- Eligibility: All clubs
- Cut-off dates: Sep 15th 2024 and 15th Feb 2025
- Submission: Not required
- Award presentation: District Event
- Eligibility: All clubs
- Cut-off dates: Sep 30th 2024
- Submission: Not required
- Award presentation: District Event
- Eligibility: All clubs
- Cut-off dates: Mar 31st 2025
- Submission: Not required
- Award presentation: District Event
- Eligibility: All clubs
- Cut-off dates: 20 Nov 2024
- Submission: Not required
- Award presentation: District Event
- Eligibility: All clubs
- Cut-off dates: Oct 15th 2024
- Submission: Not required
- Award presentation: District Event
- Eligibility: All clubs
- Cut-off dates: Oct 15th 2024
- Submission: Not required
- Award presentation: District Event
- Submission: The club should submit a narrative of the campaign conducted with the details of the campaign on the submission link.
- Eligibility: All clubs
- Award criteria: Entries will be reviewed and awarded accordingly
- Cut-off dates: By Mar 31st 2025
- Criteria: All 7 Excom officers to attend OTP
- Award presentation: District Event
- Eligibility: All clubs
- Cut-off dates: Sep 30 2024
- Submission: Not required
- Criteria: All 7 Excom officers to attend OTP
- Award presentation: District Event
- Eligibility: All clubs
- Cut-off dates: Feb 28 2025
- Submission: Not required
- Eligibility: All clubs
- Cut-off dates: Sep 30th 2024
- Submission: Not required
- Award presentation: District Event
- Criteria: Corporate Clubs to conduct 2 joint meetings with College Clubs at the corporate venue and submit the details on District 120 Awards Corner. Both clubs should have At least 10 attendees in the meeting. To be mentioned as part of MoM.
- Eligibility: All Corporate Clubs
- Cut-off dates: By Apr 30th 2025
- Both clubs should have: At least 10 attendees in the meeting. To be mentioned as part of MoM.
- Criteria: Should be an existing Toastmasters club that assists in the formation of the applicant club by involving at least 2 members of the sponsor club as roleplayers in the demo meet/new club meet for at least 6 weeks
- Submission: Final Agenda for 6 meetings and Club Name to be mentioned as a sponsor in Form 1 while chartering the new club (Proof to be submitted)
- Eligibility: All clubs
- Cut-off dates: By Apr 30th 2025
- Award Presentation: District Event
- Eligibility: Only clubs that did not achieve "Distinguished Club" status until 30th June 2024
- Clubs excluded: Clubs achieving the Golden Gavel award will not be presented with the Phoenix award
- Cut-off date: Apr 30th 2025
- Submission by Club: Not required
- Award Presentation: Discover 2025
- Eligibility: Only clubs chartered between April 1st, 2024, and Dec 31st, 2024
- Criteria: Clubs should have minimum of 20 members paid till Sep 2025
- Cut-off date: Apr 30th 2025
- Submission by Club: Not required
- Award Presentation: Discover 2025
- Eligibility: All Clubs are eligible
- Criteria:
- All publications should be related to Toastmasters and promote the benefits of Toastmasters.
- These publications should add value for non-Toastmasters and encourage them to join the organization
- Cut-off date: 30th of November 2024 and 31st of March 2025
- Submission by Club: Clubs should submit details via District Awards Corner.
- Award Presentation: Discover 2025
- Eligibility: All the clubs are encouraged to participate.
- Criteria:
- Clubs must submit newsletters for both terms to be eligible for the award.
- The newsletter must be 16 to 48 pages, including covers. A 5% reduction will be applied for each additional or lesser page.
- The newsletter must adhere to the guidelines outlined in the current version of the Toastmasters International Brand Manual, with no major brand violations.
- Cut-off date: 30th of November 2024 and 31st of March 2025
- Submission by Club: Clubs should submit details via District Awards Corner.
- Award Presentation: Discover 2025
- Eligibility: All the clubs are encouraged to participate.
- Criteria:
- Must adhere to brand guidelines without violations.
- Should be consistently posting in the Social Media
- Should report the Organic Growth in various Social Media
- Cut-off date: March 15th 2025
- Submission by Club: Clubs should submit details via District Awards Corner.
