Meeting Roles
This role acts as the host and conducts the day's program.
Who is the Toastmaster?
This meeting segment helps members develop their impromptu speaking skills.
What is Table Topics?
This officer role presides over meetings and provides overall guidance for the club.
Who is the President?
La Porte Toastmasters generally holds in-person meetings in this room.
Where is Conference Room B?
This is the name of Toastmasters' educational program for personal and professional development.
What is Pathways?
This role notes the use of "crutch words" or sounds for anyone who speaks during the meeting.
Who is the Ah-Counter?
Members give scheduled ______ at every meeting to advance through their Toastmasters educational program.
What are Speeches?
This officer position assigns meeting roles and assists members with the Toastmasters education program.
Who is the VP of Education?
La Porte Toastmasters was chartered as an official club in the year ______.
When was 2018? (The club is 3 years old!)
This is the number of different Pathways to choose from upon enrollment.
How many is eleven (11)?
This role selects the "Word of the Day" and comments on the proper use of language throughout the meeting.
Who is the Grammarian?
This segment allows the main speaker(s) to receive constructive feedback on his/her speech.
What is the Speaker Evaluation?
This officer role provides club information to guests and oversees the recruitment of new members.
Who is the VP of Membership?
La Porte Toastmasters hosts this fun annual holiday tradition in November or December.
What is the Holiday Potluck / White Elephant Gift Exchange?
Every Pathways requires members to give these three (3) speeches in Level 1.
What are the Ice Breaker, Eval & Feedback, and Research & Presentation speeches?
This role keeps track of the time for each segment of the meeting and signals speakers with colored cards.
Who is the Timer?
The club president does this to welcome first-time attendees upon calling the meeting to order.
What is Introduce Guests?
This officer role is dedicated to setting up and dismantling the meeting space before & after Toastmasters events.
Who is the Sergeant-At-Arms?
In 2019-2020, this person was the primary club mentor who attended La Porte Toastmasters meetings.
Who is Paul Potter?
This is the name of the online gateway to Pathways.
(Hint: This is a central location where you can work on and track progress on your projects, connect with members of your club, and view badges and certificates you've earned along the way.)
What is Base Camp?
This role evaluates the meeting as a whole and is responsible for the entire Evaluation Team.
Who is the General Evaluator?
The Toastmaster will ask several pre-selected members to _______ so that all attendees are aware of the meeting leadership for the day.
(Hint: This segment is towards the beginning of the meeting.)
What is Introduce / Explain Meeting Roles?
This officer position uses media and creates promotional materials to help publicize the club.
Who is the VP of Public Relations?
This person is not a member of La Porte Toastmasters but supports the club by expensing our membership fees and meeting supplies.
Who is Jana Thorne?
This is the number of levels in each Pathways.
How many is five (5)?