Your club can be a Golden Gavel winner by meeting certain requirements.
Clubs with well-run, lively, and educational meetings that meet the needs of their members earn the Golden Gavel Award. This award is recognized with a ribbon that can be added to the club banner.
The club must meet all of the following criteria:
- Members and guests are greeted warmly and enthusiastically.
- Meeting starts and adjourns on time.
- 15 or more club members must be present (clubs with fewer than 20 members must have 75% of members present).
- At least one non-Toastmaster guest is present.
- There is applause after every speaker - functionaries included.
- All speeches are MANUAL speeches.
- Evaluations are both specific and supportive.
- Participants are positively recognized and ribbons/rotating trophies are awarded.
- Members and guests have name tags/badges OR are provided with table tents with their names.
- Printed agendas are distributed and followed with 3 or fewer assignment changes to the agenda.
- Table Topics are interesting and/or fun - participants are able to speak the full time period.
