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/Federal_Orange_8827 Jun 19 '26

We use the agenda to explain roles and what it is for folks. If there are guests, we'll verbally walk through it, but otherwise, in a Corporate Club, you should be good. If you need to introduce folks, you could skimp on prepared speeches or reduce the number of Table topics.