Meeting Roles

Chelmsford Speakers Club

Sergeant at Arms
Makes sure the room is ready for the meeting and greets guests on arrival.

Toastmaster
Responsible for the running of the meeting, helping guests understand the proceedings and introducing other participants.

Wordmaster / Grammarian
Introduces a word of the day for people to incorporate into speeches, gives feedback on language usage.

Hesitation Counter
Assists people to overcome barriers to successful speaking (ums, ers, repeated words, etc.)

Jokemaster
Starts the evening off in a light hearted manner with a joke or humorous story.

Timekeeper
Notes the times taken for speeches and evaluations and gives visible signals to assist speakers in keeping to the allotted time.

Topics Master
Provides topics for “mini speeches” and selects participants so that ever attendee has an opportunity to speak at some point in the meeting.

Speech Evaluator
Gives positive feed back to the speakers so that they recognise their current skills and improve in areas that will enhance future speeches.

Topics Evaluator
Gives positive feedback to the participants in the topics session.

General Evaluator
Gives positive feedback to those who have not been evaluated elsewhere in the meeting and comments on the evening as a whole.

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