TOASTMASTER MEETING AGENDA 7:15 Sgt. At Arms calls the group to order, introduces the President 7:16 President opens the meeting, welcomes the guests and introduces the Prayer &
Pledge person, who presents an inspirational message and leads the group in the Pledge of Allegiance
7:20 President introduces the Toastmaster 7:21 Toastmaster (TM) introduces the theme of the meeting and introduces the Wordmaster,
the One Minute TM, and the Humorist The Wordmaster introduces a new word, which members try to use when speaking. The One Minute TM speaks for a minute about a way to improve the club or meetings. The Humorist tries to get the audience into a happy frame of min' 7:25 Toastmaster introduces the General Evaluator (GE) 7:26 GE introduces the helpers and then turns the meeting back to the TM The Timer times speeches and presents a report at the end of the meeting.
The Ah Counter counts speakers "ahs" and "ums" and presents a report The Vote Counter tallies votes for best speakers and announces winners The Grammarian notes proper and improper grammar and presents a report 7:30 Toastmaster introduces the three Speakers in turn, giving speech title, length of speech, and whether it is a speech from a Toastmasters manual. At conclusion of each speech, the TM passes around a basket for written comments from the audience, returning the basket to the Speaker. 7:50 Toastmaster has everyone vote for Best SP and passes basket to the Votecounter (VC). TM introduces GE.
7:51 GE introduces the Evaluators (EV), each of whom gives a three minute evaluation of a speech, pointing out what the Speaker did well as well as areas for improvement. 8:00 GE has everyone vote for Best EV and passes basket to VC. GE turns meeting over to TM TM introduces the Table Topics Master (TTM) who asks open-ended questions, then calls on an audience member for a 2 minute impromptu response. At end of session, TTM asks audience to vote on who did the best job responding to questions and passes basket to collect votes. 8:15 TTM turns meeting over to the GE 8:16 GE gives 3-5 minute evaluation of the meeting pointing out where meeting planning and flow went smoothly and where it could be improved. 8:20 GE calls on the helpers for their reports: TI reports on length of speeches Ah Counter points out who used excessive filler words Grammarian cites examples of incorrect grammar Wordmaster reports on who used the Word of the Day 8:25 GE turns the meeting back to the TM 8:26 TM calls on the VC to tell group who received the most votes for: Best Table Topics Best Evaluator Best Speaker TM presents ribbons to winners, makes closing remarks, and returns the meeting to the PRES. 8:28 President makes club announcements, calls for additional announcements, and adjourns the meeting. Santa Cruz Downtown Toastmasters
Santa Cruz, CA.
Club 1803
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I've added the agenda document as a PDF (for pretty printing) and as a Microsoft Word file (for ease of editing).
Now there's a description of duties for each job during the weekly meeting.