A London Athenians Toastmasters Evening


A typical meeting by the former Club President,Kate McNeilly
A Toastmasters Club is all about public speaking and a good meeting will give all participants the opportunity to speak.

A typical meeting will start with a session of impromptu speaking or "TABLE TOPICS" in which members are invited to speak for around 90 seconds on a subject given without prior notice.

There will also be a session of PREPARED SPEECHES to meet the objectives of assignments defined in the various Toastmasters public speaking manuals.
Meeting Guidelines #01
EVALUATION is an important part of the Toastmasters training process and each speech will be evaluated by a fellow member whose role it is to encourage the speaker and recommend constructive ways in which the speech might be improved.

This process of analysis and recommendation also improves the Evaluator's own speaking skills.

The table topics session is also evaluated by a Topics Evaluator and the whole meeting is evaluated by a General Evaluator.

Evaluations tend to be given by the more experienced members, although all club members take turns to perform the other "functionary" roles such as Chairman, Topics Master and Timekeeper.
Meeting Agenda
Presidential Address:
7.15 The Club President makes the welcoming address.

Role Introductions:
7.20 The Chairman takes the chair and introduces the evening's Timekeeper and Grammarian (who sets the word for the day and checks our grammar and pronunciation).

Table Topics:
7.25 The Chairman introduces the Table Topics Master who selects 8-10 people from the audience to speak for a minute and a half on chosen subjects. Afterwards the Timekeeper gives a report and a vote is taken on the Best Table Topic Speaker of the evening.

7.45 The Chairman introduces the Table Topics Evaluator who evaluates all Topics Speakers.

7.50 A ten minute break for drinks.

Prepared Speeches:
8.00 The Chairman hands control of the meeting to the evening's Toastmaster who introduces up to four prepared speeches from both the Communication and Leadership Program manual and the Advanced manuals. The Toastmaster allows 45 seconds betwen each speech for audience members to fill in their comments slips. At the end of the session, the Timekeeper gives a report and there is a vote on the Best Speaker of the evening.

8.55 The Toastmaster introduces the Evaluators of the prepared speeches. At the end, the Timekeeper gives another report and there is a vote for the Best Evaluator of the evening.

9.15 The Toastmaster hands control of the meeting back to The Chairman who calls upon the Grammarian to give his/her meeting report.

General Evaluation:
9.25 The Chairman introdues the evening's General Evaluator who provides considered feedback on the whole meeting.

9.35 The Chairman introduces the Education Vice-President who plans the Forward Diary Session of future meetings.

Presidential Close:
9.40 The Chairman returns control of the meeting to the Club President who hands out the ribbons for the winners of the three votes and makes any Club or Area announcements.

9.45 Close