Not to compare a Toastmaster meeting to the Oscars, but the example can draw a parallel here. Taking the Oscars’ example again, while everyone was mainly interested in who is going to win, in 2014, Ellen Degeneres lightened the mood of the event with her highly entertaining gimmicks of ordering pizza and her infamous selfie which made the Oscar event of that year memorable beyond just the winners.Īnd it’s the same with the Toastmaster of the day. While the speakers are the heroes of the day, a good host provides the necessary break required from the agenda of the event. And this helps add some comfort to an otherwise plainly listed event. Soon enough, the audience start to “ know” the host better. The audience becomes familiar with the host because she keeps coming back on to the stage.
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The host entertains the crowd and creates a link between the audience and the speakers. There would be no mediator, no one to hold the entire event together. Nominations could play on the screen and the awards and performances could justīe announced one-by-one by a guy behind a speaker. If the Oscars did not have a host, it would just be a bunch of people coming on the stage and accepting their awards. In the email, ask them to copy you in case any problems arise.To understand the importance of the Toastmaster of the Day, think about the Oscars.
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Plan to stay for 10-15 minutes after the meeting to help with the charter member applications.Get the momentum going by setting up the next meeting.If the charter kit is available, offer the first 20 people to sign up that day, a new member kit on the spot. Make a soft sell to recruit 20 members.Lightly cover club roles, meeting roles and functionaries.During the Q&A your goal is to get people to come back and signup.For the remaining two questions, ask for volunteers. Ask a current member first to provide an example to the audience. 3 Table Topics (30 sec – 1 min each): questions should be simple and easy to answer.1 Speech (4-6 min): ideally an Ice Breaker speech given by a novice Toastmaster so as not to intimidate potential members.The goal is to finish demo within 30 minutes to allow for Q&A.Keep the atmosphere fun, engaging, positive.This is an abbreviated demonstration meeting, non-Toastmaster guests will be both nervous and curious.Things to keep in mind for the launch meeting:
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All Toastmasters should bring their Pathways forms to lead by example.Charter Kit + 20 additional charter member applications (40 copies total).Agenda (30 copies)-the agenda should be prepared at least one week prior to the meeting, confirmed and printed.To launch a new club 17 out of the 20 must be new or reinstated members.Inquire if there are previous Toastmasters participating.