DUTY：
1. ACT as a genial host & conduct the entire program smoothly
2. Introduce the other members of the program, to create an atmosphere of
interest expectation and receptivity in LESS THAN ONE MINUTE

PREPARATION： 
1. REVIEW “ A Toastmaster Wears Many Hats…Roles of a Member ” and
2. CONFIRM every assignment takers a week before
3. FIND substitute if necessary
4. OBSERVE how to be a TME before and ask for SCRIPT if necessary
5. CHECK with EVP if any special events（Induction, celebration, training…）

ACTION： 
1. ARRIVE early in order to finish any last-minute details
2. FILL UP and/or CUT DOWN the time if the gap is too big and/or too tight
3. Always LEAD the applause before & after the speaker starts/finishes
4. Remain STANDING near the lectern after the introduction till the speaker
has acknowledged you and assumed control of the meeting, then be seated
5. Whatever the GE, Session Masters forget, you do it.（e.g. write down names
of participants for joke session, forget to call upon timer, Ah counter….）

CONCLUSION： 
1. Thank every participant and guest for a smooth meeting
2. Remind assignment takers to stay after the meeting to help cleaning up the
room
3. Collect script from manual speakers（and session master if available）turn
to EVP
4. To welcome back the Club President to continue the Club Business session
　 　



A Reminder to the Toastmaster of the Meeting


You will be the TME soon. So please email or call the GE and prepared
speakers about 2 weeks before the meeting, and the other assignment-takers
about 10 days before the meeting (of course the early the better). If any of
them cannot come for the meeting, please tell the VPE immediately.

In order to collect introduction information, you can ask them one or two
questions. For example, “Which person do you admire most and why?” When you
introduce a prepared speaker, please try to connect that person's
features/information with his/her speech title. And please do remember to
tell the audience the objectives of that speech.

Please try to be the“mentor”of all the people you contact—especially when
some of them are new members. For example,

1. tell Timer, Ah-counter, Vote-counter to memorize the rules well (Do not
read).
2. tell the Variety/Joke session master: If the session master decides it to
be a joke session, he/she needs to inform some members (who are not
assignment takers) to prepare jokes to share.
3. tell the Table Topics session master: Ask each question briefly but twice,
and invite members who haven't and will not have a chance to speak in the
meeting to answer the questions. It is better to prepare several questions
and use one question for one person only, instead of asking many people the
same question.
4. tell the prepared speakers to find someone (for example, mentors) edit the
script, and to rehearse well.
Please remind the GE to contact the evaluators as early as possible, better
10-14 days before the meeting, too. And ask the GE to tell the VPE if any
evaluator cannot come. GE can remind IEs to evaluate based on the present
speech objectives, not the future speech objectives.

Please tell the president how to introduce you.

You must already know that TME needs to introduce what Toastmasters is about,
especially when we have new guests.


Try to type what you will say and rehearse it in advance. Thank you for your
good preparation and your dedication. With your effort, you will be an
outstanding TME and we will have a happy and successful meeting!