There are lots of roles performed at our regular meetings, giving you the chance to practice different skills. In this section, you can find out more information about how to prepare and perform the specific roles listed below:
Toastmaster
The toastmaster is one of the most challenging roles, responsible for the smooth and timely running of the entire meeting and for introducing all participants.
Table Topics Master
The table topics master's job is to get people thinking on their feet. They do this by calling upon volunteers to stand up for one to two minutes and speak on a surprise topic, question, theme or scenario.
Prepared speeches
This is of course the main event of the meeting. Every member follow a manual containing ten projects/speeches that are to be performed in succession. A meeting will include 2-4 prepared speeches.
Speech Evaluator
Each prepared speaker is assigned an evaluator to provide more thorough feedback to allow them to learn from their performance, pointing out strengths and also things the speaker needs to improve upon.
Time Keeper
The time keeper helps everyone stick to their allocated time, a vital skill in all forms of public speaking and communication. They do this by signalling with different coloured sheets to let each person know how much time they have left.
Grammarian/ah counter
The grammarians main job is to listen to people's use of language and comment on how they deploy it to spice up their act. The grammarian also counts ah’s and um’s, those irritating sounds we use to fill out a moment when we don’t really know what to say.
General Evaluator
The general evaluator looks at the whole meeting and evaluates all the functionaries.
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