- Award Presentation: Discover 2025
- Eligibility: All clubs are encouraged to participate
- Cut-off date: May 15th 2025
- Submission by Club: Not required
- Award Presentation: Discover 2025
- Eligibility: All clubs are encouraged to participate
- Cut-off date: April 30th 2025
- Submission by Club: Not required
- Award Presentation: Discover 2025
- Eligibility: All clubs are encouraged to participate
- Clubs excluded: Clubs receiving the Silver Gavel Award or Golden Gavel Award will not be presented the Quality Club Award
- Submission by Club: Not required. It is adequate if the submissions for the various criteria are submitted. Club need not apply separately
- Cut-off date: 30th April 2025
- Award Presentation: Discover 2025
- At least 50% of unique club members should have filed for an education award (any level / Pathways Mentor)
- Club should add at least 8 new members during the Toastmasters Year (2024 - 2025)
- All 7 ExCo members should have attended COT in both terms
- Conduct new member induction at least once per term
- Conduct new member orientation at club level at least once per term
- Clubs should have at least 75% of their meetings in-person
- Conduct club elections and upload Ex-Comm list by Dec 1st and May 10th
- When a club achieves a minimum of 60 points each in the Club Quality & Club Engagement Avenue, the club will be presented the Silver Gavel Award. If the club achieves the Golden Gavel Award, the Silver Gavel Award will not be presented.
- Submission by Club: Not required. It is adequate if the submissions for the various criteria are submitted. Club need not apply separately
- Cut-off date: April 30th 2025
- Award Presentation: Discover 2025
- Eligibility: All clubs
- Cut-off date: April 30th 2025
- Submission by Club: Not required
- Award Presentation: Discover 2025
- Eligibility: All clubs which do not already qualify for Base Guardian Award
- Cut-off date: Sep 30th 2025
- Submission by Club: Not required
- Award Presentation: Discover 2025
- Eligibility: All clubs which do not already qualify for Base Guardian Award
- Cut-off date: March 31st 2025
- Submission by Club: Not required
- Award Presentation: Discover 2025
- Club Quality Avenue: 100 points
- Club Engagement Avenue: 100 points
- When a Club achieves 170 or more points in total in Club Quality Avenue & Club Engagement Avenue, the Club will be presented the Golden Gavel Award. Clubs must achieve a minimum of 85 points in the Club Quality Avenue & must achieve Distinguished status or above in 2024 – 2025 (by April 30th).
- Eligibility: All Clubs are encouraged to participate
- Criteria: At least 50% of unique Club members should have filed for an education award (any level / Pathways Mentor)
- Clubs should add at least 8 new members during the Toastmasters Year (2024 - 2025)
- All 7 ExComm members should have attended Club Officer Training in both terms
- Conduct new member induction at least once per term
- Conduct new member orientation at Club level at least once per term
- Club should have 75% of their meetings in the current year in-person
- Conduct Club elections and upload ExComm list by Dec 1st and May 10th
- Submission by Club: Club need not apply separately. It is adequate if the submissions for the various criteria are submitted.
- Cut-off date: 11 May 2025
- Award Presentation: Discover 2025
Goal Description Points
New Points
1
DCP Goals
10
2
Membership renewals
5
3
Moments of Truth implementation
10
4
Club Quality Check
10
5
Conduct Induction Ceremony For New Members (Including Mentor / Mentee Assigment)
10
6
New Member Orientation
10
7
Prepare and Follow Agenda
5
8
Club Success Plan
10
9
Presentations from Successful Club/Better Speaker/ Leadership Excellence Series / Parliamentary Procedures Educational session
10
10
Pathways Enrollment 100%
5
11
Executive Committee Meetings
5
12
Club Officer Elections & Upload of Officers list
5
13
Area Director Visit Report
5
100
Submission by Club: Not required; Data from TI dashboard will be considered.
Cut-off date: Apr 30th 2024
1 point for the renewal of every 10 members by 1-Oct or 1-Apr, depending on the renewal cycle.
Applicable across renewal cycles.
Submission by Club: Not required; Data from TI dashboard will be considered.
Cut-off date: 1-Oct or 1-Apr
1 point for every improvement area identified and implemented
Submission by Club: List of improvement area, date of MoT and date of implementation
Cut-off date: 31-Dec, 30-Apr
1 point for every review of club quality checklist (Max 2 per term)
1 point per term for every implementation of suggestion (Max 2 per term)
1 point for second term for continuing the suggestion implemented in the first term (Max 2)
Submission by Club:
1. Completed Club Quality Checklists - Download Now
2. Completed implementation comments - Download Now
Cut-off date: 31-Dec, 30-Apr
1 point for every member inducted, max of 5 per term
Submission by Club: Minutes of meetings indicating members inducted
Cut-off date: 31-Dec, 30-Apr
1 point for every member attending session and mentor assigned, max of 5 per term
Submission by Club: Sessions conducted with attendees and date
Cut-off date: 31-Dec, 30-Apr
1 point for submission of Role Assignment Roster per term (TMOD, GE, and 2 Prepared Speakers)
1 point per term for submission of Final Agenda of all meetings till that date
Bonus point when implemented both terms
Cut-off dates: 30 Sep, 25 Dec for Role Assignment Roster Submission; 15 Jan, 30 Apr for Final Agenda/Minutes of meeting Submission
Submission by club: Role Assignment Roster and Final Agenda/ Minutes of meeting using the provided link.
