Club Information
Meeting Schedule: 1st and 3rd Mondays of each month, 19:00 – 21:00
Location: Deutsch-Amerikanisches-Institut, Gleißbühlstraße 9, 90402 Nürnberg
Club Resources:
- Live Progress Dashboard: https://dashboards.toastmasters.org/ClubReport.aspx?id=00008040
- Club Website: https://nuremberg-toastmasters.de/
- Meetup Page: https://www.meetup.com/de-DE/nuremberg-toastmasters/
- Member Resources: https://nuremberg-toastmasters.de/members/
Officer Team 2025/2026
President (Christiaan)
Role Summary: Our CEO; provides helpful, supportive leadership for all activities.
Key Responsibilities:
- Recognize training achievements and serve as first contact for officers
- Open meetings, set tone, and lead as primary facilitator
- Support all members and conduct club “orchestra”
- Organize officer meetings and represent club at Area/DCM meetings
- Responsible for everything in the club
- Coordinate between all officer roles
VP Education (Guenter)
Role Summary: Plans each meeting; helps members achieve developmental goals.
Key Responsibilities:
- Monitor member goals and speech progress
- Coordinate mentoring relationships
- Discuss pathways and guide role assignments
- Organize training events and workshops
- Serve as deputy to President and attend DCM
- Structure meetings for maximum educational value
VP Membership (Zelalem)
Role Summary: Maintains contact with guests; helps guests become members.
Key Responsibilities:
- Find mentors for new members and register in EasySpeak/TMI
- Welcome guests, provide handouts, add to mailing lists
- Act as Feel-Good Manager for existing members
- Maintain member records and databases
- Follow up with guests to convert to members
VP Public Relations (Simon)
Role Summary: Promotes the activities of the Club through social media.
Key Responsibilities:
- Promote club and identify USP
- Serve as media contact and manage social media posting
- Maintain website and manage Instagram/Facebook/LinkedIn
- Find venues, network externally, coordinate press releases
- Create promotional materials and advertising campaigns
Secretary (Simona)
Role Summary: Maintains Club records; keeps minutes of Executive Committee meetings.
Key Responsibilities:
- Keep official records and meeting minutes
- Communicate aligned actions and policies to members
- Support TMI operations and ensure policy compliance
- Communicate with TMI International and attend Annual Business Meetings
- Ensure club actions align with TMI policies
Treasurer (Florin)
Role Summary: Manages Club bank account; transfers member fees to TMI.
Key Responsibilities:
- Collect member fees and forward to TMI
- Manage club bank account and all transactions
- Reimburse expenses and control spending
- Report spending/income and prepare budget presentations
- Update club on financial situation regularly
- Ensure TMI financial obligations are met
Sergeant at Arms (Ankit)
Role Summary: Sets up meeting room; manages Club physical inventory.
Key Responsibilities:
- Arrange room, open/close location, set up hybrid technology
- Ensure forms, time cards, and equipment are ready
- Greet guests and provide orientation
- Maintain order during contests (no entry during speeches)
- Assist with timing and ensure meetings run on schedule
Immediate Past President (David)
Role Summary: Supports and guides current officer team.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide mentorship and guidance to current officers based on previous experience
- Support continuity and institutional knowledge transfer
- Assist with strategic planning and problem-solving
- Serve as advisor during challenging situations
Meeting Structure
Typical Meeting Agenda
- Introduction: Members and guests welcomed; short warmup round
- Table Topics: One- to two-minute impromptu speeches
- Prepared Speeches: Speeches from Pathways educational program
- Evaluation: Evaluation of each speech; feedback on other aspects of the meeting
Meeting Roles
Members are encouraged to take roles at meetings to practice and develop communication and leadership skills. Sign up for roles on Easy Speak.
Key Meeting Roles:
- Toastmaster: Hosts meeting by introducing speakers and keeps meeting running on time
- General Evaluator: Guides evaluation portion and provides overall feedback to improve future meetings
- Table Topics Master: Prepares and introduces impromptu topics; leads Table Topics session
- Speaker: Prepares and presents speech based on Pathways project
- Speech Evaluator: Gives constructive verbal and written comments to Speaker
- Ah-Counter: Reports on use of filler words used throughout the meeting
- Grammarian: Introduces Word of the Day and reports on use of language during meeting
- Timer: Provides timing signals to speakers and reports time of each agenda item