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The Talk IT Up! club meets every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month at HQ and DCTC, respectively. Our club mission is to provide a mutually supportive and positive learning environment in which every member has the opportunity to develop communication and leadership skills. Club officers and their responsibilities are:
| Role |
Club Member |
Responsibility |
| President |
Vonnya Pettigrew |
Operate the club. |
| VP Education |
Joel Allen |
Promote the development and training of club members. |
| VP Public Relations |
Lance Williams |
Promote awareness of Toastmasters and club activities through advertisements, press releases, letters and announcements. |
| VP Membership |
Mara Cummings |
Recruit new Toastmaster members. |
| Secretary |
Brenda Walker |
Maintain records of operations and handle correspondence for the club. |
| Treasurer |
Desta Wright |
Maintain records of funds collected and expended by the club. |
| Sergeant At Arms |
Marge Britt |
Arrange the facility for meetings and maintain club property. |
Contact an officer if you have questions about the club or are interested in becoming a club officer. The standard meeting agenda is below. See the Useful Links page for more information and helpful tips on meeting roles.
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Call meeting to order [TMOD]
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Ask all attendees to Please mute or turn off cell phones and other disruptive electronic devices
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Circulate roster
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Recognize guests
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Note any special significance of the meeting
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Introduce Grammarian and ask her/him to:
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Explain duties
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Provide Word of the Day
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Introduce Timer and ask him/her to:
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Review agenda briefly [TMOD]
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Commence prepared speeches (the following is done for each speaker)
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Introduce speaker and speech title, welcome speaker to podium with handshake and hand off podium to speaker [TMOD]
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Present speech and turn podium back over to TMOD with a handshake [SPEAKER]
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Introduce Table Topics Master (TTM), welcome TTM to podium with handshake and hand off podium to TTM [TMOD]
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Introduce Master Evaluator (ME) [TMOD]
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Explain ME and speech evaluator duties [ME]
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For each evaluator:
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Introduce the evaluator, welcome evaluator to podium with handshake and hand off podium to evaluator [ME]
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Present evaluation and when complete, turn podium back over to the ME with handshake [EVALUATOR]
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Request timer report [ME]
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Request grammarian report [ME]
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Evaluate the meeting as a whole and speech evaluations as necessary [ME]
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Turn podium back over to the TMOD [ME]
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Conclude meeting [TMOD]
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Open floor for comments
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Adjourn meeting
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