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What happens during a Toastmaster meeting?
A Toastmaster meeting is a perfect opportunity for you to practice public speaking, impromptu speeches and speaking English in a friendly environment!
We hold official meetings with prepared speeches and table topics section, useful workshops and social events to network and have fun.
During a typical official meeting, club members undertake different roles to keep our evening engaging and running smoothly.
Guests are always welcome to join our events and club!
Roles
every Meeting = New topic
every Meeting = New topic
Team of Functionaries:
Toastmaster of the Day: a meeting's director and host, picks the topic of the day.
Grammarian: helps club members improve their grammar and vocabulary.
Timer: responsible for monitoring time for each meeting segment and each speaker.
Table Topics Master: delivers the Table Topics portion of the meeting
Speakers and Evaluators:
Speakers: deliver prepared speeches for 5-7 minutes
Speech Evaluators: Speech Evaluators provide verbal and written feedback to meeting speakers
General Evaluator: evaluates everything that takes place during the club meeting.
Two sections
Prepared speeches
Prepared speeches
speeches for about 5-7 minutes each
for members only
Table topics section
Table topics section
improptu speeches for 1-2 minutes, led by the Table Topics Master
both guests and members can participate
Examples of Speeches and Speech Evaluators
Speaker 1
Speaker 2
Two Winners
Best Table Topic Speaker - the winner of Table Topics section (impromptu speeches), voted by the audience.
Word of the Day Winner is a partcipant that used the Word of the Day (set up and counted by the Grammarian) most often.
Agenda of a typical meeting
17:45-18:00 - Networking
18:00-18:12 - Toastmaster of the Day Introduction
18:12-18:50 - Prepared Speeches section
18:50-19:00 - Break
19:00-19:20 - Table Topics section
19:20-19:45 - Evaluations and Reports
After 20:00 - Afterparty (unofficial part of the meeting where guests and members are welcome to join us)
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