"A good orator is pointed and impassioned." - Marcus T. Cicero
Role: Quizmaster
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The role of the Quizmaster is to test the audience’s listening skills. The Quizmaster acts as a role model for the audience by exemplifying active listening, and challenges members to actively practice and test their listening skills.
At the meeting:
- Explain the Quizmaster role when you are introduced by the Table Topics Master.
- Listen intently to everything that’s said during the meeting.
- Create five or six simple questions based on what is said or done, or on the content of assignments.
- Pose your questions to the audience near the end of the meeting when the General Evaluator calls on you:
- Thank the General Evaluator and conduct a question and answer session, allowing about 5 to 10 seconds per question.
- Quickly pose each question to the entire audience. Expect rapid answers and keep a running tab of who answers correctly. If no response is given to a question, provide the answer and move on to the next question.
- Thank the audience for their participation and return control of the lectern to the General Evaluator before being seated.
Tips:
- IMPORTANT: If the meeting is running overtime, ask fewer questions.
- Base questions purely on the content of the meeting. The questions should not be trivial, nor should they focus on small details.
- Ask questions about important things that members learned during the evening, e.g., "According to Carl's educational session, what is the most important job of an evaluator?"
- Use your imagination to make the assignment both entertaining and effective.
- Smile and have fun!
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Schooner Toastmasters is open to all and guests are always welcomed. Simply fill out the form below and someone will contact you with more information.
Meeting details:
Time: Tuesdays, 6:50 pm to 8:50 pm
Location: Halifax Chrysler Dodge Jeep,12 Lakelands Boulevard, Halifax, NS B3S 1S8, Canada (Bayer's Lake)(see map)
Please do not park in front of the show room, there is plenty of parking on the side of the building. We meet upstairs in the lunch room.