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The process

Guests are Welcome!

Guests are welcome to join us any Tuesday from 12:15 pm to 1:30 pm. We are located in the Forest Hill meetingroom on the 9th floor of The Bay Store at Yonge and Queen. Take the store elevators in the middle of the store and keep to the right until you see a corridor with washroom indicators on top of the arch. You will be warmly greeted by our members and introduced at the beginning of the meeting. You can sit back and enjoy prepared speeches based on specific objectives. During our impromptu speaking session called Table Topics, you will be encouraged to partipicate by the Table Topic Master of the day. This session helps sharpen your listening and quick thinking skills and allows you to have some fun as well. After Table Topics, you can listen to the feedback on both the speeches and the meeting itself. At the end of the meeting, you will be asked for your comments about the meeting. Any one of our members will answer any questions you may have and tell you how they have benefited from the Toastmasters program. You will be given additional information, should you decide to join.

Experience Level in the Club

We have a balanced Club in terms of experience. There are members who are starting out, half way or closing in on their Competent Communicator award (CC) and others who have achieved their CC's and are working on the Advanced Communicator (AC) awards. By actively participating in each meeting, members are able to polish and enhance the skills they already have and learn new ones. The idea is to raise the bar a little every time you get up to speak and listen to feedback from fellow members.

What to Expect Once You Join the Club

When you join, you will receive a New Member Kit in the mail which will contain your CC Manual, Competent Leadership Manual and other booklets containing additional tips and techniques; your name will be added to the mailing list of 'The Toastmaster' magazine. You will be given access to the members' side of our website. Your first speech called 'Ice Breaker' will be scheduled and you will be added to the schedule of rotating meeting roles such as timer of the speeches, presenter of grace and toast, the word, tip or joke of the day. A mentor will be assigned if you wish to have one.

Benefits of Toastmasters

  • Learn and practice new communication skills in a friendly, comfortable environment
  • Build ‘quick thinking’ skills during one minute impromptu speeches
  • Learn to introduce speakers, give prepared speeches, conduct a meeting and perform other roles
  • Receive constructive evaluations that will point out presentation strengths and offer suggestions for improvement
  • Build leadership skills by organizing and conducting meetings and motivating others
  • And much more…

Meeting Structure

While the length of a meeting may vary from club to club, the structure of the meeting agenda is basically the same:

  • Call to Order & Welcome guests
  • Grace and Toast
  • Word of the Day
  • Humour
  • Tip of the Day
  • Prepared Speeches
  • Table Topics - Short Impromptu Speeches
  • Speech Evaluations
  • General Evaluation
  • Voting Results
  • Meeting Adjournment

Major Roles

Roles are rotated amongst the members on a weekly basis:

Chairperson

  • Creates the agenda and calls the meeting to order
  • Welcomes guests and reviews the meeting structure
  • Calls upon the members selected to provide grace and toast, word of the day, humour, and tip of the day
  • Introduces the Toastmaster of the Day
  • At the end of the meeting, asks for Table Topics voting results and new business
  • Adjourns the Meeting

Toastmaster of the Day

  • Creates an atmosphere of interest, expectation and receptivity reflective of the theme of the day
  • Acts as a genial host and conduct the entire meeting
  • Provides meaningful introductions of Speakers, Table Topics Master, General Evaluator

General Evaluator

  • Gives an overview of what to expect during the evaluation section of the meeting
  • Introduces the individuals evaluating the speeches
  • Comments on the meeting and provides constructive feedback to each role

Evaluator

  • Provides an honest reaction to a speaker’s presentation in a constructive manner
  • Mentions the presentation’s effect, what the speaker did well, areas where the speaker could improve and specific recommendations improvement
  • Records impressions of speech in the manual along with answers to evaluation questions

If you have any questions, ask any of our Club members. We would be happy to provide you with the answers.

 
 

Tel (416) 410-4604 Meetings every Tuesday 12:15-13:30 in the Forest Hill Room on the 9th. floor of The Bay building at Yonge/Queen.
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