• Be enthusiastic, inspiring and imaginative! 

• Review the agenda.  This will determine how many participants you will call and help you choose members who do not have a specific duty.

• Match your questions to a member’s experience; offer newer members more flexible questions.

• Some clubs ask participants to come to the front of the room.  That walk provides members with the time to think about their question, as well as a chance to practice at the lectern.

Learning Points

• “We learn best in moments of enjoyment.”    --Dr. Ralph C. Smedley, Founder, Toastmasters International.

• When you’ve learned something, it is usually learned through humor.

• Table topics are good for when you lose your place in a speech. 

• Roll with the punches.