A Typical Meeting
A Toastmasters meeting has three key components – prepared speeches, evaluations and impromptu speeches or table topics.
At Leeds City Toastmasters we usually have 3 prepared speeches by members in the first half of the meeting. Post break each of the prepared speeches are evaluated by designated evaluators. We finish off with Table Topics where volunteers are asked to speak impromptu for 1-2 mins. Table topics are open to guests as well and everyone receives personalised feedback at the end.
All the feedback you will receive at Toastmasters will be aimed to encourage you, empower you and help you improve, no matter where you are in your public speaking journey.
The meeting is run by members who volunteer to play key roles in each meeting. Members find that consistently taking up roles in club meetings help them develop the confidence to speak before an audience as well as develop leadership skills. Here’s a sample meeting agenda from Leeds City Toastmasters meetings – Toastmasters __ View agenda – Thursday 2nd May 2019
The video below will give you a general overview of a Toastmasters meeting.