Toastmaster: The main duty of the Toastmaster is to act as the host of the meeting and keep the program running smoothly. The Toastmaster also prepares some brief remarks that can be used to bridge the gaps between program segments. During the meeting, the Toastmaster presides over the program, follows the meeting agenda and creates an atmosphere of interest, energy and enthusiasm.

Table Topics Master: in Toastmasters, a primary goal is for everyone to have an opportunity to speak. Table Topics is the portion of the meeting that makes this possible. The purpose is to have members think on their feet and speak for 1-2 minutes. The Table Topics Master prepares a number of interesting and thought provoking questions based on the meeting theme or current events. During the meeting the Topics Master calls on members (and guests if they want to participate) and asks them a prepared question, giving members 1-2 minutes to respond.

Speaker: a main portion of the meeting is devoted to hearing from our speakers. Our speakers present a prepared speech from one of the Toastmasters manuals. Each speech is designed to help the speaker work on specific objectives. Most speeches are from 5 to 7 minutes long.

General Evaluator: The General Evaluator is evaluates anything and everything that takes place during the meeting and provides a brief report about the overall quality of the meeting. The GE also evaluates the Evaluators. It is not the General Evaluator’s place to give an evaluation of the speakers. Some things the General Evaluator watches include whether the meeting began on time, how well meeting protocol was followed, and any outstanding things that made the meeting great or areas that could be improved. Do your best to comment on all major aspects of the meeting and all participants.

Evaluator: after every prepared speech, the speaker receives and evaluation. In addition to a written evaluation, the Evaluator gets up and delivers a 2-3 minute verbal evaluation. The purpose of the evaluation is to help the speaker identify the things they did well and some areas of improvement for next time. Another vital role of the Evaluator is to provide encouragement to the speaker to help keep them motivated and enthusiastic.

Ah-Counter: The purpose of the Ah Counter is to note words and sounds used as a "crutch" or to fill silent pauses during a speech. The biggest crutch words include "Um, And Um, You Know, So, Er and Ah." The Ah Counter also keeps track of repeated phrases like "I, I" or "this means, this means." At the end of the meeting, the Ah Counter gives a report on the number of times each speaker used a crutch word or sound.

Grammarian: The Grammarian selects a word of the day and monitors grammar at each meeting. The Grammarian also watches for proper use of sentence structure and grammar, along with the use of particularly creative words.

Timer: The Timer times all speaking portions of the meeting.

Ballot: Each member and guest is given a “Ballots and Brief Evaluations” form. Use this form to write a brief evaluation of each of the speakers and to vote for the best speaker, best table topics speaker and the best evaluator. Guests are encouraged to vote and write evaluations.

Toastmaster Designations:
CTM: (Competent Toastmaster) A CTM has completed ten separate speeches from the Communications and Leadership Program manual.

Advanced Toastmaster: ATM – Bronze, ATM- Silver, ATM Gold - A Toastmaster who has completed a CTM and additional manual speeches from the Advanced Manuals.