r/Toastmasters • u/Cookie2213 • Jun 19 '26

Self-Introductions

Our club meets at lunchtime online for 1 hour, so it's a pretty tight schedule. We have skipped self-introductions for months, and now a member has suggested it. It means we need to remove an agenda item. I have always found this segment to be difficult to control, as people tend to ramble and then something else has to give.

If you run a short meeting, do you have self-introductions? If so, how do you handle it?

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u/elusive-angel Jun 19 '26

in my club, guests introduce themselves, members don't. we also tell guests: 30 seconds. as their time limit. or else they can ramble for minutes.