A Typical Meeting

Stirling Speaking Club meetings are very much ‘learning by doing’ occasions.  Meetings are normally in two parts, the Business Meeting and the Speaking Programme.

The President conducts the business meeting, dealing with interclub news, finance, and social matters.  This also gives members practice in business meeting protocol.

In the Speaking Programme the chairman for the evening decides on the format. The following are some of the choices available: –

• Speech  (prepared talk of 5-8 minutes)
  
  
• Debate
  
  
• Topics  (short, impromptu talk, maximum 2 minutes)
  
  
• Workshops  (listening skills/speech construction/voice projection)
  
  
• Readings

The speeches are evaluated by experienced members to provide valuable feedback and recommendations for improvement. The total meeting is also given a general evaluation.