponsoring organization allows, you may distribute promotional material or ask to give a short talk about Toastmasters. Asking the participants to join Toastmasters during or immediately after a motivating workshop is a great opportunity to recruit new members.

Conduct a Speechcraft. Speechcraft is an eight session program designed to teach non-Toastmasters public speaking skills. Clubs that conduct a Speechcraft program at least once a year have few membership challenges. The Toastmaster store has a handbook on how to present one.

Print a bulletin or memo that can be distributed to local businesses, the members of your local Chamber of Commerce, or the employees of your company.

Send press releases to the local newspaper announcing the meeting time and location. If your Club is a company sponsored, publicize your activities in the company’s newsletter.

Place copies of The Toastmaster in strategic locations.The Toastmaster magazine can generate interestand publicize your Club’s meeting place and time. Donate copies of The Toastmaster to your doctor’s office or public library. Be sure to list your Club’s meeting time and place for potential

For more ideas on membership growth, log on to the Toastmasters website at www.toastmasters.org and search for “Membership Building”. More importantly, let’s take good care of the members we already have. Are we keeping them motivated to stay? Are your Club members getting the most out of Toastmasters? Are they getting what they came for? Ask your members and they will tell.