The theme of this meeting was New Year resolutions one months on. To keep with the theme as Table-topics master I looked up pages from Internet on resolutions and goals etc. I then used a text analyzer to generate keywords. I removed a few that were silly. Originally I intended to let … Continue Reading ››
“A talk show host must be knowledgeable about each guest, be able the phrase questions well, be able to handle different personalities, and make guest feel relaxed an comfortable. Carefully prepare for an interview, finding out as much as possible about the guest and the topics to be discussed. Consider your audience’s knowledge of … Continue Reading ››
Tip of the Week
On my recent visit to Toastmasters Bilbao I was really interested that each week on their Facebook Page (https://www.facebook.com/ToastmastersBilbao) they publish a tip of the … Continue Reading ››
Within the Leadership track of Toastmasters there are several sets of educational speeches designed to help members and officers create a more effective Toastmasters’ experience.
The speech is drawn from the Successful Club Series and pitched at a formative point within the life of prospective club Northampton Speakers. See it on Toastmasters HQ website here: Continue Reading ››
Four Toastmasters and four welcome guest gathered in the board room at Billing road for a fun night. Awards went to Josie for a début win with table topics and Daniel won humour. Next meeting is 19th of May at 53 Billing road, Northampton, with Daniel as Toastmaster-of-the-Evening.
Newcomer Luke M debuted with a win tabletopics followed by sharing a win for the best use of humour with Cecile W, a North Bucks Toastmaster visiting for the first time. With Dave M as Toastmaster of the Evening and Sue S as President (plus General Evaluator and Tabletopics Master) four guests and six Toastmasters … Continue Reading ››
Speech 3 from the The Entertaining Speaker (2007-06) manual - Make Them Laugh.
Objectives:
Prepare a humorous speech drawn from your own experience.
Strengthen the speech by adapting and personalizing humorous material from outside sources.
Deliver the speech in a way that makes the humour effective.
Speech timings: 5:00, 6:00, 7:00