Improving Toastmasters Meetings

The first essential is to be heard.

If you wish to make a career and speak to a hall full of people, you need to use a microphone and check that the people at the back can hear.

At Toastmasters clubs I rarely notice a speaker asking if the people at the back can hear. Yet most speakers at major meetings will start by checking sound levels. Nobody wants to spend an hour listening to a speaker whose meaning is lost.

You should also check that everybody can see the speaker. Ideally have a central aisle.