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:
Our WOTD is REFRESHED—to be renewed in strength, revived in spirit, and restored with new energy. Feeling restored in strength, energy, or spirit after fatigue or stress. Revived in appearance or condition, made to seem new again. Renewed in perspective, giving a sense of clarity or lightness.
THEME: How has a visit, caring gesture or a phone call from someone special refreshed you in a weary moment in your life?
QUOTES:
“The soul is always refreshed when touched by kindness.”
“Even in life’s weariness, a word of love can leave the heart refreshed.”
“True friendship leaves you not drained, but refreshed.”
“A weary spirit can be refreshed by hope, as surely as dry ground is refreshed by rain.”
“Each new day is a chance to feel refreshed, renewed, and ready to begin again.”
The presence of God leaves the soul refreshed and restored.”
“Those who wait on the Lord will be refreshed with new strength.”
“A generous heart not only gives but is itself refreshed.”
“Times of prayer refresh the weary spirit like living water.”
“Encouragement from others is God’s way of refreshing our hearts
7:13-7:14 -The General Evaluator
The 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
The 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
The 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
The Grammarian identifies proper use of the English language and recognizes the use of the word of the day.
7:17-7:18 – Timer
The 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
The 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
7:27-7:28 – The Toastmaster summarizes the first speech, and introduces the second Speech Evaluator.
The 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
Table Topics
7:35-7:36 – Toastmaster Introduces the Topics Master
7:36-7:51 – Table Topics
Table 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
The 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.
The President invites input from our guests, summarizes upcoming events, and deals with any club business.
Meeting Ends
Meeting Ends
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