1 point for submitting before 30-Sep
1 point if all club officers attended Club Officers Training on the same day to work on Club Success Plan
1 point for every target achieved (Max 8)
Submission by Club: Online submission of Club Success Plan in Club Central. Upload the same on District website.
Report of targets achieved
Cut-off date: Club Success Plan for 30-Sep
Report of targets achieved by 31-Mar
1 point for every session organized by home club (Max of 4 points)
1 point per session if at least 2 members outside your home club attend (Max of 4 points)
1 point per term for Parliamentary Procedures session
Submission by Club: List of sessions organized and attendees.
Cut-off date: 30-Apr
All the club members should be Pathways Enrolled
Cut-off dates: Mar 31st 2025
1 point for every meeting organized (Max 4 points)
1 addl point when all 8 members attend any one session
Submission by Club: Minutes of all Ex-Comm meetings
Cut-off date: 30-Apr
1 point per term for appointing Club Leadership Committee 2 weeks before elections announcement (2 points for Annually elected clubs)
1 point per term for club elections held and officers list uploaded in Club Central (2 points for Annually elected clubs)
1 point for when all 7 positions have nominations received (for any one term)
Submission by Club: Details of above-mentioned events with dates
Cut-off date: 1-Dec, 10-May
1 point per term for every Area Director visit
1 point per term for AD visit report submitted in Club Central
1 Bonus point for completing both terms on time
Submission: AD to upload visit report in District website
Cut-off date: 30-Nov, 30-Apr
S.No
Criteria
1
Meetings start and end on time
2
Meeting consists of minimum 2 prepared speeches and 3 Table Topic speeches
3
Display of Club banner, Ribbons, charter certificate*
4
Display of DCP charts, Communication charts &
Leadership charts/ Pathways charts*
5
Usage of proper, precise, and creative flyer (TMI brand guideline compliant)
6
Usage of proper, precise, and neat agenda (TMI brand
guideline compliant)
7
Welcome Guest and introduction of Guest (if any)
8
Recognition of best speaker, evaluator awards
Sl.No
Description Points
New Points
1
Roleplayer at Officer Training Programs
10
2
TLI Attendance
10
3
Outdoor Meeting
5
4
Be a educational session trainer
10
5
Themed Meeting
5
6
Visiting Toastmaster
5
7
Run Club Campaign (Social Media not Included)
10
8
Buddy Clubs
5
9
Judge & CJ Roles
10
10
Area Council Meetings participation
10
11
Division Council Meetings participation
10
12
District Council Meeting participation
10
Total
100
1 point for every trainer/role player (Max of 1 point per person)
Submission: Division Director to provide list of Final trainers/roleplayers
Cut-off date: 30-Sep, 28-Feb
For events other than Club Officer Training and Judges Training
1 point for an individual club Member (Max 2 per session)
Submission: TLI Chair will provide list
Cut-off date: 31-Dec, 30-Apr
Conduct one meeting in a different location or in a different environment other than the regular club meeting environment.
1 point for every 3 Members attending the meet
Submission by Club: Meeting agenda, minutes of the meeting and 3 meeting photographs to be uploaded in District website
Cut-off date: 30-Apr
1 point per term for a trainer who handled a session outside home club
Submission by Club: List of trainers and date of training
Cut-off date: 31-Dec, 30-Apr
Conduct one themed meeting (Christmas, Pongal, Diwali, Halloween, Independence Day, etc.)
1 point for every 3 Memberss attending the meet
Submission by Club: Meeting agenda, minutes of the meeting and 3 meeting photographs to be uploaded in District website
Cut-off date: 30-Apr
1 point for a Member playing a role in a club meet outside home club (Max of 2 per meeting)
Submission by Club: Meeting agenda, minutes of the respective meetings
Cut-off date: 30-Apr
1 point for a club campaign organized (Max 3 points)
1 point for every new member joined within a month of campaign (Max 7 points)
Submission by Club: Details of Club Campaign
Cut-off date: 30-Apr
1 point when buddy club name is uploaded in district website
1 point per mentor for protégé in buddy club (Max 2 points)
1 point for every meet with buddy club, where at least 5 Members of each club should be present (Max 2 points)
Submission by Club: Buddy Club name, Meeting agenda, minutes of the respective meetings
Cut-off date: 31-Oct for buddy club name, 30-Apr for other details
1 point for every 2 trainees (Max 2 points per term)
Credit for a trainee only once per year
1 point per Member for serving as Chief Judge first time (Max 1 point per term)
1 point per Member for serving as Chief Judge (Max 2 points per term)
Credit for Chief Judge only once for a Member per year
Submission by Club: Judges Training attendance will be provided by TLI Chair. Clubs to indicate the date when Chief Judge role was completed and if done for first time.
