Who gets a Table Topic??
When you are the Table Topics Master, here are suggestions for who should receive a topic and who should not receive one.
GROUP #1:
Those with no role on the agenda
Cinematographer
Timer
Vote Counter
(Note: Visitors should be given the OPTION of responding to a Table Topic, but only after they have observed a few others first.)
GROUP #2 . . . After everyone in Group #1 has received a topic, the next available responders are:
Word of the Day
Other members of the 4-minute quartet (Philosopher, One Minute TM, and Jokemaster)
Ah Counter
Grammarian
GROUP #3 . . . After everyone in Groups #1 and #2 has received a topic:
Evaluators (time permitting and based on the number of prepared speeches that day)
DO NOT CALL ON THESE:
Table Topics Evaluator
Toastmaster of the Meeting
Master Evaluator
Speakers