TOPICSMASTER TO BE DONE BEFORE THE MEETING : CALL : 1. Toastmaster to: Decide on the theme for the meeting Find out who will not do any topics Find out who will do a topic if time allows 1. Grammarian to choose a word of the day that will be easy to use in the topics 2. Topics evaluator to guide him/her on what aspect to evaluate in each topic WRITE : 1. A brief summary of your duty as a topics master, a summary that you will mention at the beginning of the session 2. Explanation of the objectives all participants will try to achieve during their topics AT THE MEETING : 1. Briefly state the purpose of the topics session 2. Ask guests if they would like to participate in the session TO AVOID GOING OVERTIME 1. Each impromptu speech will be no longer than 2:00 minutes or less depending on the number of participants 2. For double impromptu speeches, time will be 3:00 minutes or less depending on the number of participants FOLLOWING PEOPLE SHOULD NOT DO AN IMPROMPTU SPEECH : Toastmaster Topics evaluator General evaluator Speakers and/or educational session FOLLOWING PEOPLE COULD DO AN IMPROMPTU SPEECH : Speech evaluators Grammarian, timer and ah-hum counter ALL THE OTHER ONES SHOULD DO AN IMPROMPTU DURING THE SESSION : 1. Thank the Toastmaster 2. Explain the purpose of the topic session :_______________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 3. Explain the theme you selected for tonight’s session :_____________________ __________________________________________________________________ 4. Introduce the specific objectives and/or the evaluation criteria to be repeated a few times during the session (not more than 3) :________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 5. Give the time allotted for each topic : 2:00 minutes for single and 3:00 minutes for double. 6. Word of the day ____________________________________. Ask the people to use it as much as possible during their impromptu. 7. TOPICS : NAME QUESTION 8. CONCLUSION : ask for timer’s report and people to vote for the best impromptu on the basis of the objectives. 9. I will now give the floor back to the Toastmaster.