Each meeting at Seattle Sunrise Toastmasters has a meeting host and facilitator. It’s the Toastmaster’s job to fill this role.
Prior to the meeting
- Send an email to the members involved in next meeting. Include the meeting, theme, and role assignments. Specifically ask each speaker for the following:
- Speech title
- Manual & project number
- Speech objectives
- Speech time requirements
- How they’d like to be introduced
- Create an agenda for the meeting using templates at top of this page.
- Prepare a script for the meeting (download example)
At the meeting
- Arrive early
- Sit near the lectern
- Distribute the prepared agenda
- Check-in with each speaker; ask for any last-minute changes
During the meeting
- Announce any changes to the agenda
- Ask the Timer and Grammarian to explain their role
- Introduce each Speaker, the Table Topics Master, Speech Evaluators, and General Evaluator
- Ask the Grammarian to provide their report
- Lead the applause before and after each speaker
- Return control to the club President
After the meeting
Send copy of agenda, with any modifications, to the VP of Education. (If you have a camera phone, you can just snap a clear photo of it and email it.)
