Hello from New Orleans Club! posted by LSF Guest, Premium MembershipMonday, January 25th 2010 @ 11:16 PM

Here's a quick rundown of the usual agenda for our meetings:

• President's opening remarks
• Toastmaster introduces the theme of the meeting
• General Evaluator introduces evaluation team (Ballot Counter, Grammarian, Ah Counter, Timer - all stand and give a quick description of their responsibilities for the evening), and may name the speakers and evaluators.
• Toastmaster talks more about the theme
• Table Topics Master runs a table topics session, calling on 5-7 people (usually those without other responsibilities/jobs for the meeting)
• Speakers give their speeches. Usually no more than three speakers in one meeting, speeches usually in the 5-7 minute range.
• Evaluators evaluate the speeches, 2-3 minutes each.
• General Evaluator calls on the evaluation team to give their reports, and gives an overall evaluation of the meeting.
• Toastmaster's closing remarks.
• President names the winning speaker, evaluator and table topics speaker and hands out ribbons.
• Storymaster closes it out with an amusing story.

That's pretty much it. Anything your club does differently? I dropped in on another club recently and saw that they have an Inspiration Master for every meeting, and that person delivers an inspiring story. I thought that was a good idea.

Niall Doherty

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