One of the table topics strategies in responding to a topic is to tell a relevant story to illustrate or support your view. The more stories you remember, the better for you.
Say, you are given this topic: BEHIND EVERY MAN is A SMART WOMAN!
Here is a story you can use:
Barbara Walters, of 20/20, did a story on gender roles in Kabul, Afghanistan , several years before the Afghan conflict. She noted that women customarily walked five paces behind their husbands.
She recently returned to Kabul and observed that women still walked behind their husbands. Despite the overthrow of the oppressive Taliban regime, the women seemed to, and apparently were happy to, maintain the old custom.
Ms. Walters approached one of the Afghani women and asked, ‘Why do you now seem happy with an old custom that you once tried so desperately to change?’
The woman looked Ms. Walters straight in the eyes, and without hesitation whispered, “Land Mines.”
Action Plan
Whenever you come across good short stories, file them. Practice telling these stories. Use them to illustrate your points. Stories go very well with quotation questions. If a table topic master give you a theme, you should be able to pull out a story from your mental library of stories and wow the audience with your story telling skill.
One of the masters of story telling that I have watch live in action is Anthony Robbin. Watch good story tellers and learn from them. You can find them in action at public libraries.
These and many more tips from the ebook “Table Topics Secrets Revealed“.
