Feedback and Topics: age, emotion,
Contest Speech Feedback
At a contest the contestants cannot get feedback from the judges. Why? It could lead to ill feeling if the contestant feels they have been marked down unfairly.
How else can you get feedback? By taking along family and friends. At a recent contest one of the contestants revealed on stage when interviewed by the contest chair that the timer had given feedback.
Subject Versus Presentation
The hardest job is distinguishing between two speeches when one is a good subject badly presented (speaker was too quiet, or muttered) and another speech which had poor or unoriginal content but was delivered with verve.
Topics To Inspire Toastmasters
On my way home, after being a judge in a contest where speaker spoke on subjects such as Anger and being a good listener, I looked at the subjects in my Leadership manual. The subjects included Listening skills.
It occurred to me that to prepare a subject for Toastmasters, you can select from the following:
1) Age related issues
You could use the classic seven ages of man, adding some modern variations which will affect members of your audience:
Your children (tantrums, teaching, lessons learned, conflicts)
School teachers
Students
First Job
Young married
Marital conflict
the Boss
Your parents
Your grandparents
Make a list of the topics in a card index as divider cards. Add favourite stories from your life and put them behind the appropriate divider card. Note areas where you need a story. If you have a series of subjects with three cards for three anecdotes, that is the possible subject for your next speech. You can add quotation cards for the title, opening line and closing.
2 Emotions
7 deadly sins
Anger
Confidence
Contentment
Envy
Jealousy
Lack of confidence
Resentment
Stoicisms
Parents' proverbs and advice and says
3 Toastmasters' Manual Subjects
Delegation (delegating at home, school, work, Toastmasters)
Listening (at home, school, work, directions when travelling)
Motivation (homework, work, exams)
Team work and team building
Table topics - see later posts
Angela Lansbury, CL ACG (update 2018 now
At a contest the contestants cannot get feedback from the judges. Why? It could lead to ill feeling if the contestant feels they have been marked down unfairly.
How else can you get feedback? By taking along family and friends. At a recent contest one of the contestants revealed on stage when interviewed by the contest chair that the timer had given feedback.
Subject Versus Presentation
The hardest job is distinguishing between two speeches when one is a good subject badly presented (speaker was too quiet, or muttered) and another speech which had poor or unoriginal content but was delivered with verve.
Topics To Inspire Toastmasters
On my way home, after being a judge in a contest where speaker spoke on subjects such as Anger and being a good listener, I looked at the subjects in my Leadership manual. The subjects included Listening skills.
It occurred to me that to prepare a subject for Toastmasters, you can select from the following:
1) Age related issues
You could use the classic seven ages of man, adding some modern variations which will affect members of your audience:
Your children (tantrums, teaching, lessons learned, conflicts)
School teachers
Students
First Job
Young married
Marital conflict
the Boss
Your parents
Your grandparents
Make a list of the topics in a card index as divider cards. Add favourite stories from your life and put them behind the appropriate divider card. Note areas where you need a story. If you have a series of subjects with three cards for three anecdotes, that is the possible subject for your next speech. You can add quotation cards for the title, opening line and closing.
2 Emotions
7 deadly sins
Anger
Confidence
Contentment
Envy
Jealousy
Lack of confidence
Resentment
Stoicisms
Parents' proverbs and advice and says
3 Toastmasters' Manual Subjects
Delegation (delegating at home, school, work, Toastmasters)
Listening (at home, school, work, directions when travelling)
Motivation (homework, work, exams)
Team work and team building
Table topics - see later posts
Angela Lansbury, CL ACG (update 2018 now
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