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What can I expect at a meeting?:
How the meetings are conducted
All Toastmasters Clubs are composed of three primary
parts:
Tabletopics (or impromptu speaking), prepared speeches, and evaluations.
The only variation is in which order they occur in meetings. Gilbert's
meetings are run as follows:
Opening
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Pledge, reading of mission statement, President's
remarks, introduction of guests, Toastmaster's remarks, introduction
of the evening's functionaries. |
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Tabletopics
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Topicmaster asks prepared questions to random
individuals. The goal with Tabletopics is to learn to think
on our feet and speak extemporaneously for one and a half to
two minutes. Guests will be given the opportunity to answer
a question, but need not feel obligated to participate. |
Prepared Speeches
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Typically we have three speakers per meeting.
Speakers have different objectives, depending on out of which
manual they are working. |
Evaluations
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The emcee of this section of the meeting is the
General Evaluator. The GE calls upon the evaulators (one for
each prepared speech) to present his/her oral evaluation which
is in addition to a written evaluation. The goal in this section
is for the speaker to find out what his/her strengths are and
areas where improvement is needed. GE also gives out awards. |
Closing
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Guest remarks, review of following week's schedule,
Club business, President's closing remarks. |
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