What Can You Expect?
Meeting Format.
Our meetings always follow a planned agenda, which typically
includes:
- one to three prepared speeches (from Speaker’s Manuals
that suggest the type of speech and topics, objectives to
try to achieve and public speaking pointers)
- followed by a Table Topics Session
- speech evaluations
- Club Business
Members sign up for duties, which range from giving
a speech or evaluating a speech to telling the joke of the day
or serving as the timer. You can start with short prepared speeches
(Joke or Thought for the Day) as a way to build your confidence
before giving speeches from the manual.
Table Topics involves asking someone to step forward
and speak extemporaneously for one to two minutes on a predetermined
topic. It’s also a great way to help us all achieve our individual
goals of becoming better, more confident and capable speakers
and individuals.
Immediate Feedback.
The other important part of the Toastmasters program is to provide
feedback to each speaker in the form of speech and meeting evaluations.
More experienced speakers listen to your speech or presentations
and give supportive and constructive comments that help us focus
on what we do well and how we can improve our communications skills.
Browse through our Web site and contact any of
our officers for additional information.
We believe you would enjoy and could gain a lot
of valuable insights from regular involvement in our meetings.
Why not give us a try? We would love to have you
attend one of our upcoming meetings.
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