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Table Topics Contest Preparation
This document provides tips for participating in a Table Topics speech contest. It discusses why members should participate in contests, including to help the club, learn new skills quickly, speak to a new audience, and gain popularity. It outlines contest eligibility rules and provides advice for both contestants and Table Topics masters. Suggestions are given for contestants to practice topics, record themselves, find a mentor, and study feedback. Tips are also provided for masters on introducing topics and putting speakers at ease. The document emphasizes preparation, structure, and tactics for responding to impromptu questions.
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Table Topics Contest Preparation
- 1. By: Vinod Mehra TableTopics Speech Contest
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- 4. Why Participate inContest?
- 5. Why Contest Club Needsyou Fast Track - Learning New Audience Stretch Be Known, Popularity Change (C v/s P)
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- 7. Contestant Eligibility Club ingood standing Contestant in good standing
- 8. Ineligible to Contest International officers, Director and District officer candidates, IPDGs Educational Presenters of sessions at the Area, Division and District Judges at any level of contests, still competing
- 9. Points to remember Ifa contestant wins more than one Club Speech contest he/she may represent only one of the Clubs at the Area level. No contestant can compete in more than one Area Speech Contest even if in different Divisions or different Districts Do not serveDo not serve as a judge ifas a judge if you are still ayou are still a contestantcontestant Do not serveDo not serve as a judge ifas a judge if you are still ayou are still a contestantcontestant
- 10. Caveat - Tips NotAudible Not Visible Timing devise not visible Dress CodeDress Code Microphone tucked Wire Hanging
- 11. Conquer Stage –Space and Microphone Time ( Red Light ) 1 – 2:301 – 2:30 Practice Topics (AbstractAbstract ) Short stories – localize/ Personalise RJ TipRJ Tip Record – MP3 (Self Critic) Find the Mentor** (Virtual/Physical) Attend the Judges Training Study the Ballots Tips for TT Speaker (BeforeBefore)
- 15. Tips for TTMaster Put speaker at ease Announce topic TMI suggested way Name – Topic – Topic - Name Craft short and easy to understand
- 16. Tips for TTSpeaker (JITJIT) ListenListen to the topic PausePause (look before you leap, pause before you speak) (the world looks brighter from behind a smilesmile) Power PosturePower Posture Salutations ?? Don’t apologizeDon’t apologize GuerillaGuerilla Opening/Closing Be expressiveexpressive in words and gestures Add humorhumor if possible Speak within timewithin time allotted
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- 18. Opening Ideas RepeatRepeat orsummarize question and pause Use a quote (quote (3/5 Quotes3/5 Quotes)) Start an anecdoteanecdote QuestionQuestion Prepare something in advanceadvance
- 19. Tactics: (Tactics: (Forteon 1 or 2Forte on 1 or 2 )) Other tips for tackling topicsOther tips for tackling topics Opinion Past, Present, Future 5 Wives & 1 Husband Pros & Cons Cause & Effect Break ideas up and deal with components
- 20. TacticTactic PREPPREP Point: state yourpoint of view about the question. Do you agree or disagree? Reason: give a reason for your view Example: give one or two examples (no more the three) Point: restate your point of view
- 21. Answering the QuestiontheQuestion Start awayaway from answer, work towards it Prevents rambling AutomaticallyAutomatically gives you a conclusion
- 22. Your StoryYour Story FirstideaFirst idea is always best - don’t self censor There is no wrongno wrong answer Your own experienceexperience is the best story
- 23. TipTip One kind ofquestions you must practice comes in this format “What doesWhat does __________ mean to you?”mean to you?” For example: “What does success/leadershipsuccess/leadership mean to you?”, “What does winning thewinning the titletitle mean to you?”
- 24. Question ?Question ? +Tip or Suggestions ? + Who
- 26. Tip - contentTip- content How to Prepare for Table Topics What’s Your Take on Table Topics? Rethinking Table Topics: An Unconventional Approach to Impromptu Speaking The best Table Topics technique? What are some of the BEST Table Topics ideas you have ever had? Table Topics Ideas
- 27. Tip - ContentTip- Content Has anyone got a way or a system that they use whenHas anyone got a way or a system that they use when answering table topics? e.g. do you prepare a certainanswering table topics? e.g. do you prepare a certain topic and then adapt it to the topic on the night?topic and then adapt it to the topic on the night? Table Topic Contest Question Table Topics: What Works for You? Table Topics and DeflectionTable Topics and Deflection The artful doge? How to you do a Table Topic and avoid the topic/question? 59 Free 45-minute Video Workshop on How to Answer Table Topics 5 One word for Table Topics contest topic? Has anyone ever won a Table Topics contest by not answering the question?
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- #20 Express an opinion, right at the start:::::Unless you’re a beginner, try not to give a long introduction. Instead, answer the question or express an opinion, and do so at the start. This is easier for closed questions (e.g. “What was your favourite holiday?”), but you can also do it for open questions (e.g. “Talk about holidays”). So long as you can seize your little idea and turn it into something concrete. 5 – Remember the rule of three:::::You can put some structure into your speech by breaking it down into three main points that justify your opinion or reinforce it. (For example, “My best holiday ever was in Tibet, and there are three reasons why.”), You don’t need them all before you start: instead, you can think of the first point while answering the question, then think of the second point while talking about the first, and so on. It’s surprising how often this works. Prepare something in advance:::::You can often use the theme of the topic to suggest a framework for your speech, a style of delivery or a direction to take it in. When your question arrives, you can fit your answer into the framework you’ve already thought of. Past Present Future::::::In the past, I hated grass because my Mother made me mow a huge front lawn every week. Presently, I watch the people I pay mow the grass for me, and enjoy the fact that I’m not mowing it. In the future, I look forward to lying in the grass and enjoying the sun while not caring if it is mowed or not.
- #21 Express an opinion, right at the start:::::Unless you’re a beginner, try not to give a long introduction. Instead, answer the question or express an opinion, and do so at the start. This is easier for closed questions (e.g. “What was your favourite holiday?”), but you can also do it for open questions (e.g. “Talk about holidays”). So long as you can seize your little idea and turn it into something concrete. 5 – Remember the rule of three:::::You can put some structure into your speech by breaking it down into three main points that justify your opinion or reinforce it. (For example, “My best holiday ever was in Tibet, and there are three reasons why.”), You don’t need them all before you start: instead, you can think of the first point while answering the question, then think of the second point while talking about the first, and so on. It’s surprising how often this works. Prepare something in advance:::::You can often use the theme of the topic to suggest a framework for your speech, a style of delivery or a direction to take it in. When your question arrives, you can fit your answer into the framework you’ve already thought of. Past Present Future::::::In the past, I hated grass because my Mother made me mow a huge front lawn every week. Presently, I watch the people I pay mow the grass for me, and enjoy the fact that I’m not mowing it. In the future, I look forward to lying in the grass and enjoying the sun while not caring if it is mowed or not.