May 2021
Pointing the Way to Member Growth
How the 10 goals of the Distinguished Club Program benefit individuals.
By Bill Brown, DTM
2021年5月TM杂志文章
为会员成长指明道路
DCP杰出俱乐部计划的10个目标如何使会员个人受益
DTM的比尔·布朗（Bill Brown）
It’s that time again. The time when we finish out the old year and get ready for the new—the new Toastmasters year, of course. If you have been around for a while, you know this leads to a club discussion on the Distinguished Club Program, or DCP.
又到这个时候了——我们头马年度新旧交替、做好准备的时间。如果您已经在头马待了一段时间，就会知道这也会引起俱乐部关于杰出俱乐部计划（DCP）的讨论。
In short, the DCP measures a club’s success in meeting Toastmasters goals. If you are relatively new to the organization, you might be wondering what the fuss is all about. Then again, if you have been around for some time, you might be wondering the same thing.
简而言之，DCP衡量俱乐部达到Toastmasters目标的成功率。如果您是头马新人，那么您可能想知道到底有什么大惊小怪的。再者，即使您已经在头马待了一段时间，您可能会有同样的想法。
It is easy to look at the program as something for Toastmasters International’s benefit, and nothing more—a management tool for the District leaders.
很容易将DCP计划视为Toastmasters International组织机构的利益相关，并且仅仅是为大区官员们提供的管理工具。
Or do the requirements primarily benefit the individual member? I believe they do.
还是这些要求主要是使每位会员受益？我确信是的。
The club’s primary qualifying requirement of the program is that a club needs to have 20 members or a net growth of five members on the club’s roster as of July 1 (see page 6 of the Distinguished Club Program and Club Success Plan manual for more detail). While 20 may seem like an arbitrary number, I noticed something interesting when I was President of a club with 15 to 25 people attending any given meeting. When we had 20 or more attendees, the meeting was livelier. The energy level of the group was noticeably higher than when we had fewer than 20. That meant that the meetings were more fun and, as a result, the speakers did better. As it turns out, 20 members is a good minimum target.
俱乐部达成DCP计划的主要资格要求是，截至7月1日，"Club's Roster俱乐部名册"上需要有20名会员或净增加5名会员（有关更多详细信息，请参见“Distinguished Club Program and Club Success Plan杰出俱乐部计划和俱乐部成功计划”手册的第6页） 。尽管20个数字看似随意，但当我担任15-25人的俱乐部主席时，参加任何给定会议，我注意到了有趣的是，当我们有20个或更多的参会者时，会议更加活跃。团队的能量水平明显高于我们少于20人时的水平。这意味着会议更加有趣，因此演讲者的表现也会更好。事实证明，有20个会员是一个很好的最低目标。
The DCP is made up of 10 goals. Six of them focus on education achievements in the Pathways learning experience. The various award targets encourage newer members to get started in the education program (that is, Pathways) quickly, and longer-term members to continue to grow.
DCP由10个目标组成。其中有6个重点关注衔接Pathways学习经验中的教育成就。各种教育奖励目标鼓励新成员迅速进入教育计划（即Pathways），而长期成员则继续成长。
This isn’t just about club goals. We all have our own personal objectives with Toastmasters. Those are primarily achieved by progressing through Pathways. The DCP criteria incentivize the club to have members achieving in the five levels of a path, but it is the individual members who advance in those levels. Thus, we encourage one another to grow when we work toward the DCP goals.
这不仅仅关乎俱乐部的目标。我们每个会员都有自己的个人目标。在头马主要是通过逐步在Pathways进阶成长来实现的。 DCP分数激励俱乐部让会员在一条路径的五个级别中取得成就，但是在这些级别中提升成长的是会员本人。因此，当我们朝着DCP目标努力时，我们彼此鼓励成长。
The next two goals pertain to membership. Both involve adding new, dual, or reinstated club members to the roster. This is primarily to replace any member attrition. It keeps us focused on growth. There is nothing like a new face and perspective to energize everyone.
接下来的2个目标与会员发展有关。两者都涉及在俱乐部名册上增加新会员、双会员或恢复会籍成员。这主要是为了替换任何会员的流失。它使我们专注于成长。没有什么能像新面孔和新观点那样激发所有人的活力。
The remaining two goals have to do with leadership activities. One involves leadership training. Every six months, at least four of a club’s seven officers need to attend training. If you are new to a position, it is good to know your responsibilities. If you are continuing in your same position, you might pick up something you missed the first time.
剩下的2个目标与领导力活动有关。其中一项涉及领导力培训。每6个月，俱乐部7名官员中至少有4名需要参加培训。如果您是首次担任该职位，最好能了解您的职责。如果您继续做原来的职位，则可能会捡起以前错过的内容。
The final goal is to submit your dues renewal and officer roster on time. If you don’t submit the roster, your officers will not have access to the officers section in Club Central on the Toastmasters website. This means that, among other tasks, your club won’t be able to log new awards and sign up new members. Although this looks merely like a paperwork task, it is vital to make sure that your club can operate smoothly.
最后的目标是按时提交俱乐部会员的续费和官员名册。如果您不提交名册，那么您的俱乐部官员将无权访问Toastmasters 网站上Club Central的官员操作部分。这意味着，除其他任务外，您的俱乐部将无法登记新的奖励并注册新会员。尽管这看起来只是文书工作，但对于确保您的俱乐部运转顺畅至关重要。
When you fulfill these various goals, your club can achieve specific Distinguished award levels—Distinguished, Select Distinguished, or President’s Distinguished. That, again, gives the club targets to shoot for. Achieving five of the 10 goals makes you a Distinguished club, while achieving seven makes you Select Distinguished; meeting nine goals qualifies you as President’s Distinguished.
当您实现这些目标时，您的俱乐部就可以达到特定的杰出奖项——杰出，优选杰出或主席杰出。这给了俱乐部清晰的目标去达成。实现10个目标中的5个将成为杰出俱乐部；达到7个目标则成为优选杰出俱乐部；达到9个目标，成为主席杰出俱乐部。
But what if, as you approach the end of the program year, you already have your nine, and a member is about to enable you to achieve your 10th? It won’t change your club’s status. But while it may be tempting to hold back “excess” awards until a new program year, I believe you should submit all awards right away so that the members get immediate recognition for their achievement. If that means that you have to stretch yourselves the next year, good! Challenge yourself and your fellow club members to grow beyond your initial objectives. After all, we are in Toastmasters to grow.
但是，如果在头马年度结束时，您已经有9分，而一名会员将使俱乐部达到10分，会怎么做？它不会改变你们作为主席杰出俱乐部的状态。但是，虽然可能很想将“多出的”奖项推迟到新的头马年度，但我相信，您应该立即提交会员所有奖项，以使会员们对他们的成就及时获得认可。如果那意味着下年度你们必须努力，那就好！挑战自己和您的俱乐部会员，超越自己的最初目标。毕竟，我们选择在头马，是为了成长。
The DCP is not a task. It is encouragement to each individual member to continue growing. It is a ladder to greater success.
DCP并不是任务。它是鼓励每位会员持续成长的。这是我们取得更大成功的阶梯。