Here are the typical roles in a Toastmasters club meeting. A club can vary these roles as they see fit.

• Ah Counter - Counts verbal pauses, eg. ah, um, so, er, you know, well, and, but


• Applauders - You will hear lots of applause and see lots of handshakes


• General Evaluator - Leads the evaluation portion of the meeting


• Grammarian - Counts grammatical errors


• Hot Seat - Someone prepared to fill any meeting role that has a vacancy


• Joke Master - Adds some levity to the meeting via humor


• Prepared Speaker - Gives a speech using one of the manual projects


• Presiding Officer - Usually the club President, runs the business meeting


• Quiz Master - Tests listening skills via questions of today's meeting


• Sergeant-at-Arms - Prepares the room and usually opens the meeting


• Speech Evaluator - Evaluates a prepared speech using the manual evaluation page


• Table Topics Master - Leads the impromptu portion of the meeting


• Table Topics Speaker - Responds impromptuly to questions from the Topics Master


• Thought for the Day - Provides some inspirational message


• Timer - Times prepared speeches, table topics and evaluators


• Toastmaster - The emcee or host of the meeting, runs the main meeting


• Toastmaster Minute - Gives a brief lesson in something Toastmasters related


• Vote Counter - Tallies ballots for best speaker, evaluator and table topics


• Word Master - Presents the 'word of the day' and counts uses of the word