Table Topic Idea
John Fleming
meeting with the theme Lifelong Learning.
I took a copy of our local public school system's Continuing Education
calendar and selected a number of course titles, things like: Hair
Braiding--Braiding Your Own Hair, Public Speaking Level 1, Basic
Cooking for Retired Husbands, and so on.
Each table topic recipient was given a course title, and asked to
explain why s/he signed up to take that particular course.
The answers were pretty creative.
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John Fleming, ATM-B, AL
Rooster Rousers Toastmasters, President
Attitude Boosters Toastmasters, Member
Chamber Toastmasters, Member
Edmonton, Alberta
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Dennis & Gloria Chada, St. Paul, MN
>
>Here is an idea for table topics that I used the other day in a
>meeting with the theme Lifelong Learning.
>
>I took a copy of our local public school system's Continuing Education
>calendar and selected a number of course titles, things like: Hair
>Braiding--Braiding Your Own Hair, Public Speaking Level 1, Basic
>Cooking for Retired Husbands, and so on.
>
>Each table topic recipient was given a course title, and asked to
>explain why s/he signed up to take that particular course.
>
>The answers were pretty creative.
John,
I was Table Topics Master last night at our regular club meeting. I had been the
contestant in the Club, Area and Division Table Topics Contest this year. So the
questions were the very ones which I had just faced in those three arenas!
It gave our members who could not attend a flavor of the types of question and (I
hope) gave all of them an idea that they were capable of answering the questions
without a problem and should perhaps compete.
It was very well received by everybody, and also the responses showed an
interesting spin in the answers, a different slant then we had seen at the contests.
It was great fun, especially for me, when I posed the Divisional Table Topics
Question to the incumbent Division Governor! We all discovered together that
additional time to ponder a question does not always improve the answer.
As we are in the contest cycle, contest topics are timely, give it a try .
Good Luck
Dennis Chada
--
Author of: "The Gas Technician's Introduction To Industrial Burners"
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or call: 1.800.388.5348
Judith Nightingale
Dennis & Gloria Chada, St. Paul, MN wrote in message
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been the
>contestant in the Club, Area and Division Table Topics Contest this year.
So the
>questions were the very ones which I had just faced in those three arenas!
>
Come on Dennis....give!
What were those topics? We could all use them then.
bye,
Judith
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