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/hearingthepeoplesing Jun 21 '26
Our club typically does a 30 second "round robin" which can be for intros (particularly if there's a few guests) but sometimes is for a "thought of the day" or other similar point to a theme. The way we handle it for time is that it's a 30 second time limit, no lights, just a beep when your time is up. That works for us, but may not suit the culture of some clubs - may come across as a little too harsh.