Meeting Roles

There are lots of roles performed at our regular meetings, giving you the chance to practice different skills.

In this section, you can find out more information about how to prepare and perform the specific roles listed below:

Toastmaster

The toastmaster is one of the most challenging roles, responsible for the smooth and timely running of the entire meeting and for introducing all participants.

Speech Evaluator

Each prepared speaker is assigned an evaluator to provide more thorough feedback to allow them to learn from their performance, usually involving a minute of recommendations on issues to improve sandwiched in between two minutes of reinforcement of strengths

Table Topics Master

The table topic master's job is to get people thinking on their feet. They do this by calling upon volunteers to stand up for a minute and a half and speak on a surprise topic, question, theme or scenario.

Timer

The timer helps everyone stick to their allocated time, a vital skill in all forms of public speaking and communication. They do this by signalling with different coloured papers or light bulbs to let each person know how much time they have left.

Grammarian/ah Counter

The grammarian is the wordsmith, introducing a Word of the Day which people can try to fluently work into their performances. Their main job is to listen to people's use of language and comment on how they deploy it to spice up their act.

General Evaluator

The general evaluator looks at the whole meeting and evaluates all the functionaries.