Mod’in Toastmasters was founded in December 2009. The club has been meeting bi-weekly since then. Members and guests attend from Modi’in and the surrounding areas, including Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.
The club’s participants come from all backgrounds, ranging from people who are hesitant about speaking to those who are accomplished public speakers, all sharing an interest and willingness to improve their communication and leadership skills, whether for professional and personal reasons.
Modi’in Toastmasters meets on alternate Tuesday evenings, and always has an open door for those who are interested in seeing how the club can help them. To join the next meeting, please send an e-mail to the club’s executive committee at mail@modiintoastmasters.info. We look forward to meeting you!
Will I Succeed as a Toastmaster?
People who succeed in our program are those with a clear commitment to their own personal development and the well-being of other members.
- They volunteer for and schedule their own meeting roles in detail 2 to 3 months in advance.
- They plan and complete speeches outlined in the Competent Communication manual and Advanced Manuals.
- They plan and complete leadership development activities in the Competent Leadership manual.
- If they are unable to attend a meeting for which they have previously accepted responsibility for a meeting role, they contact another member who will step up to that role in a timely way.
People who succeed in our program regularly attend our meetings.
They recognize that all of us are volunteers, and that to succeed, we all have to do our part.
Effective communication and leadership is a decision—not a debate. Join the Modi’in Toastmasters Club when you are ready for a life-changing, career-enhancing experience.
About the Toastmasters roles
In general, Toastmasters club meetings are designed to ensure that as many people as possible have  a chance to speak in front of the group, even if only for a minute.
- Toastmaster: The Toastmaster is the chair of the meeting. They will open and close the meeting, as well as introducing the speaker(s). The Toastmaster ensures the meeting as a whole runs smoothly. (The name is based on that of a person who, at some formal events, starts the event by making a “Toast”, or speaking in honor of a particular person or subject.)
- Table Topics Master: Table Topics are short impromptu or unrehearsed speeches. The Table Topics Master prepares a list of topics ahead of time, and asks participants to take one topic, with only a few seconds advance notice, and present a short speech on it. The idea is to train yourself to think about what you want to say while you’ve already started talking.
- General Evaluator: The General Evaluator is in charge of the evaluation portion of the meeting. This includes ensuring the various people in evaluation-related roles know what to do, and running the evaluations smoothly. The General Evaluator will also provide feedback to all members as to how the meeting proceeded, what was done well, and what could be improved. As with all evaluations, this is a personal opinion only — no evaluator can claim to speak for everyone.
- Speaker: The Speaker, as the name suggests, prepares and presents a speech based on a particular project in the Toastmasters educational program. Typically, the speech is 5 to 7 minutes long, but can range from as short as 2 minutes to as long as 20 depending on the project.
- Speech Evaluator: The Speech Evaluator will present an oral evaluation of the speech, going over what they feel the speaker did well and what can be improved. All attendees are invited to fill out a written evaluation of the speech as well.
- Timer: The Timer will show a visible signal to indicate time usage to the current speaker. A green signal means that the minimum time has been achieved, yellow means the limit is approaching, and red means you’re going over your allotted time.
- Grammarian / Ah-Counter: The Grammarian keeps track of filler words (“ah”, “um”, “eh”, etc.) as well as awkward and interesting word usage. The Grammarian also prepares and presents a Word of the Day, and encourages participants to use it during the meeting.
- Quizmaster: The Quizmaster presents a few questions based on what was said during the course of the meeting. The biggest question being asked here is: Were you paying attention?
- Jokemaster: The Jokemaster presents a short joke, in order to start off the meeting on a light note.
- Other roles: The meeting structure is flexible, and many clubs do add or modify the roles slightly. However, almost all clubs will have these basic roles at any normal meeting.
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