Toastmasters Table Topics Questions – Summer Vacation Theme

Here were the Table Topics questions I used for our meeting today. If you’re not familiar with Toastmasters, it’s a great professional development organization and most clubs’ meetings are a lot of fun. Ours are. Table topics allow for impromptu speaking opportunities so member are better able to respond and interact to questions they haven’t [...]

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Why I Am a Toastmaster

I’ve mentioned before about the Toastmasters organization, which is made up of local clubs and a hierarchy thereof. Toastmasters is all about personal professional development. There are two basic tracks to work on: Becoming a better speaker. Becoming a better leader. Participating in a club develops both aspects. When you are the Toastmaster of the [...]

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Quickly Implement What You’ve Learned

I just recently finished reading Presentation Zen, which talks a lot about slide design in addition to just the art of presenting well. There are a few things I noted that I needed to do a better job of: Put key information in the areas which the eyes naturally fall. Divide the slide into thirds, [...]

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Table Topics Questions for a Fall Theme

All of these are with a fall theme: Question #1: You walk out your front door to enjoy a beautiful fall day. Your yard doesn’t have trees but it’s now covered in leaves that weren’t there yesterday. Your neighbor’s yard is covered trees and was, as of last night, covered in leaves. Now it isn’t. [...]

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Tip on Speaking (and Writing) Well – The Key Idea

In the September 2010 issue of Toastmaster magazine there’s a great article by Chris Witt (blog) entitled Not All Ideas Are Created Equal. Here is the gist of what it has to say with my own take on the points Mr. Witt has made: Focus on one idea If you have more ideas, great! Save [...]

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Toastmasters: Making Introductions Easier When You’re the Toastmaster

Being the Toastmaster over a Toastmasters meeting can be a daunting experience, especially the first couple of times you do it. One of the things a good Toastmaster does is hit the introductions for each person with a role. Typically you gather these from each person and hopefully they fit the theme you’ve selected for [...]

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