Most project speeches are 5 – 7 minutes. Contest speeches are also 5 – 7 minutes. If you are doing your ice-break speech, is 4 – 6 minutes. It is important to speak within the timing requirement or else you will be disqualified in a contest or to be voted in a chapter meeting.

To help you prepare for your 5 – 7 minutes speech, you can download the Apple MPEG-4 format video below and play it on your mobile phone or tablet to time your speech.

5 – 7 Minutes Timing Video

Timing Sequence for a 5 – 7 Minutes Speech

• At the 5th minute, the screen will turn Green
• At the 6th minute, the screen will turn Amber
• At the 7th minute, the screen will turn Red
• At 7 min 30 sec, you will see “TIME’S UP!!”

The Timing Video for P1, P10, Evaluation and Table Topics can also be found below for download.

4 – 6 Minutes Timing Video

Timing Sequence for a 4 – 6 Minutes Ice-Breaker Speech

• At the 4th minute, the screen will turn Green
• At the 5th minute, the screen will turn Amber
• At the 6th minute, the screen will turn Red
• At 6 min 30 sec, you will see “TIME’S UP!!”

8 – 10 Minutes Timing Video

Timing Sequence for a 8 – 10 Minutes Speech

• At the 8th minute, the screen will turn Green
• At the 9th minute, the screen will turn Amber
• At the 10th minute, the screen will turn Red
• At 10 min 30 sec, you will see “TIME’S UP!!”

2 – 3 Minutes Timing Video

Timing Sequence for Evaluation

• At the 2nd minute, the screen will turn Green
• At 2 min 30 sec, the screen will turn Amber
• At 3 min, the screen will turn Red
• At 3 min 30 sec, you will see “TIME’S UP!!”

1 – 2 Minutes Timing Video

Timing Sequence for Table Topics

• At 1 min, the screen will turn Green
• At 1 min 30 sec, the screen will turn Amber
• At 2 min, the screen will turn Red
• At 2 min 30 sec, you will see “TIME’S UP!!”

In a toastmaster chapter meeting, you can use your iPad or mobile devices as a Timing Light device.

Timer’s Guide

Click on the above icon to download the Timer’s Guide.  When you use a Timing Video, the transition from one colour to the next is automatically taken care by the video.

MANUAL DIGITAL CARDS METHOD

To manually display the various digital colour cards, all you need is to download the set of four digital colour cards below and store them in your mobile device photo album in the sequence of Black, Green, Amber and Red. Simply swipe the screen to transit from one colour to another.