The following is a sample script that may be used by key members to hold a "Backwards Toastmasters Meeting". The script is designed for only one speaker. It can easily be modified to accommodate additional speakers.
Actions by the Toastmaster of the day are in brackets { }
Vocal parts by the Toastmaster of the day are prefixed by *
Presiding officer Adjourns the meeting
{ Toastmaster of the Day returns control of the meeting to President }
* Please help me welcome back to the lectern, your club president, ____________________.
SECTION: NOMINATIONS FOR BONE OF THE DAY
{ Toastmaster leads the applause }
* The Bone of the day goes to ____________________ .
* All in favor of ____________________ for Bone of the day?
* All in favor of ____________________ for Bone of the day?
* Alright, let's vote for Bone of the Day.
* Do I hear another nomination for Bone of the Day?
* May I hear nominations for Bone of the Day?
SECTION: NOMINATIONS FOR SPARKPLUG OF THE DAY
{ Toastmaster leads the applause }
* The Sparkplug of the day goes to ____________________ .
* All in favor of ____________________ for Spark Plug of the day?
* All in favor of ____________________ for Spark Plug of the day?
* Alright, let's vote for Spark Plug of the Day.
* Do I hear another nomination for Spark Plug of the Day?
* May I hear nominations for Spark Plug of the Day?
SECTION: ANNOUNCING THE EVALUATOR OF THE DAY
* ____________________ , Fantastic evaluation, you did a great job!
{ Give Evaluator of the Day ribbon to ____________________ }
{ Toastmaster leads the applause }
Timer/Vote Counter announces Evaluator of the Day
* Timer/Vote Counter, who was the our Evaluator of the Day?
SECTION: TABLE TOPICS SPEAKER OF THE DAY
* (name of member to be chosen) ____________________ , Great job on Table Topics!
{ Give Table Topics Speaker of the Day ribbon to ____________________ }
{ Toastmaster leads the applause }
Timer/Vote Counter announces Table Topics Speaker of the Day
* Timer/Vote Counter, who was the Table Topics Speaker of the Day?
SECTION: WORDMASTER REPORT
* Thank you ____________________. I know it can be a thankless job as Wordmaster, but you were great!
Wordmaster gives a detailed report of the usage of the word of the day.
* And now, the Wordmaster report, ____________________ .
* As a reminder, the word of the day was ____________________ .
SECTION: AND/AH GRAMMARIAN REPORT
* Thank you ____________________ . I have often found it hard to listen closely to the participants of the meeting because of the interesting nature of their contributions.
And/ah grammarian gives a detailed report of the infractions of the participants.
* And now, the And/Ah Grammarian report, ____________________ .
{ Toastmaster ask for Reports }
* And now, let's see how we did during the meeting. Let's hear the various reports.
SECTION: ASKING FOR TIMES ON EVALUATIONS
{ Toastmaster instructs audience to vote for best Evaluator }
* Remember, the General Evaluator, ____________________ is eligible just as our speech evaluator, ____________________ .
* Please pass your vote for Evaluator of the Day to our Timer/Vote Counter.
* ____________________ could we please have the times on the evaluations including the general evaluation?
{ Toastmaster introduces General Evaluator }
{ Toastmaster leads the applause }
* Thank you ____________________ for your General Evaluation of the meeting. As you can see, this position on the program takes more analytical thinking beyond just the scheduled speakers.
____________________ gives the General Evaluation of the Meeting
{ Toastmaster leads the applause }
* Now, please help me welcome you General Evaluator for the meeting, ___________________.
SECTION: SPEECH EVALUATION
* ___________________ , can we have the time on ___________________'s evaluation please?
{ Toastmaster leads the applause }
* Thank you __________________ for your wonderful evaluation of __________________'s speech. Sometimes it's difficult not to get caught up in the speech and forget you are supposed to be listening AND evaluating.
____________________ evaluates ____________________'s speech
{ Toastmaster leads the applause }
* Please help me welcome today's speech evaluator, ____________________ .
{ Toastmaster introduces Speech Evaluator }
SECTION: TABLE TOPICS
Toastmaster instructs audience to vote for best Table Topics Speaker
* If you now pass your vote for Table Topics Speaker of the Day to our Timer/Vote Counter.
* ____________________ , could we please have the times on the Table Topics?
{ Toastmaster introduces Table Topics Master. }
* Thank you ________________ for your innovative approach to Table Topics.
{ Toastmaster leads the applause }
Table Topics Master now give Table Topics.
* And now for the most DREADED PART OF THE MEETING, TABLE TOPICS!
SECTION : SPEAKER OF THE DAY
{ Toastmaster leads the applause }
* ____________________ , again I want to thank you for a great speech!
{ Toastmaster leads the applause }
{ Give Speaker of the Day ribbon to previously agreed upon recipient }
* Congratulations ____________________ for being voted our Speaker of the Day!
* All in favor of ____________________ for Speaker of the day indicate by saying "aye".
* Do I have a second on the motion (pre-arranged with member to do seconding).
* Since there is only one speaker today, do I hear a motion (pre-arranged with member) that we accept ____________________ as Speaker of the Day for today's meeting?
* ____________________ , can we have the time on ____________________'s speech please?
{ Toastmaster leads the applause }
____________________ delivers manual speech
{ Toastmaster leads the applause }
{ Toastmaster Introduces today's speaker }
SECTION: INTRODUCING TODAY'S PARTICIPANTS
* What is our Word of the Day?
* Our Wordmaster today is ____________________ .
* Counting our filler words and grammatical errors, our and/ah grammarian will be ____________________ .
* Keeping track of times during our participation in today's meeting, our timer/vote counter will be ____________________ .
* Our general evaluator of the meeting is ____________________ .
* Our speech evaluator today will be ____________________ .
* Our speaker today is ____________________ .
* Now, for the participants in today's meeting.
{ Toastmaster introduces theme of the meeting - BACKWARDS }
{ Toastmaster assumes control of the lectern }
SECTION: PRESIDING OFFICER CLOSES BY OPENING MEETING
Introduce Toastmaster
Announcements
Business
Call the Meeting to Order
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