Meeting Roles: Tips and reminders

Meeting Roles

Many of us have been in Toastmasters long enough we are at minimum familiar with the the roles during a toastmaster meeting. Some of you are new and may not be. I would like to go over some things regarding  The Toastmaster, The IOG (Inspiration Outspiration and Grammarian) and the  Timer Word of the Day and Jokester today and continue this in the coming weeks until I cover all of the roles. 

Toastmaster: The Master of ceremonies for our meeting. I would challenge all of us to prepare for this role with enthusiasm and creativity.  As many of us have become seasoned toastmasters we probably just show up and jump into this role as we have the experience and basically know what to do. But a little preparation will make it even better. Perhaps some thoughts when opening about the theme of the meeting.  Before the meeting during the week ensure the speakers have entered their speech information on the free toast host website.  Ensure the role are filled and best case try to get members without a role to take the open slots before the meeting day.   Basically preparing for success for the weeks meeting. 

IOG (Inspiration Outspiration and Grammarian)

 I think this is a very fun role. Choose some of your favorite inspirational quotes and share them at the beginning and end of our meeting. This is often done with the theme of the meeting in mind.  The grammarian part of this role is where you will record the filler words  and grammatical errors and note the good usage of the language as well.   We have gotten away from using the clicker but I think we should get back to using it.  I believe it is very valuable to all of us to be notified of our filler words via the clicking sound while we are speaking. 

Timer Word of the Day and Jokester

  Timer is very important role in Toastmasters. I would challenge us all to be very attentive when conducting this role.  This role is important that it be done correctly. This is especially true during speech contests. Practice timing the way you would want to be timed if you were competing in a speech contest!  We all would want it to be very accurate. Word of the of course Day is an opportunity to introduce new words or one relating to the theme. The joke of course is an opportunity to add some levity to our meeting and is always welcome. By the way I think our club has especially proven that the joke does not have to be that good to still get a laugh. :) 

  I will continue next week talking about meeting Roles during the educational moment.