Speaker Schedule
Sharing your Experience, Strength and Hope
Sharing your Experience, Strength and Hope
When you share your experience or a personal story of strength and hope, you greatly help others in their recovery journey & newcomers facing turmoil. Your story of strength and hope can give strength to those who need it the most. The most rewarding part of speaking is when someone mentions to you after you share how thankful they are to hear your story. It not only helps them, but can help you as well.
Reserve your spot. Sign up below.
Signing up to Speak
Signing up to Speak
STEP ONE: Look at the above schedule and identify a day / time that is currently vacant prior to filling out the Speaker Request Form..
GROUP CONSCIENCE GUIDELINES:
- 90 DAYS clean and sober before sharing your Experience, Strength & Hope.- Please sign up only once every 90 days to speak. Volunteering during a meeting that does not have a speaker does not count towards this guideline.- The Friday Night Beginner's Meeting requires 3 YEARS of continuous sobriety.- These guidelines are for Speakers only. All are encouraged to attend any meeting.
A FEW THINGS TO CONSIDER FOR GUEST SPEAKERS:
1. When you join at your meeting time, please alert the host that you have arrived. The room is usually opened 20 minutes prior to the scheduled start time.
2. Approximately 5 minutes after the host has opened the meeting he/she will introduce you to the group. At that point you will have between 15-20 minutes to share how AA has influenced your recovery. Sometimes speakers find it helpful to have a timer handy to keep themselves on track.
3. Please remember that this is an open meeting and unlike in-person meetings, we enter as guests into our member's homes and living spaces. Please refrain from using inappropriate language and material. The absence of profanity will offend no one!
4. After your share, the host will ask you to choose a topic for the group to discuss. Be as creative as you like here.
5. At the end of the meeting the host will then ask you to "close us out with a prayer of your choice". (Keep in mind you will likely be reciting this prayer yourself while others in the group are still muted.)
PLEASE NOTE: The schedule does not automatically update with your request. Allow volunteers time to make those adjustments. Speaker slots are filled on a first come first served basis. Your request will be timestamped to ensure accuracy.
GROUP CONSCIENCE GUIDELINES:
- 90 DAYS clean and sober before sharing your Experience, Strength & Hope.- Please sign up only once every 90 days to speak. Volunteering during a meeting that does not have a speaker does not count towards this guideline.- The Friday Night Beginner's Meeting requires 3 YEARS of continuous sobriety.- These guidelines are for Speakers only. All are encouraged to attend any meeting.
A FEW THINGS TO CONSIDER FOR GUEST SPEAKERS:
1. When you join at your meeting time, please alert the host that you have arrived. The room is usually opened 20 minutes prior to the scheduled start time.
2. Approximately 5 minutes after the host has opened the meeting he/she will introduce you to the group. At that point you will have between 15-20 minutes to share how AA has influenced your recovery. Sometimes speakers find it helpful to have a timer handy to keep themselves on track.
3. Please remember that this is an open meeting and unlike in-person meetings, we enter as guests into our member's homes and living spaces. Please refrain from using inappropriate language and material. The absence of profanity will offend no one!
4. After your share, the host will ask you to choose a topic for the group to discuss. Be as creative as you like here.
5. At the end of the meeting the host will then ask you to "close us out with a prayer of your choice". (Keep in mind you will likely be reciting this prayer yourself while others in the group are still muted.)
PLEASE NOTE: The schedule does not automatically update with your request. Allow volunteers time to make those adjustments. Speaker slots are filled on a first come first served basis. Your request will be timestamped to ensure accuracy.