It’s good idea to deliver a humorous speech. It sets the tone, warms up the audience and makes them like you – that’s if it’s intentionally done. However, unintentional humor may do more harm ...
Category: Guest Contributions
A TMOD theme titled “Boons of Public Speaking”
About a year back, I was in a dealer’s meet hosted by a large corporate. At the meet, apart from food, awards and photo sessions, there was a section where some of the dealers made small presentations about the industry. One such presentation was by a young 22 year boy who was studying and simultaneously helping his father run the business. He gave an impressive ...
A GE script when volunteering for a new club
Toastmasters is a two way training program. You can think of it like an interactive session between you the performer and us the reviewer. As the TMOD mentioned, the first and second part of the program is about you where ...
A General Evaluator script on being specific
If you want general tips on public speaking skills, YouTube videos are just fine. Even blogs and online classes on the art of public speaking provide great value. Of course value that is general in nature. However, if you want tips that are tailor made to ...
A TMOD theme titled “Lies we tell”
If you asked me what my favorite book is, I would tell you that it’s “A Thousand Splendid Suns” by Khaled Hosseini. And if you were a high achieving individual, someone extremely successful, I might tell you it’s “Atomic Habits” by James Clear. But here’s the truth - both of them are lies. My favorite book is obviously Harry Potter. Now that might seem like a stupid pointless lie. But ...
Table Topics on books
The meeting theme for today is an absolute master stroke by the TMOD. Taking up a book review as a theme is a great way to infuse fun and stand out from our usual meetings. We are only half way through the meeting and thanks to the TMOD’s brilliant narration and play ...
A Grammarian script with the perfect reasoning
Every grammatical error you make increases the odds of your audience misunderstanding your message or misdirecting their focus or worse misjudging the intent of your entire speech. That’s three misses in your speech ...
A timer script for online meetings with a peculiar reasoning
There are many advantages to speaking on the clock. Everybody gets their due share of speaking time, the meeting concludes as scheduled, you get qualified for voting and most importantly the tech ...
An ah counter script on leadership
Toastmasters doesn’t just transform us into better communicators but also carves us as leaders. And no leader can afford to sound vague, unsure or hesitant. Unfortunately filler words such as ...
Table Topics on teacher’s day
I hated Chemistry as a student. It was one subject I always scored low because no matter how hard I tried, I just didn’t get it. That was until Mr. Anil showed up. He had a way to make Chemistry relatable that no teacher ever did. Mr. Anil had a trademark style – he would always show up in class with objects from our day to day lives that would make boring lessons come to life. From salt to calcium tablets to even a chilled bottle of ...
