If you are like most Toastmasters, you get a copy of the agenda for the next meeting and take whatever open role that you are comfortable. For many Toastmasters, that means you will be the timer, grammarian, or ah counter. Those roles are important on the agenda, but they don’t require you to speak much, [...]

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Summary of Part 1 – Your First Meeting as a Member

Talk with the Vice President of Education (VPE) to get your Icebreaker scheduled
See if the VPE can assign you a mentor

Goals for Part 2
1. Learn more about the club structure
2. Take on different meeting roles
3. Write and give your first speech, “The Icebreaker”
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During your average meeting, when to start the timer might not seem like too big of a deal but mess it up during contests, and you might have some unhappy contestants.
Fellow toastmasters and guests, how often is the timing messed up at your meeting? Do you know when to start the timing? Do you know [...]

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