The Distinguished Club Program (DCP) includes 10 goals that your club should strive to achieve each year. When your club incorporates Moments of Truth into every meeting, it is already well on its way to reaching these annual goals. For your convenience, the 10 goals have been grouped into four categories:
Education: Members who have the opportunity to earn education awards are reaching their goals.
Membership: When new, dual, and reinstating members join, everyone’s experience is enhanced because your club has enough members to provide leadership and fill meeting roles and committee assignments.
Training: Trained club officers are better able to serve and support your club because they know how best to fulfill their roles.
Administration: Submission of the renewal dues and the club officer list on time will help your club run more smoothly, benefiting your members.
How It Works
The Distinguished Club Program is an annual program, running from July 1 through June 30. The program consists of 10 goals for your club to achieve, using the Club Success Plan as your guide. To help keep track of your progress toward these goals throughout the year, updated reports are posted daily on the Toastmasters International website at dashboards.toastmasters.org. At year-end, the number of goals the club achieved is calculated. Based on the goals met and whether or not the qualifying requirements have been met, the club may be recognized as Distinguished, Select Distinguished, President’s Distinguished, or Smedley Distinguished.
Linkou Toastmasters Club's Distinguished Clup Program Performance on Toastmasters International Dashboard (real time record): https://dashboards.toastmasters.org/2025-2026/ClubReport.aspx?id=00008381
Qualifying Requirements
A qualifying requirement is a prerequisite or prior condition for participation in the program. To be eligible for recognition, a club must meet the following three requirements:
A club must be in good standing according to Policy 2.0: Club and Membership Eligibility, Section 4: Good Standing of Clubs.
A club must have either 20 members or a net growth of at least three new, dual, or reinstating members as of June 30.
The club must submit the Club Success Plan by September 30.
Distinguished Club Program (Item 1111 Rev. 06/2025)
Important changes starting from the 2025-2026 Program year
A new qualifying requirement that the Club Success Plan be completed and submitted by September 30.
A Smedley level in the Distinguished Club Program with minimum eligibility requirements of membership of 25 members and all 10 Distinguished Club Program Goals.