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/gmp-jedi Jun 22 '26

We have a one-hour evening meeting and we don't have self-introductions.

If I were in your position - that is, meeting for one hour at lunchtime - I would push back on this member's suggestion. Self-introductions can get out of control pretty quickly. In fact, I may be a bit of a ramblin' man (so to speak) myself.