Meetings

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We meet on the first and third Wednesdays of the month at 7:30PM
EST. Meetings typically end between 8:30 and 9PM EST. Guests are
welcome at all meetings.
(See our club calendar here)

Meeting Role Definitions

• Evaluator: Assesses speeches and delivers feedback to the
  speaker and club.


• General Evaluator: Provides an overall evaluation of the
  meeting and introduces the evaluation team.


• Grammarian: Listens for filler words (uhm, ahs, etc.) and
  evaluates the presenter’s wording for grammatical mistakes. Also provides a
  ‘Word of the Day’.


• Speaker: Delivers a speech and receives feedback from an
  Evaluator.


• Table Topics Master: Provides topics for the
  improvisational portion of the meet


• Timer: Times each meeting segment and provides visual
  feedback to the speaker to let him/her know when time runs out.


• Toastmaster: Runs the meeting and transitions between
  segments. Provides a theme for the meeting.

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Meeting Format

1. Kickoff: Toastmaster is introduced and theme for the 
   meeting is announced.


2. Rules: The General Evaluator, Grammarian, and Timer explain 
   the rules for the meeting.


3. Speeches: 2 to 4 speakers deliver speeches. Speeches are 
   typically 5 to 7 minutes in length.


4. Table Topics: The improvisational speech portion. Audience 
   members can volunteer to make a short speech based on a topic given on the spot. 
   These range in length from 30 seconds to 3 minutes. No one is forced to 
   participate.


5. Evaluations: Assessments are given for each of the speakers 
   before the club.


6. Announcements: Club business and/or other 
   announcements.

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