In Toastmasters, one of the roles involved is that of Grammarian. One of the main elements of this job is that you need to pick a new word for each meeting to encourage people to improve their vocabulary. Last night the word was 'Stochastic'. The meaning of stochastic is: "having a random probability distribution or … Continue reading Grammarian Word Example
Category: Meeting Roles
Meeting Theme Example
Each Toastmasters meeting has a theme set by the Toastmaster. It is usually just a bit of fun, and anyone who has a role in the meeting must send their reply to the Toastmaster to be read out during the meeting. This week's Toastmaster Karen, posed the question below, I have also supplied my answer. … Continue reading Meeting Theme Example
Grammarian
The role of Grammarian involves commenting on the use of language during the meeting, in our Club we incorporate it with the role of the Ah Counter. Part of the role is to introducing the word of the day.You can use the meetings theme to help you pick a word of the day. Prior to … Continue reading Grammarian
Ah Counter
The job of the Ah Counter is to keep log of distracting expressions like ‘ah’ and ‘um’, ‘you know’, as well as other crutch words. Our Club amalgamates this role with that of the Grammarian, there is a separate post on the Role of Grammarian on this Blog. Prior to meetingPrepare a brief report on … Continue reading Ah Counter
Listening Post
Another role in Toastmasters is that of the Listening Post, the aim of the role of listening post is to listen to all the evenings speakers and then test how well members have been listening during the meeting. It is also to help all members with their listening skills. When it is your turn to … Continue reading Listening Post
Poet Master
The role of Poet Master does not seem to be filled in all Clubs. However, we use it in our Club and it is always an interesting part of the evenings that it features. I filled the role a couple of Meetings ago for the first time, so I made a set of notes to … Continue reading Poet Master
Zoom Master
Our Club has been hosting Zoom meetings since March, due to the Pandemic that started to travel around the world in November of 2019, and that then hit our shores in the first quarter of this year (our first confirmed case was on the 29th of February 2020). This led to the new role of … Continue reading Zoom Master
Table Topics Master
The Topics Master picks the impromptu speaking topics and runs the Table Topics section of the evening. The idea is to help members think on their feet by speaking off the top of their heads, on subjects for 1 to 2 minutes each. It also allows speaking opportunities for guests and for those not scheduled … Continue reading Table Topics Master
Timekeeper/Timer
The Timekeeper/Timer is responsible for timing all the sections of the evening, in order for things to be accurate and punctual. This helps people practice the skill of expressing yourself within a specific time and to stop people waffling on. Before the meeting, check the Agenda and raise any queries with the Toastmaster of the … Continue reading Timekeeper/Timer
General Evaluator
The General Evaluator evaluates everything that takes place during the club meeting, that is not otherwise and delivers a report later in the meeting. As General Evaluator, according to Toastmasters, you are meant to do the following: Before the meeting, was the room and equipment set up in time? were the guests welcomed on arrival … Continue reading General Evaluator
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