WELCOME
To
Tube Talk Toastmasters Club
We meet on the second and fourth Wednesday each month at:
London Underground Limited
Seventh Floor; 7H Rooms 1, 2 & 3
Templar House
81 to 87 High Holborn
London
WC1V 6NU
From 18:00 until 20:00
Committee Members 2013/14:
President
Mildred Talabi
E-mail: mtalabi@gmail.com
VP Education/Asst
Florian Allwein/Fiona Dunkley
E-mail: florianallwein@googlemail.com
E-mail: fionadunkley@hotmail.com
VP Membership
Jennifer McBurnie
E-mail: jennifermcburnie@googlemail.com
VP Public Relations
Uli Kilian
E-mail: ulikilian@gmx.de
Sergeant at Arms
Yomi Ogunbiyi
E-mail: yom22@yahoo.co.uk
Secretary
Talia Ajibade
E-mail: shalomtalia1@googlemail.com
Treasurer
Tony Huddle
E-mail
Immediate Past
President
Liz Hobbs
E-mail: liz.hobbs@tube.tfl.gov.uk
VP Mentoring
Brian Ellender
Contact via club meetings or D71 web-site
Contact via club meetings
Visitors always welcome
Tube Talk Toastmasters Club
(Membership Form)
I would like to join Tube Talk Toastmasters Club.
Please use block capitals and write clearly, thanks.
Name:
Address:
Post Code:
Email:
Phone Day:
Eve:
Mob:
I’m already a member of
Yes / No
another Toastmasters Club:
Where did you first hear of Toastmasters:
How did you hear about Tube Talk:
Which Club:
At each meeting there are a number of roles to be filled in order that the meeting runs smoothly. A brief
description of them can be found on a separate sheet.
As you become more familiar with the pattern of the meetings you’ll be encouraged to step into each of the
meeting roles (one at a time) as part of your learning experience.
In future I might be willing to serve on the committee: Yes □/ No □
Meetings are open from 18:00 and commence promptly at 18:15. We aim to close as near to 20.15 as
possible.
We open with a warm up, followed by introduction of some roles, prepared speeches, break and then ‘Table
Topics’ (90 sec impromptu speeches). Each prepared or Table Topics speech is evaluated individually.
Fees: New member fee (to cover your membership pack) = £13.50
Which needs to be added to your membership dues: See table below.
Month joined
Membership
dues
Total first
time fee
Month joined
Membership
dues
Total first
time fee
Oct or Apr
Nov or May
Dec or Jun
£31.00
£26.00
£21.00
£
£
£
Jan or Jul
Feb or Aug
Mar or Sep
£16.00
£11.00
£ 6.00
£
£
£
44.50
39.50
34.50
Please make cheques payable to Tube Talk Toastmasters
Do join us; we aim to make you feel most welcome and help you have fun.
Member Signature:
Date:
Club Officer Signature:
Date:
29.50
24.50
19.50
TOASTMASTERS CLUB MEETING
THE FUNCTIONARY ROLES
(Meetings commence with a brief opening address by the Club President)
THE TOASTMASTER: is responsible for introducing all the other functionaries and making sure that
the meeting runs smoothly and that the agenda (including times) is adhered to.
TIMEKEEPER: there is a lighting board at the back of the room visible to all presenters. Every
contributor is timed and the timekeeper displays first a green light (minimum speaking time), then
amber (approaching allocated time), then red (reached allotted time), the speaker should end, but if
required has 30 seconds to round up and then must stop.
GRAMMARIAN: listens out for use of language, the pearls and the pitfalls. At the close of the
meeting will comment and highlight the good, the bad and the ugly (usually not much that is ugly).
SPEAKER: every member, at their own speed is required to make ten speeches, commencing with the
‘Icebreaker’ and working toward the goal of Competent Communicator (full instructions can be found in
the Toastmasters manual).
EVALUATOR: this role requires acute listening and observation skills. The desired outcome is for the
evaluator to be able to commend, recommend and commend (CRC). In other words using the
‘sandwich’ technique to give their own opinion on good points, what could possibly be improved and
what was really impressive.
TOPICS MASTER/MISTRESS: Table topics are the 1 to 2 minute, off-the-cuff speeches. It is the role
of the Topics Master to devise an interesting and stimulating series of topics which are then ‘sprung’
upon the audience. You do not know what you are going to have to talk about until your name is called
and you step up (to the podium). Some like it, some loathe it, but it’s tremendously good experience.
TABLE TOPICS EVALUATOR: demands even more accurate listening, observation and concise
presentation/speaking/communications skills, since you may be required to comment on up to 8
speakers (again using commend, recommend and commend) and only have 10 minutes in which to do
it.
GENERAL EVALUATOR: can be a club member or a visitor from another club. If a visitor, may
comment on the general ambience of the venue and the warmth of the welcome and will go on to
evaluate everyone who has performed a role and has not, so far, been evaluated by anyone else.
Thereby comments will be offered, plus commendations and recommendations for the President,
Toastmaster, Timekeeper, Grammarian, Table Topics Master and Evaluators.
During the evening there will have been short breaks (1 minute) tabled for voting. We vote for best
Speaker (prepared speech), Table Topics speaker and Evaluator. Certificates are awarded and the
President then closes the meeting.