The Sergeant-at-Arms (SAA) ensures the smooth running of the meeting by handling equipment and setup.

The Chairman ensures the meeting runs efficiently.

This role involves welcoming visitors and explaining the club’s purpose, agenda, and Toastmasters' benefits.

The Loyal Toast is traditionally to Australia.
The Second Toast is on a selected topic of general agreement, presented concisely in under two minutes.

This 15-minute segment may be used for a general business session to practise parliamentary procedure, or provide an educational presentation on club operations or special events. 

This can be a short prayer or an inspirational thought.

It should last no longer than two minutes.

Members stand and briefly introduce guests sitting nearby.

The formal welcome is conducted separately as part of the Welcome to Guests role.

The Table Topics Master runs the Table Topics session.

Table Topics helps members practise impromptu speaking.

The Toastmaster serves as the event's master of ceremonies.

The Toastmaster controls the prepared speeches and delivers meeting awards

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Speakers deliver a prepared Pathways speech at the meeting. 

There are three or four speakers at each meeting.

Master Evaluator oversees evaluations of all meeting assignments. Master evaluator provides a general evaluation of the meeting manages the various evaluators.

The Parliamentarian evaluates the Chairman’s handling of the business session, ensuring proper parliamentary procedure.

Table Topics Evaluator evaluate each Table Topic speaker. They select the best Table Topic of the meeting.

Speech evaluators each evaluate a speaker with a prepared speech. They evaluate on content, structure and delivery.

Grammarian tracks correct and incorrect grammar use and introduces a “Word of the Day” for members to incorporate into speeches.

Table Topics is an impromptu speaking exercise in Toastmasters meetings designed to help members think and speak on their feet.

The timer times everything at club meetings and provides a report. 

Members and visitors vote at each meeting for the best speaker, evaluator, assignment, and supporting assignment. 

Point of view is a short persuasive speech followed by structured audience responses alternating between "for" and "against" viewpoints.

Listening Critic tests members' listening skills by posing questions about meeting content.

Um & Ah Counter tracks unnecessary filler words (e.g., “um,” “ah”, "so", etc) and provides feedback.

Download this script for introducing a speaker.

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