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Introduction

Thank you for your interest in learning more about the Toastmasters meeting roles.  The meeting roles not only help the meeting run smoothly and provide support to the speakers, they benefit and provide knowledge to the person performing the role.

People join Toastmasters for various reasons, though improving your speaking skills is usually one of them.  You improve your skills through practice and evaluation.  Each meeting role gives you the opportunity to speak before an audience in greater and increasing complexity.  In addition, each meeting role has specific learning points that help you grow as a speaker and leader.

Each role is described in the Starring Role Program document as follows:

• Description
• Preparation (before, during, and after the meeting)
• Skills
• Benefits
• “Describe Your Role”
• Review
• Evaluation
• Optional forms related to performing the role

Licensing and Attribution

Note:  This is a locally-based program developed by Spirited Speech Masters of District 56 and is not endorsed or credited by Toastmasters International. It is provided free of charge under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA) license. A Word document of the full Program details is available for download and customization here.

Program Requirements

• Participants must sign up for a role ahead of the meeting.
• Each role performance must have a written (or typewritten) evaluation.
• Only one role may be credited per meeting.
• Roles tend to be presented in order of increasing complexity. Therefore, each role must be performed at least once in the order specified by the guide before proceeding to the next role.  (One can perform previous roles a second or third time before choosing to move to the next role.)
• Each role must be performed 3 times.
• After the third performance of a role, the participant should complete a self-evaluation.
• Participants should retain evaluation forms for verification purposes.

How to Use this Program

The roles are ordered as to complexity, so it is best to start with the easier roles first.  The program will require you to complete each role three times.  You should have completed a role at least once before moving to the next.  However, you may move around in the program repeating roles prior to moving forward.  This program will likely take 10-12 months to complete.

In smaller clubs/programs, you may often be required to perform multiple roles.  Only one role per meeting may be counted toward this program.

Be sure that you complete the role's review, obtain an evaluation from another member, and note the date on the Starring Role Completion List at the end of this section each time you perform a role.  Please keep this information to provide to the Vice President Education (VPE) for credit toward your award.

Performing a Role

• Read through the role description to understand how this role is performed in your club/program.  Note the tasks before, during and after the meeting.
  For experienced Toastmasters, please be aware that the description may be somewhat different from the way you have performed the role in the past.
• Complete the review section. 
• Sign up for the role ahead of time through your club/program’s sign-up tool or contact the VPE or Toastmaster of the Day. 
• Print your evaluation form and give to someone before the meeting for an evaluation.
• Print or collect any forms used for the meeting if the role requires it. 
• Have the “Describe Your Role” script handy to read in the meeting.

After the Meeting

• Perform any after-the-meeting activities as described in the role.
• Collect your evaluation.  Add notes on what you thought went well, or things you might like to do differently next time (optional).
• If this is the third instance of performing the role, complete the self-evaluation.
• Record the date on a copy of the Starring Role Completion List (included below).

Be sure to retain your evaluations to show the VPE upon completion of the program; this is for verification purposes only.

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