Best Club Newsletter
| First Place: |
McGill Toastmasters Club (Milan Kos) |
| Second Place: |
Club de la Chambre de Commerce de Lévis (Léonce Boudreau) |
The Best Newsletter Award is granted to the Club that produces the best newsletter.
So what makes a good newsletter? Many things, of course, go into making a good newsletter. A newsletter is a great promotional tool that guests can take with them. And the award is granted based on the content that best promotes:
- the Club's goals and the Club in general; and
- the Toastmasters International goals, including speaking, communication, and leadership.
Because format has an impact on the reader, the Newsletter layout and design are taken into consideration in this contest.
Questions Reflecting the Judging Criteria & Point Value Breakdown
| Content Criteria |
Point Value Breakdown |
| Is the content balanced among educational articles, recognition of members and Club/District achievements, and encouragement to participate in Toastmasters' activities? |
10 |
| Does the newsletter promote the understanding of the Toastmasters' programs, promotions, policies, and mission? |
10 |
| Does the newsletter contain biographical sketches and highlights of the business meetings? Is it informative and can it captivate the interest of its targeted readers? |
10 |
| Does the newsletter prominently feature the editor's name, address, and telephone number on each issue? |
5 |
| Does the newsletter clearly indicate the club's and the district's name, and number, as well as the district's address and the location and the time of the meetings? |
5 |
| Is content balanced among educational articles, the recognition of members and Club's and/or the District's achievements, and the incentive messages to participate in the Toastmasters' activities? |
10 |
| Writing Criteria |
Point Value Guideline |
| Does the writing complies with the spelling, grammar, syntactic, and punctuation rules? |
15 |
| Is the writing style concise, fluid and appealing? |
10 |
| Layout & Presentations Criteria |
Point Value Guideline |
| Does the newsletter's appearance might captivate the reader's attention? |
10 |
| Is the text well spread out in the page and illustrated by relevant graphics? Is the layout well balanced, aesthetic and consistently applied from one article to another? |
15 |
| TOTAL SCORE |
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Eligibility
Every Club that has published at least three issues of its newsletter before the 2008 Spring Conference.
Entry Deadline
To be eligible, all entries must be received by the District 61 by April 7, 2008.
Winner Announcement
The winner will be announced at the 2008 Spring Conference.
How to enter the best newsletter award contest
To enter the Best newsletter award contest, the club PR officer should complete and send the following information:
| Name of the club: |
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| Number of the club: |
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| Name of the editor: |
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| Name of the PR officer: |
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| Telephone number of the PR officer: |
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| Email of the PR officer: |
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| A copy of at least three issues between July 1, 2007 and April 7,2008 |
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Send the above information to the District 61 Public Relation Officer, Lise Blondin
For additional information, please contact:
Lise Blondin
District 61, public relations officer
Tel.: (450) 430-8046
E- mail: liseblondin@videotron.ca
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