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Table Topics Ideas #3: Gameshow
Instead of just having a list of questions for table topics and asking them one after the other, add a bit of sparkle to the evening by making the session more like a gameshow: Pick A Number Write each question onto a separate card and give each que...
How to Win a Humorous Speech Contest, Part 1 – Suit Up!
First Impressions Your appearance is very important. We all look at people and make snap judgements based on how they look and at a contest what you wear and how look can have a direct effect on how the audience will react to your speech. Furthermore...
Table Topics Ideas #2: Sell Sell Sell
Instead of just asking questions in Table topics, give the speakers something different to talk about, give them a picture or an image and ask them a question based on the picture. One very successful table topics session we had recently involved chi...
Always Do A Manual Speech
In Toastmasters when you get up and speak, it’s not just about getting up and speaking, it’s about learning and improving and so members are encouraged to always give a speech based on a project from one of the manuals because that would ...
Agenda November
November is going to be a busy month for Utrecht Toastmasters. Lots of opportunities to listen, practice, learn and enjoy. Here’s the agenda: Thursday November 5, 19:00: Demonstration meeting at Tias Nimbas. Friday November 6, 19:15: Regular fu...
Shades of Grey
One day in May, I discovered that I can do a credible Martin Luther King. On 1st May 2009, I, the pasty white Irishman, possibly the whitest man in the world, so white that when I show people my tan they think that I have a normal colour… Yes...

