St. John's Lutheran Church
600 6th Avenue, Des Moines
Directions
Near downtown on the corner of Watson Powell Jr. & 6th Street. map
Typical Meeting Format
I. Business Portion
a. Old Business
b. New Business
c. Announcements
II. Speaking Portion
a. Toastmaster asks those with roles
to explain duties for the day
b. Speaker introductions
i. Speaker
1
ii. Speaker 2
III. Table Topics
Persons without assigned roles
are asked to respond to questions
and formulate their responses
within a 1-2 minute time frame.
Questions are created by the
Table Topics Person for that week.
The purpose is to promote "extemporaneous"
speaking skills, which
are utilized in every day situations
such as meeting new people
or interacting with people at
work, out on errands or even at home.
IV. Evaluation Portion
a. General Evaluator introduces
the speaker Evaluators
and
Grammarian
i. Evaluator
1
ii. Evaluator
2
iii. Grammarian's
report
V. Quizmaster
This person asks questions relating
to that day's meeting and
awards treat prizes upon correct
answers
VI. Wrap-up and announcements for next week's meetings
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