Public Relations : Awards

Suparna Bose, DTM

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District Public Relations Manager - District 92

Program Year 2025-26

DISTRICT 92�KARNATAKA INDIA

Core Idea

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• District Mission Alignment

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• All Awards awarded at Coronation 2026

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PResence Award : What?

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• Award for excellence in Public Relations for club with stunning, impressive and routine presence.

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• Awarded to one club each in the community, corporate and college clubs

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• Award Deadline: 30th April, 2026

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• Award Tracking : Google Form Released
• Reminders at subsequent intervals.

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PResence Award : Where & How?

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• Social Media, Print Media, Television …
• Including but not limited to facebook, X, instagram, linkedIn, Quora, Medium, Youtube
• Articles published in Print Media
• Intranet link screenshots (if allowed by company / college policy) / Individual posts on LinkedIn.
• Testimonials from organizations leaders about Toastmasters on LinkedIn (for corporate / college clubs).

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• What to Promote?
• Including but not limited to :
• Posters
• Videos
• Club Updates
• Testimonials
• Intra Club Contests
• Recognition of Contest Champions and Organizers
• Membership programs
• Member recognitions
• Open house sessions
• Education sessions
• Education awards
• Club Achievements
• Intra Club initiatives
• Milestone meetings
• Special meetings

PResence Award : Judging Criteria?

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• Brand Guidelines - Yes/ No�
• Promote Toastmasters Program
• Promote membership building programs, share posts about new members, renewals etc.
• Promote Toastmasters education program – members education awards, achievements, achievements by club.�
• Member Recognitions
• Member Achievements
• Recognizing efforts of members going beyond club
• Member Contributions to the Club

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• Celebrations
• Club Special Meetings
• Milestone Meetings
• Open House
• Club Level Initiatives
• Educational Sessions

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Best Newsletter : What?

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• Award for excellence in creating creative, content rich newsletter

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• Awarded to Top 3 clubs across the district

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• Size Cap – 50MB max (20-25 pages)

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• Award Deadline: 30th April, 2026

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Best Newsletter : Judging Criteria?

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• Club Information | 5 Points

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• Club name, Officers' information
• Meeting URL and Time
• Calendar of Events at the club

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• Promotion of Toastmasters | 5 Points

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• Mission of the Club and Toastmasters International
• Announcements of upcoming Club, Area, Division, and District events
• Toastmasters International logo and Tag line

• Layout and Presentation | 30 Points

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• The newsletter should be easy to read. Ensure to have proper white space, page balance, indexation, indentation etc.
• Design & creativity (use of pictures, borders, design etc.) by following the brand guidelines of Toastmasters International

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• Editorial Information | 10 Points

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• Newsletter name, volume, and issue information on the cover page and right bottom of all other pages.
• Editorial team details and organization (in case of a corporate or college club ) information
• Message from The Editor’s desk

Best Newsletter : Judging Criteria?

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• Newsletter Content | 50 Points

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• Educational value, learning items, knowledge nuggets centered on communication and leadership
• Recognition of club members (Toastmasters educational achievements / personal achievements).
• New members’ info
• Article with submitting members details. Credits to the author, or to the source (Name of the source, issue, etc.) for non-original articles.
• Quality of writing with good standards of spelling, punctuation, grammar, and sentence structure.
• Reports on club activities, interclub meetings, contests.
• Report on DCP status of the club
• Jokes or humorous anecdotes, Doodles, Artwork, Photographs
• Club President’s message, Messages/address from Organization leaders and Toastmaster Officers
• Consistent use of typeface (headings, subheadings, captions, articles, font, font size, font color etc)
• Testimonials from members and guests or from Management representatives for a corporate club, Head of Department / Principal / Dean in case of a college club.
• An article or feature about something unique to your club/ organization etc

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Best Guest Booklet : What?

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• Award for excellence in creating a guest booklet for the new guests coming to the club.

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• Digital Submission via google form. Limit to 5* pages

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• Awarded to Top 3 Clubs across the District

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• Award Deadline:
• Term 1 - 1st July - September 30th, 2025 - To be Announced
• Term 2 - 1st January - March 31st, 2026

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• District Guest Booklet - January 2026

Best Guest Booklet : Judging Criteria

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• Club Information | 25 Points
• Club name
• Meeting URL/Location and Time
• Contact information – One person contact for club, social media links.
• Why this specific club ? – Club culture, environment etc

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• Toastmasters Information | 25 Points
• What & Why of Toastmasters
• It can include but not limited to:
• Features, benefits & Value of Toastmasters, Pathways information, How a Toastmasters meeting look like etc
• Membership Form to join the club

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• Layout and Presentation | 30 Points

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• Concise, Minimalistic & Creative
• Idea is not to create a bundle of pages/pdfs which guests might not read later on, but to convey info on club & Toastmasters effectively.

• District Resources | 20 Points

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• Leverage Links of District 92 resources to build guide for members

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Best Website : What?

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• Award for excellence in creating creative, content rich Website.

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• Awarded to Two Best Websites across the District

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• Award Deadline: 30th April, 2026

Best Website: Judging Criteria

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• Aesthetic, Design and Content | 30 Points
• Innovation | 30 POINTS
• User Experience | 20 Points
• Brand Compliance | 20 Points

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R.E.E.L Award : What?

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• Award for excellence in Public Relations for club with creative branding material in terms of videos or reels.

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• Awarded to Top 3 Clubs of D92

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• Award Deadline: 30th April, 2026

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• Award Tracking : Clubs can go ahead and tag our page on various social media platforms. The best videos will also be shared and featured on Youtube, Instagram etc.
• Drop us a msg on instagram once you share such stories

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R.E.E.L Award : Judging Criteria

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• Aesthetic, Design and Content | 30 Points
• Innovation | 30 POINTS
• Viral Quotient | 20 Points
• Brand Compliance | 20 Points

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Echoes Award : What?

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• Award for having most number of non-TM member testimonials.
• Corporate Clubs - linkedIn (preferred)
• College / Community - facebook/ instagram (preferred)

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• Awarded to One Club Per Division Per Term - maximum posts!
• We will validate invalid / repeat posts

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• Award Deadline
• 1st July - 30th September 2025 - To be Announced
• 1st January - 31st March 2026

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Echoes Award : Judging Criteria

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• Tag our page on various social media platforms.
• Use the hashtag #echoesOfD92
• DPRM office will share the templates for creating these testimonials - PRM Linktree
• Tagging the Non-TM is crucial!
• We will validate and negate invalid / duplicate posts.

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*Decision of DPRM is final & binding!

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Suparna Bose, DTM

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District Public Relations Manager - District 92

Program Year 2025-26

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Email - d92.prm@gmail.com