Meetings run from noon until 1:00 p.m. every Tuesday. You may bring lunch and eat during the meeting. After a short business segment, the program begins with Table Topics, where several members are asked to give 1-2 minute impromptu talks on a variety of topics, with no advance preparation time. The skills learned here are helpful in handling job interviews, and customer service questions.

After this, there are two or three prepared speeches by members, which are followed by evaluations of each presentation by another member. The topic for these speeches is left entirely up to the individual. Subjects vary according to the interests of the speaker and what they feel will be beneficial or entertaining to the audience.

Afterwards, there is a short evaluation session, where the speaker gets feedback and comments from the evaluator, including thoughts on what the evaluator felt where the strengths of the speech and items to consider for improvement. Each speaker also gets a written evaluation in their manual.

Athens Toastmasters has members with a wide range of speaking experience. Some just joined and are new to public speaking. Others have several years of experience and are now working from the advanced manuals. Whatever skill level you think you have, you will definitely fit in with us.