Cut-off date: 31-Dec, 30-Apr
1 point per club officer in attendance (President, Vice-President Education, Vice-President Membership)
1 Bonus Point when all 3 are in attendance
1 point when key points are conveyed in club business session.
Submission: Area Director to submit the attendance. Club to upload minutes of the meet for business session in District website
Cut-off date: 31-Dec, 30-Apr
1 point per club officer in attendance (President, Vice-President Education, Vice-President Membership)
1 Bonus Point when all 3 are in attendance
1 point when key points are conveyed in club business session.
Submission: Division Director to submit the attendance. Club to upload minutes of the meet for business session in District website
Cut-off date: 31-Dec, 30-Apr
1 point per club officer in attendance (President, Vice-President Education) for District Council Meet held in May 2024
1 Bonus Point if both were in attendance
1 point per club officer in attendance (President, Vice-President Education) for District Council Meet in Sep 2024
1 Bonus Point if both are in attendance
1 point when key points are conveyed in club business session by 15-Oct.
1 point per Member for role played in a District Event (Max 3 points)
Not applicable for Current District Officers
Submission: Attendance from Credentials Chair will be taken. Club to upload minutes of the meet for business session in District website. Events chair to indicate role-players.
Cut-off date: 30-Apr
- Eligibility: All Members
- Criteria: The member needs to submit the HPL project details and get approval from the HPL support team. Upon completion, submission needs to be made to qualify for this award. District Team will evaluate and finalize the top three submissions to be awarded at the district stage.
- Submission: On District 120 Website
- Cut-off date: Ongoing, final cut-off Apr 30th 2025
Note: The submission will be analyzed by the HPL chair with the support of the HPL team. The project needs to have substantial complexity and impact to qualify. The guidance committee members need to be finalized by the individual member; however, the HPL team will share pointers based on the nominations received.
- Eligibility: All Members
- Cut-off date: May 15th 2025
- Eligibility: All clubs
- Cut-off dates: Oct 15th 2024
- Submission: Not required
- Award presentation: District Event
- Eligibility: Any Member in good standing of a Member in good standing
- Evaluation: Update the roles in pathways profile and submit a screenshot and details by the individual Member
- Cut-off dates: 15th October for Goal Submission, 30th April for Goal Completion
- Submission mode: Members to submit using the link provided
- Eligibility: All members are encouraged to participate
- Cut-off date: Oct 10th 2024, March 15th 2025
- Award presentation: Awards filed up to Oct 10th 2024 will be recognized at the Semi-annual Division contest. Awards filed between Oct 11th 2024 and March 15th 2025 will be recognized at the Annual Division Contest and distributed at the Member level.
- Eligibility: All members who are not Club officers, District Officers, Past District Officers and District Extended team. Club officers are also eligible if the club has less than 12 members at the time of nomination.
- Submission: Submitted by the Area Directors to the Division Director
- Cut-off date: 10 days prior to respective Division Contests/Conference
- Award presentation: Season 1: Division Contest Nov/Dec 2024; Season 2: Division Contest Mar/Apr 2025
- Eligibility: All members who are not District Officers, Past District Officers and District Extended team.
- Submission: Submitted by the Division Directors.
- Cut-off dates: For Jul-Dec - 15th of Dec / For Jan-Jun - 15th of June
- Award presentation: Awards will be presented quarterly
- Submission: On the District awards link
- Eligibility: Open to all D120 members (including District officers)
- Evaluation: Meeting agenda, the minutes of the meeting, and a photo of the Educational speaker in action. Flyer of the speaker is mandatory.
- Cut-off dates: Ten days before Division Contests
- Submission mode: Upload the supporting documents as one Zip file
- 2 Mentees/Proteges to complete 3 levels during this program year, under the guidance of the mentor
- Eligibility: The Mentor and Mentees/Proteges must be in good standing as of the Award cutoff date.
