Some friendly Reminders For Pioneer Toastmasters

   Pioneer Toastmasters:

  It is my privilege to be in this club and associated with such great folks as you!   I was asked to do an educational Moment on some things we have sometimes been forgetting to do. It is easy as our lives get busy and full. 

  One of these things is for the Toastmaster of the week. When you are toastmaster for a given week you are in charge of that meeting.  Sometime before that weeks meeting,  Sunday or Monday,  go in and  review what we have on the agenda.  Review what roles are filled and which one perhaps are in need of someone to fill it.   Ideally if you know of someone without a role perhaps message them and ask if they can fill in on vacant roles.   After doing your best to ensure a full agenda, send out the agenda to all members with a note saying something along the lines of:  you are looking forward to this weeks meeting. Highlight what roles still need to be filled and encourage members to go in and sign up. It is also a good time to remind the speakers for  the week to fill in their speech information. 

 The toastmaster is responsible to ensure the meeting is staying on time. This typically has not been an issue in our club lately. However there have been times when we had three speakers and time was shorter for table topics as an example. Be aware of these situations and maybe clue the table topics master with a  reminder "we need to finish by 8pm" on table topics.   Don't forget to fill out your agenda form and after the meeting is adjourned sign it and turn it into the secretary. 

   Remember being the Toastmaster is your opportunity to lead.  You can be creative with this as well. We typically don't see this but the sky is the limit!  Maybe dress according to this weeks theme?   Sounds like fun to me!