TI recommends giving the topic first. Then everyone is in suspense. Can guests answer a topic? This is a wonderful way to get guests engaged in the club and give them a taste of the Toastmasters experience. Do make sure to catch their name. Who can I call on to answer a Table Topic?
Technically, anyone in the room, regardless of membership status or roles they have, but there are some caveats. I recommend you start with at least one experienced person someone who has been a Table Topics speaker at least a few times , then work on guests and people who no meeting role, then people with simple meeting roles, only involving people with significant speaking time in the meeting if there is sufficient time.
Not exactly. If someone gave a minute speech, why call on them to give a Table Topic when the ah counter is sitting and waiting with little opportunity to talk the entire meeting? If there is sufficient time, then certainly call on everyone. Can I give the same question to multiple people? Generally, no. If multiple people are given the same question, that gives the later respondents an unfair advantage. However, there are occasional unique approaches to Table Topics that may be an exception.
Where am I? When do I stop the Table Topics segment? Keep an eye on the time and be respectful of it. It may take a minute or two longer to wrap up than you expected. The last Table Topics respondent spoke. Now what? Then call for a vote. You can vote for Sally, who talked about riding pigs, or you can vote for Donald, who talked about snake egg omelets, or you can vote for Tabitha, who talked about her fear of toothpicks. Do the Table Topics speakers get evaluated?
That depends on the club. If they are evaluated, most likely someone else will be doing the evaluation, but there are a few clubs where the topicsmaster evaluates the speaker.
I recommend that clubs evaluate Table Topics speakers. Do I get evaluated? Toastmasters International ballots do have a section for people to write comments to the topicsmaster: most clubs do not collect these, but some do.
The general evaluator may or may not give you some feedback in their evaluation of the meeting. Your mentor may give you feedback. See if you can get your club to run a special Table Topics meeting. I found the contents very useful toa toastmaster who would wish to present table Topics in an effective manner.
I just wanted to find out HOW to do them. This works just fine, but if you want to be different, you can also try some creative approaches to conduct the Table Topics session. These are just a few suggestions from the several creative approaches you can take when conducting a Table Topics session.
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Save your seat! Book my seat! At the meeting:. Arrive early, at least by 7. Look at the agenda to check which members do not have speaking roles. Ask guests at the interval if they would like to participate. If you are using this role as part of the CL manual, ask the Table Topics Evaluator to evaluate you and complete the manual. During the meeting:. Step up to the lectern; shake hands with the Toastmaster to take over the floor.
Explain the role of Table Topics Master. Stress that the time allowed is minutes but the speaker does not have to fill the 2-minute slot.
Explain that if the speaker has made their point in less than 2 minutes, they should stop and sit down. There are no brownie points for filling the 2 minutes! State the topic first, repeat the topic, then call upon a member to deliver a response. Keep your questions and comments short.
Your task is to give others a chance to speak, not make a series of mini speeches yourself. You may also leave a copy of the topic on the lectern for the speaker. Call upon members in the following order to maximise speaking opportunities:.
Members who do not have a role. Members who have a role avoiding those who are actively doing roles during table topics such as the table topics evaluator, timer, general evaluator. Guests who have agreed to participate in table topics. How this role helps you:. This role will help you to enhance your preparation, listening, speaking and time management skills. This role will enhance your creative thinking skills. You can use it to advance your CL manual for the following projects:.
Try to be as original as possible — you can find ideas from newspapers, magazines, Toastmaster magazines, the Internet, books etc.
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