If you want to be a good public speaker, then you should also strive to be a good leader in meetings. Toastmasters has roles in its meetings to build a leader in you. Learn to host meetings, transition to others, give reports, and give feedback. By performing these roles you’ll get to level up your skills.
Look at the responsibilities of these Toastmaster roles:
| Role | Responsibilities |
| Pledge | Directs everyone to stand, prepare and start the pledge in sync |
| Grammarian | Take notes of key phrases and grammatical feedback. Reports on this at the end. |
| Evaluator | Writes a mini-speech to give feedback to a speaker. Makes the evaluation a learning process for everyone. |
| Table Topics Master | Learn to give interview questions to several members, and transition between each |
| General Evaluator | Gives feedback on how members can make future meetings productive |
| Toastmaster | Finds replacements for missing members. Introduces and concludes the core meeting. Transitions through all the parts of the meeting. |
By looking at the list of responsibilities you get to see the skills you gain by performing the role. Running meetings, giving on the fly feedback, reports, and transitioning to other members. These are skills that are necessary whether your in a company, organization, or running parties for traditions. If you want to be the person who is worthy of a promotion, gain leadership skills with Toastmasters.
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