Our meeting agenda usually looks like this:

• 17:45 – The Club President and/or the Toastmaster of the Evening call the meeting to order and welcome everyone. Guests (newcomers attending for the first time) receive a warm welcome and are invited to introduce themselves
• 17:50 – Introduction of all the people taking meeting roles: General Evaluator, Timer, Grammarian, Ah-Counter, and Evaluators
• 17:55 – Warm-up session: introduction of the meeting theme. Everyone introduces themselves and answers a theme-related question in 30 seconds
• 18:10 – Prepared Speeches delivered by members of the club – each one from 5 to 7 minutes, plus 1 minute for evaluation (everyone will write their feedback on small ballots)
• 18:45 – Table Topics session: impromptu speaking. Any volunteer can go on stage and be asked a theme-related question. The speaker must then answer it on stage from 1 to 2 minutes. It’s fun!
• 19:00 – Break / Networking
• 19:05 – Feedback to Prepared Speakers from the Speech Evaluators
• 19:15 – Feedback from remaining members of the Evaluation Team
• 19:25 – Awards for the Best Prepared Speaker, Best Table Topic Speaker, and Best Evaluator
• 19:27 – Feedback from the Guests/Newcomers
• 19:30 – Closing/Adjourning of the meeting by the Club President and/or the Toastmaster of the Evening
• Later – Afterparty / Networking

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