It is our policy, however, to administer our group without direct imput from speech professionals. Although being monitored is optional , we identify the speech skills each person would like to have monitored at the start of each meeting. Each person in the group receives index cards with the skills being monitored on them. If the speaker does not use his identified target or fluency skill, then everyone waves their cards as a reminder. That is called 'getting flagged' for not using the skill.
Monitoring can take place in unstructured speaking situations including the coffee break.
The leader for the day then introduce structured activities. One of my favorite activities, if I am a leader, is to choose words at random from a newspaper, or out of my head, and write down each word on a piece of paper. We might then go around the room and ask for comments or question from each participant, with an emphasis on positive comments. Following this, the person who spoke typically talks about how it felt to make the presentation, and reflects on the comments from all the listeners. At other times we might have debates, or informal, spontaneous discussions where people have to interrupt to take a talking turn .