- Cut-off date: 30th April 2025
- Submission mode: Mentor and protégé must complete and submit the forms on the awards link
- Eligibility: The Mentor and Mentees/Proteges must be in good standing as of the Award cutoff date.
- Protégé must take up a leadership role for a term and submit his/her mentoring experience in the prescribed format.
- Cut-off date: 30th April 2025
- Submission mode: Mentor and protégé must complete and submit the forms on the awards link
- Eligibility: Open to all members
- Cut-off date: April 30th 2025
- Award Presentation: Discover 2025
- Eligibility: A Toastmaster in good standing of a Member in good standing.
- Award presentation: Awarded at District Stage
- Criteria: The flyer must be shared on the club's social media platforms.
There must be no brand violations according to the current Toastmasters International Brand Manual.
Special criteria may be announced monthly via D120 social media pages.
All monthly flyer submissions must align with the specified criteria for that month. . - Eligibility: All the Vice President Public Relations are encouraged to participate
- Submission: Post on District 120 Facebook Group, submit on the District 120 Awards Corner.
- Cut-off date: Ongoing until Apr 30th 2025
Note: The submission will be verified by the District PR with the support of the team. A decision will be made by the Trio based on the recommendation from the PR Team.
- Criteria: The club and the member should agree upon the support required and the duration of the support.
- Submission: Upon completion, the club president should email the club support member, which can then be submitted on the District website.
- Eligibility: All Members who complete Club Sponsor, Mentor & Coach Training (SMAC)
- Cut-off date: Ongoing until Apr 30th 2025
- Criteria: The member should be named as the sponsor in the chartering Form #1.
- Submission: Not needed, will be tracked through the Dashboard.
- Eligibility: All Members
- Cut-off date: Ongoing until Apr 30th 2025
- Eligibility: All VP Education of clubs in good standing
- Evaluation:
- Should have attended Club Officers Training for that term.
- At least 2 sessions of New Member Orientation should be conducted for that term.
- Role Assignment Roster of TMOD, GE, and 2 Prepared Speakers.
- Cut-off dates: 15 Oct, 25 Dec for Role Assignment Roster Submission; 15 Jan, 30 Apr for Final Agenda/Minutes of meeting Submission
- Submission mode: VPEs to submit the NMO Summary, Goal, and Agenda using the provided link.
- Role Asignment roster template: Download Now
- Eligibility: Club Mentors for all clubs chartered from April 1st, 2024 onwards. Club Coaches appointed from April 1st, 2024 onwards.
- Cut-off date: April 30th 2025
- Award Presentation: Discover 2025
- Eligibility: All the Vice President Public Relations are encouraged to participate
- Criteria: There must be no major brand violations according to the current Toastmasters International Brand Manual.
Videos should be limited to a maximum of 90 seconds and not less than 30 seconds in duration - Cut-off date: Last date of every month
- Award Presentation: Discover 2025
- Area to Achieve Presidents Distinguished by 30 Apr
- All active clubs to have at least 4 Officers trained in both terms
- 70% of active clubs to achieve distinguished status by 30 Apr
- All Clubs CSP to be uploaded in Club Central by September 30th
- Submit Area Success Plan by 30 Sep in District Central and then in district120.org
- Attend at least 5 TLI Events (out of which 2 should be in person) before 15 Mar 2025
- Have at least 20% of the member base attend an in-person TLI event before 15 Mar 2025
- Area Director Visit Report to be filed for:
- Round #1 on/before 15 Oct 2024
- Round #2 on/before 15 Mar 2025
- Area Director Quality check (for Golden Gavel) on clubs should be submitted on time
- Have at least 1 area council per term with at least 80% attendance (submit minutes of the meeting)
Eligibility: Open to all Area Directors
Cut-off date: As mentioned
Award Presentation: Discover 2025
- Division to Achieve Presidents Distinguished by 30 Apr and all areas to add at least 1 club
- 80% of active clubs to have at least 4 Officers trained in both terms
- 70% of active clubs to achieve distinguished status by 30 Apr
- All Area Success Plan to be uploaded in District Central and then in district120.org by September 30th
- Division Success Plan to be uploaded in District Central and then in district120.org by September 30th
- Attend at least 5 TLI Events (out of which 2 should be in person) before 15 Mar 2025
- Have at least 20% of the member base attend an in-person TLI event before 15 Mar 2025
- Have at least 1 Division council per term with at least 60% attendance in-person (submit minutes of the meeting)
- Area Director Visit Report to be filed for:
- Round #1 on/before 15 Oct 2024
- Round #2 on/before 15 Mar 2025
Eligibility: Open to all Division Directors
Cut-off date: As mentioned
Award Presentation: Discover 2025
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