Toastmasters District 73 Table Topics Final 2007
One way to excellence in table topics is to model after successful speakers and do what they do.
How?
Record these speakers during the competition and replay the tape. If you are fortunate, you can find some of these recordings on Youtube.
Evaluate their performance and learn from them.
Below is a very good example from Darren Fleming, a Toastmaster from Australia.
The topic was “Someone famous once said if you obey all the rules you miss half the fun. Is this a good or a bad philosophy to live by?”
He begins by looking at the topic. He stalls for time in order to compose his message. He started strongly by illustrating his point. He breaks the rule in public speaking by facing his back to the audience. In his conclusion, he reinstate his point of view, that if he breaks the rule, he has more fun.
If you inject humour and make the audience laugh, you are a winner.
If you take on the unconventional view, you stand out from the rest.
Having a strong gesture and body language makes the presentation impactful and memorable.
Enjoy the video clip. Hope you learn something from him and implement in your table topics session.
