In addition to the main speakers, various different supporting roles are required to make sure every meeting runs as smoothly as possible.
Sergeant at Arms – the Sergeant at Arms is responsible for arranging the meeting room and welcoming members and guests at each meeting.
Toastmaster – the Toastmaster acts as the meeting’s master (or mistress) of ceremonies, introducing participants and making sure everything runs to time.
Timekeeper – the Timekeeper helps the meeting run on schedule by timing each of the participants and providing timing reports.
Grammarian – the Grammarian encourages and commends good use of language by speakers and other meeting participants.
Table Topics Master – the Topicsmaster plans and runs Table Topics, the impromptu speaking section of each meeting.
Table Topics Evaluator – the Topics Evaluator gives a short evaluation for each table topic speaker.
Speech Evaluator – a Speech Evaluator provides constructive and encouraging feedback to help a speaker to improve.
General Evaluator – the General Evaluator evaluates everything, except items that have been evaluated already, at the end of the meeting.