Role in Toastmasters

Please keep in mind, not all Toastmasters Clubs are conducted in exactly the same manner. For more exact roles in a Club meeting, please contact your Club's Vice President of Education.

Toastmaster

The member assigned to emcee a Club program; Responsible for the flow and continuity of a club meeting.

Table Topics Master

The member assigned to conduct the impromptu speaking segment of the program; Responsible for developing questions to be posed to members and the selection of members to participate.

General Evaluator

A member assigned to conduct the Evaluation segment of the program; Evaluates the effectiveness of the evaluators ad provides an overall valuation of the meeting against the Standard of Excellence for Toastmasters Clubs meetings.

Prepared Speech

A speech, normally from one of the Toastmaster speech manuals, that a Toastmaster member will give at a meeting. The speech has a predetermined time limit and should meet the objectives stated under the speech project.

Speech Evaluator

A member assigned to evaluate a prepared speech; Responsible for providing the speaker with growth oriented feed back on his/her performance/presentation in accordance with the speech project objectives.

Timer

A member assigned to time each element of the program and each member who participate in the speaking program, including Table Topics, Formal Speakers and Evaluators.

Ah Counter

A member assigned to monitor speech fill ins or ‘crutch words' such as ‘ah', ‘em', ‘you know', ‘well', and other sounds and words used to fill time as the speaker tries to think of what to say next.

Grammarian

A member assigned to listen to, and comment on, the proper use of words in the English language; Responsible for recognizing creativity and for offering suggestions for improvements.

Word of the Day

This is a WORD, given a the beginning of a meeting that Toastmaster members are encouraged to use in either their speeches, evaluations, or when participating in Table Topics. The WORD, it's spelling, pronunciation, and meaning are given by the Word Master or Grammarian. At some Clubs, the Word Master can also be a meeting role and whoever uses the WORD the most during the meeting gets an award (ribbon or trophy).

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