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Club Meeting Roles
The main duty of the Toastmaster is to act as the host and make introductions.
The Toastmaster creates an atmosphere of interest, expectation, and receptivity. We encourage you to observe a few meetings before signing up for this role.
If you are new club member and want to take on this role, please reach out to us at downtowntorontotoastmasters@gmail.com to prepare for the role.
Before the meetings
During the meetings
Few tips:
Resources to help you prepare
The Toast is a mini-speech with a definite structure to it – introduction, body and conclusion. The purpose of proposing a toast is to honour a someone or something.
Tip: Try to avoid proposing a toast to controversial persons or subjects.
Table Topics are impromptu speeches. The purpose of the Table Topics section is to help members and guests think on their feet and speak on a given subject for between 1 – 2 minutes.
It also allows speaking opportunities for those who are not programmed for other roles on the Agenda including guests
As a Table Topic Master you will challenge each participant with a subject or question to help them hone their impromptu speaking.
Before the meeting
During the meeting
If in doubt, reach out to downtowntoastmasters@gmail.com with your questions.
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Tackling the Topicsmaster Role
The Timer tracks and logs timings of various speeches. Including Toast, Speakers, Evaluators and Table Topics participants.
Before the meeting
During the meeting
The following roles are to be timed:
Timing will begin with the speaker’s first definite verbal or nonverbal communication with the audience.
This usually will be the first word uttered by the speaker, but would include any other form of communication, such as sound effects, a gesture, a staged act by another person, etc.
Resources to help you prepare
The grammarian plays an important role in helping all club members improve their grammar and vocabulary.
As grammarian you:
Resources to help you prepare
A major portion of each meeting is centered around two or three Prepared Speakers. Most speeches typically last from five to seven minutes but if your speech is of custom length, tell the Toastmaster know.
Preparation is essential!
As a Speaker you:
A few tips:
Icebreaker
Icebreaker is the first Project in Level 1 across all 11 learning paths in Pathways.
This introductory speech is a great way to give fellow club members information about your background, interests, and ambitions.
We encourage all new members to start working towards Icebreaker (but work at your own pace)
This speech is 4-6 mins long
Resources to help you prepare
5 Easy Tips for Crafting a Speech
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