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Table Topics Theme


2008
12.28

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You can anticipate what table topics questions will be asked at this time of the year.  Knowing that there is a theme that is tie to current events, you can prepare the questions in advance.

For Dec, there are Christmas theme, year end and New Year theme.

The kind of questions they could ask you during Christmas are:

  • Your most memorable Christmas Day
  • Your most memorable Christmas present
  • What you wish for Christmas
  • If you are Santa Claus..
  • Is Christmas too commercialised?
  • What is Christmas to you

Table topics questions related to The New Year theme are:

  • goal setting
  • resolution
  • What you wish for the New Year
  • Do you believe in making resolution
  • What’s your goal for 2009
  • What has been the turning points in your life
  • What’s memorable about this year.

Find out more about the kinds of topics that you can anticipate in my ebook “Table Topics Secrets Revealed!“

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How do you evaluate table topics Speakers?


2008
12.07

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When I evaluate a table topic speaker, I always use the 4S as an outline.  This method always work and never fail to impress the toastmaster.

The 4S are  style, structure, substance and slant.

Style refers to the delivery and body language.

Structure refers to the organisation of the speech e.g. the opening, the body and the conclusion.  Was the opening and closing impactful.  Does the body of the speech have a point 1, point 2, point3 supported with evidence or illustration?

Substance refers to the quality of the message  and the choice of words.  Substance means whether the speech is persuasive, informative, or entertaining.

Slant refers to the approach to tackling the topic.  For e.g. did he use story telling,  a pros and cons approach, or a PREP method?

An example of the conclusion of an evaluation using the 4S.

“He delivers his speech  with eloquence and passion (ie style) a message that is well organized (ie structure) , supported with evidence (ie substance) with a refreshing perspective (ie slant).”

Find out more from my ebook “Table Topics Secrets Revealed!” at http://www.toastmasters-tabletopics.com

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Do you have a Table Topics Evaluator?


2008
12.04

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Normally you don’t get to have a Table Topics evaluator in a typical toastmasters meeting. Appointment holders are evaluated by the General evaluator, but most of the time, nobody evaluates the table topics speakers.

So it is refreshing to find out that TDI Toastmasters Club (in KL) has one such evaluator.  If you want your club members to do well in table topics, these speakers should be evaluated too.

In my ebook “Table Topics Secrets Revealed“, I share how you can evaluate the speakers based on an easy-to-remember criteria.

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