7:00-7:08 – President: Call to Order
The President or Presiding Officer extends greetings to members and guests and shares the Mission Statement for our club and for Toastmasters. The President then leads the audience in a time of self-introduction and response to an ice-breaker question. A maximum of 30 seconds is allowed, per person.
The President or Presiding Officer introduces tonight’s Toastmaster and releases lectern to Toastmaster.
7:08-7:13 – Toastmaster of the Day
The Toastmaster of the day sets the meeting theme and tone while introducing the evening’s program. Our Toastmaster will present the Word of the Day and examples of that word in common usage, a quote and the educational focus for the evening.
Meeting Theme, Word of the Day, Definition, and Quotes:
Meeting Theme: “Magnificent Moments”.
Celebrate the outstanding and awe-inspiring moments within speeches and presentations.
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1. elaborate, or
- “When we see the magnificence in others, our love is boundless.” -Harold W. Becker
- “Life is to be lived as a magnificent adventure, or not at all.” Hellen Keller
- “You are magnificent. You are extraordinary.” Tahareh Mafi
- ” I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.” Jack London
- “Be magnificent. Life’s short. Get out there. You can do it. Everyone can do it. Everyone.” Andy Serkis
- “I am the reflection of my source which is magnificent in all ways.” Wayne Dyer
7:13-7:14 -The General Evaluator
General Evaluator OpenThe General Evaluator leads the evaluation team and ensures the evaluation roles are covered. They evaluate everything that takes place during the meeting.
The General Evaluator Introduces the rest of the evaluation team.
The Evaluation Team
7:14-7:15 – Speech Evaluators
Evaluator OpenThe Speech Evaluator evaluates one of the speeches in tonight’s meeting, explaining what they will be looking for in the speech and the feedback they will give at the end of the night.
7:15-7:16 – Ah Counter
Ah Counter OpenThe Ah Counter explains the value of identifying filler words and hesitations that were used in our speech tonight.
They count and record filler words such as “ah”, “er”, and “um”. At the end of the night, the Ah Counter reports on our filler word usage at the end of meeting.
7:16-7:17 – Grammarian
Grammarian OpenThe Grammarian identifies proper use of the English language and recognizes the use of the word of the day.
7:17-7:18 – Timer
Timer OpenThe Timer times each person’s presentation to ensure accurate use of the allotted times.
Speeches
7:19-7:20 – Toastmaster introduces the first speech evaluator
Evaluator 2 OpenThe Speech Evaluator will discuss the purpose and objectives for the first speech, as well as the length of the speech.
The Toastmaster reads the prepared introduction for Speech #1 before releasing the lectern to Speaker #1.
7:20-7:27 – Speaker 1
Speaker Open
7:27-7:28 – The Toastmaster summarizes the first speech, and introduces the second Speech Evaluator.
Evaluator 3 OpenThe Speech Evaluator will discuss the purpose and objectives for the first speech, as well as the length of the speech.
The Toastmaster reads the prepared introduction for Speech #2 before releasing the lectern to Speaker #2
7:28-7:35 – Speaker 2
Speaker 2 Open
Table Topics
7:35-7:36 – Toastmaster Introduces the Topics Master
7:36-7:51 – Table Topics
Table Topics OpenTable Topics provides an opportunity for others to practice impromptu speaking, with creative questions. Once Table Topics is complete, the Topics Master returns the lectern to the Toastmaster.
7:51-8:04 – Evaluations
Evaluation Team OpenThe Toastmaster summarizes the speech portion of the meeting, and introduces the General Evaluator.
General Evaluator and the Evaluation Team
Each speech evaluator discusses the speech, with its strengths, areas for improvement (Glow and Grow), followed by evaluations by the rest of the Evaluation Team:
- The Ah Counter details the improper use of filler words.
- Our Grammarian will evaluate our use of the English language and the Word of the Day.
- The Timer will give their report on how well we kept to the allotted times.
The General Evaluate will present an overall review before returning the lectern to the Toastmaster.
The Toastmaster makes closing comments before turning the lectern over to the President or Presiding Officer.
8:04-8:15 – Closing
The VP of Education seeks to fill roles for upcoming meetings.
VP Fills Roles for Next OpenThe President invites input from our guests, summarizes upcoming events, and deals with any club business.
President Closes OpenMeeting Ends
Meeting Ends
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