The Less Formal Meeting

Twice we have tried a meeting format that is streamlined. This is when we had fewer than usual members to take roles. It seemed to work out well. It was as if we had more people attending than really were there!

We let our president, Loretta run the whole meeting. She took on roles of Toastmaster and General Evaluator, too.

Everyone who wanted to speak was able too. Then, the speaker used the manual to evaluate the next speaker. (Like a speakathon.)

Each had an opportunity to give an oral evaluation, too.

Then, we finished with Table Topics. First Loretta asked a member to answer a question. Then the person did the table topic. And followed up by asking a question of the next person.

The meeting went smoothly. It was fun and spontaneous, and yet, we got our tasks done.