COT First Round Training 2025-2026

In Person Training

June 21th: Kick Off,  North Reading, MA

The in person training for the summer will take place at Amazon Robotics (300 Riverpark Dr, North Reading, MA 01864)  from 9:30 AM-12:30 PM for Club Officer Training.

Note: Breakfast to be provided to those that attend the club officer training session

The link to register can be found through the : https://www.zeffy.com/ticketing/district-31-club-officer-training-june-14th-kick-off-north-reading-ma

North Reading Training Schedule

August 9th: Club Success Plan Teaming,  Framingham, MA

The in person training for the summer will take place

August 9, 2025, 9:45 am – 12:00 pm
Framingham McAullife Library
Address: 746 Water St, Framingham, MA 01701 

Toastmasters International has changed the Distinguished Club Program (DCP) this year. To qualify for the DCP, a club must submit a CSP by September 30, 2025 to be eligible. 

In this in-person session you will learn about the new CSP in the first 45 min. I the remainder of the time, you will work with a team to complete a draft your your club success plan and submit it to Toastmasters International. 

As a prerequisite, please make sure to discuss with your club if they will be using the “Online/Interactive” or “Offline/PDF” club success plan, log into Club Central, select club success plan and then select the type of club success plan you will be using (see screenshots). 

It is highly recommended that several of your officers come to this training together, so that you are able to work through the club success plan with them as a team.

Note: Breakfast to be provided to those that attend the club officer training session

The link to register is here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/in-person-club-officer-training-framingham-tickets-1543143897939?aff=oddtdtcreator

Framingham Training Schedule

August 27th: Club Success Plan Teaming,  Chelmsford, MA

The in person training for the summer will take place

August  27, 2025, 6:00 – 8:15 PM
Chelmsford Main Library
Address: 25 Boston Rd, Chelmsford, MA 01824.

Toastmasters International has changed the Distinguished Club Program (DCP) this year. To qualify for the DCP, a club must submit a CSP by September 30, 2025 to be eligible. 

In this in-person session you will learn about the new CSP in the first 45 min. I the remainder of the time, you will work with a team to complete a draft your your club success plan and submit it to Toastmasters International. 

As a prerequisite, please make sure to discuss with your club if they will be using the “Online/Interactive” or “Offline/PDF” club success plan, log into Club Central, select club success plan and then select the type of club success plan you will be using (see screenshots). 

It is highly recommended that several of your officers come to this training together, so that you are able to work through the club success plan with them as a team.

Note: Breakfast to be provided to those that attend the club officer training session

The link to register is here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/district-31-toastmasters-in-person-club-officer-training-chelmsford-tickets-1543147328199?aff=oddtdtcreator

Chelmsford Training Schedule

Virtual Training Topics

To allow for maximum flexibility, District 31 is offering a wide variety of training topics from which you can choose. Per Toastmasters policy, each club officer must attend training that is specific to their club officer roles, which means that attending one of the many offerings of the Club Officer Peer Sessions is required. In addition to this mandatory session, club officers must choose at least one other training session to attend from the choices listed below. Having a hard time choosing which topic to attend? Why not attend all of the topics that are of interest to you? Not only will you learn more by attending more sessions, but you will also help your club towards earning the training incentive.

NOTE:

1. All of our Peer and Elective Sessions through June and July have been posted.

2. August trainings are currently being added. Check back here or on the District calendar for updates. 

3. The new Toastmasters International Distinguished Club Program requires clubs to submit a Club Success Plan (CSP) by September 30th.

Elective Topics Navigation for June and July:

Free Toast Host (Club Website)

Master the New Club Success Plan

Master the New Club Success Plan and Moments of Truth

New Member Orientation

Pathways Part 1 – Basecamp

Using Meetup.com to Advertise your Club

Club Officer Peer Sessions (required)

Are you struggling with your officer role and looking for guidance? Or have you found a great way to execute your role and want to share it with others? Come to a club officer peer session to learn about how to execute your responsibilities of your role and share challenges and successes with others in the same role. There will be breakout sessions for each officer role. It is required to attend at least one of these sessions for club credit in the DCP program (along with another hour or more of the topic of your choice). The offerings in June will entail step by step details of what the role is all about for those new in club officer roles. In the months of July and August we will NOT be doing a step by step review of what each role entails, but will instead encourage participants to ask questions and share advice with each other. We may have more of the basic step by step trainings in July and August depending on interest, if that is the case it will be noted on the calendar and schedule. Otherwise expect the more participant discussion session for the later months.

Pre-work: It is expected that you have read through the requirements of your role in the Club Leadership Handbook PRIOR to attending this session.

Club Officer Elective Sessions (required)

In addition to peer sessions club officers must choose at least one other training session to attend from the choices listed below. Having a hard time choosing which topic to attend? Why not attend all of the topics that are of interest to you? Not only will you learn more by attending more sessions, but you will also help your club towards earning the training incentive.

Pre-work: No pre-work is currently assigned to any of our electives.

COT Credit Policy:

• Member must attend 1 peer session and 1 elective session, and complete the survey in order to get credit for COT.
• If a member serves as an officer in multiple clubs, all the clubs that the member serves as an officer will get the credit.
• If you have attended the COT session, and did not complete the survey, please mail to pqd@district31.org  with the session name and date.
• If you have attended COT in another District, please have the PQD of that District send a confirmation to pqd@district31.org

Club Officer Training Tracker

Last Updated 9/21/2025.

If you took a training before the “Last Updated” date, and it is not reflected in the tracker, please contact pqd@district31.org.