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Toastmaster Table Topic Ideas for Impromptu Speaking – Aunt Agony
Instead of the Table Topics Master coming up with the table topics, instead open it up to the floor to come up with an “Dear Aunt Agony” question to pose to the table topics speaker. The speaker’s table topic speech will then be to give their advice. Alternatively the Table Topics Master can set the [...]
Continue reading...Toastmaster Table Topic Ideas for Impromptu Speaking – Selling From Pictures
3. October 2007
Table topics can take a persuasive stance by having table topic speakers sell a product. How this can be done: Go to ecommerce stores and source for interesting products. Download their pictures and have the table topic speakers each choose a product to sell to the club. The speakers should tell everyone what they think [...]
Continue reading...Toastmaster Table Topic Ideas for Impromptu Speaking – Talking From Pictures
20. September 2007
This is a great idea. In our club, table topics are usually written topics on a piece of paper, but I thought, “Why don’t we use pictures for a change?” So I found some pictures off the Internet, and assigned a number to each of them. I had the table topics speakers come up and [...]
Continue reading...Toastmaster Table Topic Ideas for Impromptu Speaking – Christmas Gifts
16. September 2007
This table topic theme is great for Christmas-themed chapter meetings nearer the end of the year – not only is it fun, it helps bond members together by making their gift exchanges a really memorable one! Here’s how it goes: A member picks a wrapped gift from under the ‘tree’ (or it could be any [...]
Continue reading...Toastmasters Table Topic Ideas for Impromptu Speaking – Crazy Colours
9. September 2007
On small slips of paper write out some unusual or very descriptive colors (day-glo orange, pea green, flamingo pink etc), and on each slip, write down a question along the lines of: Tell us why you plan to paint your house this color Explain why all your clothes this summer will be in this color [...]
Continue reading...Toastmasters Table Topic Ideas for Impromptu Speaking – Fortune Cookie
7. September 2007
Have the speaker pick a fortune cookie and use the “fortune” as the topic to talk about. As a plus point, the speaker can eat the cookie after the speech too! Tags: Public Speaking, Toastmasters
Continue reading...Toastmasters Table Topic Ideas for Impromptu Speaking – Scented Cotton Wool
3. September 2007
Hand out small plastic containers with cotton wool soaked in a scent – dettol, perfume, etc. Then ask the table topic participants what memories the scent evoked. Tags: Public Speaking, Toastmasters
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24. October 2007
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