Our meetings run from 7:00am until 8:15am. The format is usually the same for each meeting unless we are having a special meeting or the Toastmaster wants to change the format.
At 7:00am the President calls the meeting to order and welcomes everyone. When we have guests our club president will have each member give a brief introduction - if time permits.
The Toastmaster - will have a theme for the meeting and set the stage by calling for the thought of the day and introducing his or her team.
The Grammarian - offers a word for the day and listens for good and poor grammar. We try to use the word of the day for all speaking parts of the meeting.
The Timer - keeps the meeting running on time. Most speeches are for 5 - 7 minutes in length. The evaluations are 2 - 3 minutes and table topics (impromptu speaking) run for 1 - 2 minutes.
The Vote Counter - gathers and tabulates the voting after each portion of the meeting. At the end of the speaking portion of the meeting he or she will hand out the awards with the Toastmaster.
The Table Topics Master - involves members who don't have a speaking role in the meeting by asking them a question and have them get up and answer it.
The General Evaluator - evaluates the overall meeting.
The Evaluators - work with the speakers and will give them a written evaluation if a speaker is working from one of the manuals. Additionally, each evaluator will give a speaker an oral evaluation.
The Speakers - will deliver a presentation of their choice. The manuals all have clear objectives but the speaker selects the topic.
An average meeting will have 5 - 7 table topics followed by two speeches. Then the Toastmaster leads his or her team for the evaluation portion of the meeting by introducing each of the evaluators and then by asking for reports from the grammarian, timer and hand out the awards with the vote counter.
The speaking portion of our meetings is usually completed by 8:10 am. The Toastmaster will return control of the meeting to our club president.
The president will ask for feedback from our guests, announce the schedule for the following week and handle any remaining club business.
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