Toastmaster of the Day

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The toastmaster of the day is the meeting’s director and host. The main duty of the toastmaster of the day (TMOD) is to lead the meeting and make introductions. Participants should be introduced in a way that encourages the audience to listen to them. The toastmaster creates an atmosphere of interest, expectation, and receptivity.

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Before the Meeting

• Check easy-Speak to learn the proposed special meeting theme, word of the day, and program. As the TMOD, you can change the theme.

• Contact the table topics master to confirm his or her participation and discuss his or her duties. Encourage the table topics master to review the meeting’s participants to ensure members with no meeting role or light meeting roles are called to participate in table topics.

• Contact all speakers a week before the meeting to confirm their participation. Ask for:

  • their speech title

  • verify their speech project and speech duration matches the speech details shown in easy-Speak

  • purpose to be achieved

  • something interesting which you can use for their introduction (job, family, hobbies, education, why this topic for this audience etc.)

• Contact the general evaluator to confirm his or her participation.

• Prepare introductions for each Speaker. A proper introduction can add to the success of the Speaker’s presentation.

• Prepare remarks which can be used to bridge the gaps between program segments. You may never use them, but you should be prepared to avoid possibly awkward periods of silence.

Serving as TMOD is one of the most valuable experiences in your Club work. The assignment requires careful preparation in order to have a smoothly-run meeting.

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At the Meeting

• Arrive early in order to finish any last-minute details.

• Check with the speakers for any last-minute changes.

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During the Meeting

Preside with sincerity, energy, and decisiveness. Take your audience on a pleasant journey and make them feel that all is going well.

Carefully study the agenda so that you do not miss any timekeepers reports or invitations to vote. Always lead the applause before and after each presenter.

After your introduction of another presenter, remain standing near the lectern until you have shaken hands, signifying your hand over of control of the meeting, then be seated. When another presenter has finished, shake hands again to signify that control of the meeting is returning to you.