Other Special Meetings

Site:	Saturn Forge: Learn
Course:	Build a RDG Toastmasters Club: Meetings
Book:	Other Special Meetings

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Date:	Thursday, 2 May 2024, 11:36 PM

Description

This lesson will teach you about other special meetings, such as speechcrafts, open houses, and Golden Gavel meetings.

1. Open House
2. Golden Gavel
3. Speechcraft
4. Awards Ceremony

1. Open House

Coming soon.

2. Golden Gavel

Coming soon.

Criteria for winning a Golden Gavel:

Members and guests are greeted warmly and enthusiastically.
Guests are given a guest packet that consists at a minimum of a membership application, Features Benefits and Values chart, and a Toastmasters magazine.
Meeting starts and adjourns on time.
15 or more Toastmaster members of the club are present. Clubs with membership below 20 have 75% of club members present
At least one non-Toastmaster guest is present.
There is applause after every speaker and meeting participant presentation.
All prepared speeches are manual projects/Pathways projects.
Evaluations are written in the prepared speakers' manual and in role players' Competent Leader manuals. Oral evaluations are both specific and supportive.
Members and guests wear badges or have name tents.
Printed agendas are distributed and followed with three or fewer assignment changes to the agenda.
Table Topics are interesting and/or fun.

3. Speechcraft

Looking for a way to get potential new members for your club? In this interview from 2010 with Mary Skaggs (DTM), you'll learn what a Speechcraft is and how it can help your club.

4. Awards Ceremony