Meeting Format

A typical Toastmasters meeting is divided into four sessions:

1. Prepared Speech Session
2. Evaluation Session
   
3. Table Topics Session
4. Business Session

Meeting Roles

Each meeting is supported by members who take turns serving in the roles necessary to conduct our meeting, including:

• Toastmaster - prepares and leads the overall program. Serves as MC and ringleader, as it were.
• Table Topics Master – leads the impromptu speaking segment by asking questions to those who do not have assigned speaking roles.
• General Evaluator – evaluates the meeting overall.
• Speech Evaluator – evaluates a particular speaker.
• Timer – simply put, keeps track of each speaker’s time and provides immediate feedback in the form of signals.
• Grammarian – listens for grammatical mistakes used during meetings. The Grammarian also provides the “Word of the Day”, a word members attempt to incorporate into the meeting when speaking.
• “Ah” Counter – keeps track of, um, crutch words and, … uh, you know, unsavory speaking habits used by, like, each member of the group… uh… yeah.