Toastmaster – please see the MISSING MANUAL for more details.
This is a rough guideline to make your job easier – you can modify it of course, that is
why we have it online in .doc format –
Remember to send YOUR INTRODUCTION to the PRESIDENT before the meeting.
Fellow Toastmasters and most welcome guests, my name is __________, and it gives
me great pleasure to be the toastmaster for our meeting tonight.
For the benefit of our new members and guests, I would like to explain how the
meetings are structured. Our meetings are divided into 3 parts. THE 1st part is called
TABLE TOPICS. TABLE TOPICS teaches us how to speak extemporaneously, to handle
those impromptu questions we’re often asked in life. THE 2nd section is PREPARED
SPEECHES, where speakers prepare their own speeches according to different manual
requirements. FINALLY, THE 3rd portion of the meeting is the EVALUATION section, speakers receive immediate feedback from other experienced members of the club
giving them positive pointers and some manageable next steps for improvement.
FUNCTIONARIES
It takes several members to effectively run our TT meetings, so to help me take care of
the different responsibilities, we have FUNCTIONARIES. I would like to introduce
tonight’s functionaries .
GENERAL EVALUATOR __________
AH COUNTER/GRAMMARIAN __________
WORD MASTER __________
BALLOT COUNTER __________
TIMER __________
TABLE TOPICS
I would like to introduce our TABLE TOPICS MASTER for tonight, fellow TT Toastmaster,
__________(no formal introduction for the table topics master)
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PREPARED SPEECHES
We’ve now reached the PREPARED SPEECHES portion of our meeting. Can we please
have the timing rules for the prepared speeches?
It is the toastmaster’s job to make sure each speech has TITLE, speech number with
speech OBJECTIVE AND INTRODUCTION
Our 1st speaker tonight is __________ giving speech from the CC manual,
__________the objective of the speech is __________Tonight __________will discuss
__________PLEASE welcome __________ as she presents her speech, __________
REPEAT AS NEEDED
TIMER, DID ALL THE SPEAKERS QUALIFY??
MEMBERS , PLEASE VOTE FOR BEST SPEAKER……BALLOT COUNTER, CAN YOU PLEASE
COLLECT THE VOTES AND SPEAKER NOTES. (Hand lectern immediately to General
Evaluator – members vote while g.e. is speaking.)
I would now like to turn the lectern over to the GENERAL EVALUATOR for tonight,
__________ (no formal introduction for the general evaluator)
THE G.E. hands lectern back to YOU and ---And now the time we’ve been waiting for…..Madam/Mr. Ballot Counter, can I please
have tonight’s winners.
For best Table Topics, drum roll please everyone……the winner for best Table Topics is
___________
For best Evaluator, drum roll please…..the winner for best evaluator is ______________
And for the best speaker tonight, drum……..the winner for best speaker is
____________
"It has been my pleasure to serve as toastmaster tonight." I would now like to turn the
lectern over to our club president, _______________
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