Forms and Checklists

There are several jobs which are assigned weekly to Club members which involve some attention to detail, and which require some degree of preparation and/or coordination with other Club members. They are generally considered to be the more difficult weekly assignments, and as a result, are routinely viewed as requiring some degree of thoughtfulness and preparation. They also readily lend themselves to checklist formatting.

These jobs are generally considered to be the most difficult jobs assigned in a Club meeting. We have, for the use of our members, designed checklists which we hope will assist them in performing their duties and making sure that their portions of the meeting run smoothly. The following checklists for each of these six "difficult" positions have been prepared for use at Dixie Tub Thumpers Toastmaster Club meetings.

To download a form, simply click on the requested hyperlink and choose "Save to disk."

• Club Meeting Form (Last updated: 23 August 1999)
• Grammarian Form
• Table Topics Form
• General Evaluator Form
• Speech Evaluation Form
• "Ah" Counter

Both the Club President and assigned Toastmaster for the meeting should utilize the Club Meeting form since it identifies the many facets of their jobs while also providing continuity to each Club meeting.

An Evaluator for a speaker will normally utilize the format contained in one of the many manuals that Toastmasters International makes available for use by Club members; however, sometimes a speaker may speak either without remembering to bring his or her manual, or will give a non-manual presentation. In such cases, we have created for Club members' use a suggested format for evaluating a speech in checklist fashion.

However, it should be kept in mind that the person who has been assigned the particular job may, of course, modify the format for a particular meeting. For example, some Clubs have occasionally performed a "backwards" Club meeting, and run the meeting in reverse. Another example would be where in the interest of time, Table Topics may be shortened or eliminated in order to make room for four or five formal speakers, or even a Club contest.

Modifications are certainly encouraged to enhance variety in the educational goals of a Club, and one should not feel tied to a particular format every time the job is performed. As has been said before, variety is the spice of life, and Toastmasters certainly encourages variety is designing Club educational needs and encouraging individual members' creativity.

If you have any questions about the forms or checklist, or suggestions as to how they may be improved, please email your inquiries or recommendations to dixietubs@sginet.com

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