A Typical Meeting at Advanced Communicators of Charlotte

Call to Order: The presiding officer asks an invocator to offer a prayer or meditation and lead a Pledge of Allegiance (active participation is optional). He then introduces any guests, conducts a short business session (if needed), and then introduces the Toastmaster for the meeting.
Toastmaster: The Toastmaster's job is to coordinate the various activities during the meeting, introducing the participants — especially the speakers — and making sure everything happens for an enjoyable and productive meeting.
Table Topics: Table Topics is an opportunity for members to practice thinking on their feet. The Table Topics Master asks a question or suggests a topic and then calls on a member to respond for one to two minutes.
Table Topics Evaluations: The table topics speakers are given suggestions as to how they could improve their impromptu speaking.
Prepared Speeches: Usually three members present five to seven minute prepared speeches on topics of their choosing. The manuals have chapters that focus on specific aspects of effective speeches.
Evaluations: The Toastmaster for the meeting calls on members who have been assigned the opportunity to help the speakers "see themselves as others see them" by offering a two to three minute evaluation.
General Evaluator: The General Evaluator evaluates the meeting as a whole, including grammar and word usage, offering praise and/or suggestions for improvement.
Timer: After table topics, the prepared speeches, and evaluations the Timer reports the time of each speaker.
Speaker's Tip: The Speaker Tip is a 5-7 minute presentation on a specific speaker best practice or delivery technique. For topics areas requested by the club please contact the VPE.