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Top 10 Reasons You Should Be a DTM Mentor
It’s our 10th episode anniversary – 10th show for District 10!
Top 10 Reasons why you should be a DTM Mentor.
If you’ve been listening to this podcast, you’ll know that I mention that I’m the only DTM Mentorship Chair in the world.
Why do I get the title? I asked for it! This doesn’t count as a district office, so I don’t get to count it toward another Advanced Leadership Silver. Hey, International! I think you could help a girl out here.
After I got the three magic letters after my name, what else was I going to do?
I know there are people who have gotten a second or even a third DTM, but that’s not me. I looked at the work to do it again and said – er – no thanks. Once has been enough for me.
In the Stark Community club, five of us started working together on our DTMs in 2010. Laura Dressler was the last to complete her DTM. She asked me questions about what she needed to do next – just because I was a bit further down the DTM road than she was.
I realized that what other people had done for me, showing me the ropes, telling me what I could be doing next, inviting me to join them – was what I was doing with Laura. When Marsha Friedman decided to retire as the world’s first DTM mentorship chair, I asked if I could have the job.
Helping others work toward their goals has encouraged me to stay. I see the value of keeping our experienced DTMs in Toastmasters. District 10 has created the “Mentorship Chair” to help our members succeed and our clubs get the advanced awards needed for the Distinguished Club Program.
But what is a DTM Mentor?
A DTM mentor is anyone who encourages another member to achieve their DTM. The requirements for the job are pretty simple: know the education program and the steps to the DTM, and preferably, a willingness to help out on tasks or projects when assistance is needed. The mentor does not have to have a DTM: we have peer to peer mentorships as well as mentor/protégé relationships. This relationship is defined by the two members – how often they meet, how much assistance is given is up to the team.
The category tonight is Top 10 Reasons for YOU to be a DTM Mentor. Helping me tonight is District 10 immediate Past District Governor, Debora Curtis. Debbie is a member of Playhouse Toastmasters and Hall of Fame Toastmasters Advanced Club. She received her first DTM in 2010and will receive her second at the District 10 Spring 2015 Conference.
Top 10 reasons you should be a DTM Mentor:
Number 10: Mentoring counts toward the Competent Leadership Manual.
The mentoring requirement specifically mentions 3 speeches. I’m looking at the manual right now and there are two choices – mentor an existing member with their next three speaking and/or leadership projects – so that might include chairing a contest or a membership building project. The other choice is being a mentor for someone’s High Performance Leadership project. You can be a part of the High Performance Leadership guidance committee.
There’s no restriction on guidance committee memberships. You don’t have to have completed your HPL to serve on someone’s committee. So yes, the peer mentor can serve in this way – and get credit for it.
It was funny to me that once I finished my HPL, I saw multitudes of opportunities for my fellow Toastmasters to use the HPL in their personal or professional lives.
Number 9: Your protégé is not limited to your home club.
It is more convenient – when I was working toward my DTM, my mentors were right beside me.
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It’s our 10th episode anniversary – 10th show for District 10!
Top 10 Reasons why you should be a DTM Mentor.
If you’ve been listening to this podcast, you’ll know that I mention that I’m the only DTM Mentorship Chair in the world.
Why do I get the title? I asked for it! This doesn’t count as a district office, so I don’t get to count it toward another Advanced Leadership Silver. Hey, International! I think you could help a girl out here.
After I got the three magic letters after my name, what else was I going to do?
I know there are people who have gotten a second or even a third DTM, but that’s not me. I looked at the work to do it again and said – er – no thanks. Once has been enough for me.
In the Stark Community club, five of us started working together on our DTMs in 2010. Laura Dressler was the last to complete her DTM. She asked me questions about what she needed to do next – just because I was a bit further down the DTM road than she was.
I realized that what other people had done for me, showing me the ropes, telling me what I could be doing next, inviting me to join them – was what I was doing with Laura. When Marsha Friedman decided to retire as the world’s first DTM mentorship chair, I asked if I could have the job.
Helping others work toward their goals has encouraged me to stay. I see the value of keeping our experienced DTMs in Toastmasters. District 10 has created the “Mentorship Chair” to help our members succeed and our clubs get the advanced awards needed for the Distinguished Club Program.
But what is a DTM Mentor?
A DTM mentor is anyone who encourages another member to achieve their DTM. The requirements for the job are pretty simple: know the education program and the steps to the DTM, and preferably, a willingness to help out on tasks or projects when assistance is needed. The mentor does not have to have a DTM: we have peer to peer mentorships as well as mentor/protégé relationships. This relationship is defined by the two members – how often they meet, how much assistance is given is up to the team.
The category tonight is Top 10 Reasons for YOU to be a DTM Mentor. Helping me tonight is District 10 immediate Past District Governor, Debora Curtis. Debbie is a member of Playhouse Toastmasters and Hall of Fame Toastmasters Advanced Club. She received her first DTM in 2010and will receive her second at the District 10 Spring 2015 Conference.
Top 10 reasons you should be a DTM Mentor:
Number 10: Mentoring counts toward the Competent Leadership Manual.
The mentoring requirement specifically mentions 3 speeches. I’m looking at the manual right now and there are two choices – mentor an existing member with their next three speaking and/or leadership projects – so that might include chairing a contest or a membership building project. The other choice is being a mentor for someone’s High Performance Leadership project. You can be a part of the High Performance Leadership guidance committee.
There’s no restriction on guidance committee memberships. You don’t have to have completed your HPL to serve on someone’s committee. So yes, the peer mentor can serve in this way – and get credit for it.
It was funny to me that once I finished my HPL, I saw multitudes of opportunities for my fellow Toastmasters to use the HPL in their personal or professional lives.
Number 9: Your protégé is not limited to your home club.
It is more convenient – when I was working toward my DTM, my mentors were right beside me.