Which meeting role will you play?

Pledge Master- leads the members and guests in the Pledge of Allegiance. Also provides an inspirational thought for the day. [If the thought for the day is an invocation (containing a call to a God or Spirit), it is given prior to the Pledge of Allegiance.]

Humorist/Jokemaster - presents a humorous joke, story, or phrase to the member and guests to invoke cheerfulness in the beginning of the meeting.

Toastmaster of the Day- plays a key role in the success of the meeting. The Toastmaster is responsible for conducting the entire program, introducing the members in the program, and creating an atmosphere of interest.

Timer - explains the timing rules to the members, signals each participant throughout the meeting, records the time used by each speaker, and reports the findings to the club.

Grammarian- listens for awkward use or misuse of the language (incomplete sentences, incorrect grammar, etc.) and reports at the end of the meeting. Also, introduces a word that will help to increase members’ vocabulary - a word that can be incorporated into everyday conversation. The Word Master also prepares a sentence as an example of how to use the word and monitors the people who participate in Table Topics to ensure that they use the word of the day.

Ah Counter- records the number of crutch words (ah, um, okay, etc.) used during the meeting and reports them at the end of the meeting.

Speaker- learns different skills by presenting a prepared speech based on Toastmaster's speech manual objectives. The speaker selects the topic of the speech. Usually the speech is five to seven minutes.

Table Topics Master - selects the topics and the participants who will speak in the impromptu speaking portion of the meeting. The participants should speak one to two minutes on the given topic and use the word of the day.

General Evaluator - calls for reports from the Evaluators, Timer, Grammarian, Ah Counter, and presents a brief, overall evaluation of the meeting.

Speech Evaluator - provides a written and an oral evaluation to the members, using the speaker's Toastmaster manual, that will offer useful advice and motivate the speaker.>