What is a Speakerthon meeting?

A " Speakerthon" is also known as "Marathon Speaking session". As the name implies, Speakerthon is a meeting devoted to speeches and evaluation only. The usual table topics session is sacrificed.



This is not a typical Toastmaster meeting nor it is a properly structured Toastmaster Program. Some clubs are organizing " Speakethon Meetings " for following reason:

• The club is too big, there is not enough speaking slots


• Most members are not doing manual speeches , so much so that the club is lagging behind on achieving DCP (educational) goals

However organizers and presidents should be cautioned on the following:

• This is not a typical Toastmaster meeting as many of the usual meeting roles are not included.
• Do not organise it thinking it is a "special" program equivalent to speech craft etc.

When many speakers are doing the same project in the same Speakerthon session, speakers can bench mark themselves by watching the performance of the other speakers. Otherwise they will have to wait till they participate in the next speech contest.