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Leads the members and guests in the Pledge of Allegiance, provides an inspirational thought for the day, welcomes guests, gives announcements, and moderates the meetings.

Presents a humorous joke, story or phrase to the members and guests to invoke cheerfulness at the beginning of a meeting.

Plays a key role in the success of the meeting. The Toastmaster is responsible for conducting the entire program, introducing the members in the program, and creating an atmosphere of interest.

Explains the timing rules to the members, signals each participant throughout the meeting, records the time used by each speaker, and reports the findings to the club.

Listens for awkward use or misuse of language (incomplete sentences, incorrect grammer, etc...) and reports at the end of the meeting.

Records the number of crutch words (ah, um, okay, etc...) used during the meeting and reports them at the end of the meeting.

Learns different skills by presenting a prepared speech based on Toastmaster's speech manual objectives. The speaker selects the topic of the speech. Usually the speech of five to seven minutes long.

Introduces a word that will help to increase members' vocabulary - a word that can be incorporated into everyday conversation. The Word Master also prepares a sentence as an example of how to use the word and monitors the people who participate in Table Topics to ensure they use the word of the day.

Selects the topics and the participants who will speak in the impromptu speaking portion of the meeting. The participants should speak one to two minutes on the given topic and use the word of the day.

Calls for reports from the Evaluators, Timer, Grammarian, AH Counter and presents a brief, overall evaluation of the meeting.

Provides a written and an oral evaluation to the members, using the speaker's Toastmaster manual that will offer useful advice and motivate the speaker.

Arrives at the meeting location early enough to arrange the room for the club and to display all literature required for the meeting. Greets each guest and assures that they are seated with a member who will answer their questions throughout the meeting. Calls the meeting to order on time and clears the room at the end of the meeting.