Welcome to Voyagers Toastmasters! When you attend the meeting 
you participate in a unique experience – an educational and self-improvement program mixed with a generous portion of fun and fellowship. The following is a brief description of the main segments of our meeting.
Table Topics
The Table Topics Master will, at random, call on members to discuss questions he or she will ask. The questions are based on the theme of the day. The emphasis of this segment of our meeting is on impromptu speaking (no prior preparation) and on speaking within a strict time frame (45 to 75 seconds). Table Topics are fun, and you are invited to take part if you would like.
Formal Speeches
The Toastmaster will introduce the speakers. They will be fulfilling assignments from the Toastmaster’s Competent Communication Manual (referred to as the “basic manual”) or from one of 17 advanced manuals. Each manual speech challenges the Toastmaster to learn and apply a specific objective pertaining to public speaking, i.e. organization, gestures, voice. Beginning speeches range from 4-6 minutes. More advanced members speak from 7-12 minutes depending on the assignment.
Evaluations
Each speech will be evaluated. The evaluator will point out effective and ineffective aspects of the speaker’s general delivery, enumerate items that merit special recognition, and make specific suggestions for improvement. The goal of evaluations is to maintain the positive, supportive, growth-oriented perspective for which Toastmasters is so well known. People Helping People.
Awards
Members are asked to vote for Best Table Topics, Best Speaker, Best Evaluator, and Most Improved. The winners receive awards at the end of the meeting.
Guest Comments
The Club President will ask our guests for their brief comments on today’s meeting. We appreciate your observations and suggestions.
Agenda Outline
Time |
Program Event |
|---|---|
| 7:00 | Sergeant at Arms opens the meeting |
| 7:05 | President calls meeting to order |
| 7:10 | Club business, self introductions |
| 7:20 | Toastmaster sets theme of the meeting |
| 7:25 | General Evaluator explains duties & introduces functionaries |
| 7:30 | Toastmaster Introduces TableTopics™ Master |
| 7:32 | TableTopic™ Master leads TableTopics™ |
| 7:40 | Toastmaster Introduces Speakers |
| Speaker #1 (speeches are typically 5-7 min) | |
| Speaker #2 (more advance speakers may requires 7-9 min) | |
| Speaker #3 | |
| 8:10 | General Evaluator introduces evaluators |
| Evaluator for speaker #1 (evaluations are 3 min) | |
| Evaluator for speaker #2 | |
| Evaluator for speaker #3 | |
| 8:20 | Toastmaster announces awards and makes closing remarks |
| 8:30 | President makes closing remarks and adjourns the meeting |
Invitation
We invite you to become a member of the Voyagers Toastmasters Club and share the value of the Toastmasters program.