Time is incredibly valuable, more so when you have it from a room of people. It’s therefore foolish to take only 5 minutes from them when you can take 7. At the same time, take 8 and you risk being selfish and ...
Tag: Timer script
A Timer script on rules
Every game has some rules. And so does Toastmasters. While it may sound cool to say rules are made to be broken, trust me we are all humans and not barbarians only ...
A hilarious timer script on missing family time
In our last meeting, we over shot our time by 30 MINUTES. I lost family time with my kids, had to have my dinner alone and missed dinner table gossip about ...
A Timer script on being crisp
Obama may speak for an hour and people would listen to him. Oprah Winfrey may speak for a day and people would still listen to her. But common people such as ...
A Timer script with flattery
You may be watching a Steven Spielberg movie, but if it ran beyond a certain time, you would not only lose interest but only tune out. If it’s true for Steven Spielberg, it’s definitely true for you. Keeping track of your time as a speaker ...
A Timer’s script on building a reputation
When you do an activity repeatedly, you develop a reputation around it, sometimes positive sometimes negative. For example, as a public speaker, people may say “She is an amazing storyteller” or “His speeches are always humorous” or “He is always behind time.” Negative ...
A Timer script with a brilliant observation
Have you noticed that most public speakers tend to speak beyond their allotted time? The same speakers later casually apologize to the audience for doing so before initiating a hasty question answer session. It would be way more ...
A Timer script on being mindful
Delivering a stupendous speech can be a tough task if your eye and attention is always on the clock. You know you have a limited time as a speaker but repeatedly glancing at the clock is not the right way to be mindful ...
A Timer’s script on not wasting people’s time
Do you know what the easiest way to spoil someone’s mood is? Just waste their time. Keep them waiting at a restaurant or show them a third rated movie or make them listen to a needlessly long, beaten around the bush talk. If you are not careful, the third example can be you and you would be ...
A timer’s script on keeping it short
Time is a fairly broad topic. I can talk about it from ten different angles and hog two hours while doing so. But none of you would like it, would you? The point is that while we can speak on any subject for hours on end, but the time our audience ...
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