The Sergeant-at-arms will call the meeting to order. He or she will ask members and guests to introduce themselves, sometimes answering a question such as your favourite chicken rice shop. This is followed by inspirational words by the President of the Club. Finally, the Toastmaster of the Evening (the TME) takes over the conduct of the meeting.

Following this, there are three main sections to the meeting:

Prepared Speeches
The prepared speeches section is for members who are doing projects from the Basic or Advanced Communication and Leadership Manual. At the Basic level, members have to complete 10 projects. While the manual guides members in their speech development, the choice of topic is free. Most of the Basic Speeches are from 5 to 7 minutes in length.

Speech Evaluation
Next, the evaluation section consists of members providing feedback to each of the prepared speeches. There are no teachers in Toastmasters. Rather, constructive feedback from fellow members provides the opportunity for improvement and growth. Evaluators have 2 to 3 minutes for their comments.

Table Topics
The table topics session is an opportunity for members and guests to practise their impromptu (or unprepared) speaking skills. The Table Topics Master will introduce a topic and select various members to address it. They have one to two minutes each.

Language & General Evaluation
Finally, two Toastmasters, usually from other clubs, provide a Language Evaluation and a General Evaluation. The Language Evaluation is designed to give speakers advice on word choice, pronunciation, speech structure, etc. while the General Evaluator comments on the conduct and success of the meeting. In addition, throughout the meeting, members and guests vote on the best table topics participant, best prepared speaker and best evaluator. The results of these votes are announced at the end of the meeting.

The various roles at the meeting, except for members of the Executive, change monthly; members can improve their speaking abilities, including speech evaluation (which involves careful listening), and the ability to conduct meetings.