Editing Toastmasters International (section)

==Toastmasters club structure==
Toastmasters International uses a local club-based structure, with an average club size of around 22 members. Meetings are held every week or every other week and usually in the evening, although some clubs meet in the morning or afternoon.<ref name="OCM1" /><ref name="Indie1" /><ref name="KPF1">{{Cite news |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LgYEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA17 |title=Unaccustomed as I am to public speaking... |date=April 1970 |work=[[Kiplinger's Personal Finance|Changing Times (The Kiplinger Magazine)]] |access-date=June 14, 2018 |publisher=The Kiplinger Washington Editors |pages=17–18}}</ref> Each club operates as a separate entity with a set of requirements leading to chartered status for them to be recognised as official Toastmasters clubs. The chartered status allows clubs to use the names, promotional material and program of Toastmasters International.<ref name="MPN1">{{Cite news |last=Dewey |first=Larry |url=https://archive.org/download/mpnewsjan1966mont/mpnewsjan1966mont.pdf |title=Score Yourself as a Public Speaker |date=January 1966 |work=Montana Prison News |access-date=June 23, 2018 |volume=VII|issue=1 |pages=51–52 |language=en}}</ref>

Every meeting is based on a set of organized speeches. Speakers are given feedback, often by a more experienced member, who then gives an impromptu speech with constructive feedback based on their performance.<ref name="AMWA1">{{Cite news|last=Delacruz|first=Bernard (PhD)|date=June 2016|title=My Road to Toastmasters|language=en|volume=6|pages=96–97|work=Postscripts|agency=[[American Medical Writers Association|American Medical Writers Association – Pacific Southwest Chapter]]|issue=44|url=https://archive.org/details/v6n44|access-date=June 22, 2018}}</ref>

Part of the meetings is devoted to [[Table topic|Table Topics]], which are impromptu speeches that are assigned on the spot by a Topicsmaster. The goal of this is to think on one's feet with minimal preparation. In some clubs, attendees are then asked to vote on who they thought gave the best speech.<ref name="OCM1" /><ref name="Indie1" /><ref name="KPF1" />