Glues are not the only things that are sticky. Catchy music tends to remain stuck in our head for days. Some people are annoyingly sticky. And a couple of filler words such as like, ah, umm, you know, but etc. are stuck ...
A TMOD theme titled “Bad Dress Days”
I am dressed well today. And that’s because “Bad Dress Day” is just my TMOD theme for the day, not my attire theme. And on most days, you will find me dressed reasonably well. Obviously, that gives you no reason to think that I dress shabbily or have horrible fashion taste. However, just sometimes things happen to go horribly wrong ...
Timer script based on elevator pitch
Do you know what an elevator pitch is? It’s a persuasive speech about your business that is no longer than 20 to 30 seconds. While most of us may never have to give an actual elevator pitch but the ...
Table topics on emotions
It’s very rare that we speak at length about our emotions. On most occasions, we make fleeting references to them in our conversations and quickly change topics to something lighter. It wouldn’t be wrong to say that people feel vulnerable ...
A Grammarian script on winning arguments
It is said that if you can’t win an argument, correct their grammar instead. We here in Toastmasters help you in both these aspects – win the argument by being a fabulous speaker and not give the opportunity to your opposition ...
A Timer script on color coded signals
Color coded signals are used in a variety of ways in our lives. We use them in traffic lights to discipline vehicles, in football to warn players and in Toastmasters to signal our speakers their time limits ...
TMOD theme titled “Math Matters”
My 15 year old daughter hates math. The fact that she is not good at it obviously has a lot to do with the hating. She frequently raises some tough to answer questions about the subject - “Where am I going to use it? Why is it important? ” If these questions sound familiar to you, it’s not at all surprising. As kids, most of us used to wonder the same about Math as well. Here’s the truth - you may not have used everything you learnt in your math class but ...
An ah counter script with an adage and great reasoning
It is said that you can’t teach an old dog a new trick. Once people become accustomed to doing things a certain way, change becomes difficult. This is especially true about filler ...
A Grammarian script with dark humor
Some people correct your grammar behind your back. They are cowards looking for some petty humor at your expense. Toastmasters on the other hand are courageous folks – not just because we can stand on a stage, hold a mike and give a talk but ...
Table topic idea on “Days of the week”
I am a big fan of Sheldon from Big Bang Theory for one specific reason – his habit of doing specific things on specific days. Sheldon has days reserved for laundry, for Chinese food, for game night, movies night everything. It sounds boring and mechanic but makes a ton of ...
