Table Topics
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1. Be prepared. Does the meeting have a theme?
2. Prepare your questions prior to the meeting.
3. Prepare extra questions, just in case.
4. Select questions that will not be offensive.
5. Remember to give a brief overview of table topics for visitors at the beginning of the session.
6. Encourage participants to use the word of the day.
7. Call on members who are not participating in the meeting to go first.
8. Call on participants at random. Avoid going around the room.
9. When selecting a topic remember, table topics are meant to be fun, don't try to "catch" someone
10. Try to come up with some new ideas;
- Ask members tell a story passing off from one table topics speaker to another.
- Request the member pull three words from a hat and then weave a story about the three words.
- Have a debate between two members, 1 minute each then 2, 30 second rebuttals each.
- Cut a headline (the more cyptic the better) from the newspaper and ask the member to speak about it.
1. Relax - Put things into perspective, Everyone else has gone through the same thing. Not every word that comes out of your mouth has to be earth shaking.
2. Take a few seconds to think and organize your thoughts
3. Pick out a main point
4. Opening - Get the audience INVOLVED early, have them respond to a question, get a reaction, or get them to laugh. That way you will know that they are with you. Estimated time 15 seconds.
5. Body - Make and support your point. Estimated time 90 seconds.
6. Conclusion - Sum things up. What have you told us? Why? Estimated time 15 seconds.
7. Remember to use your guestures.
8. Remember to use your voice. Change pitch and tone as required to make you points.
9. Try to use language that is both appropriate and descriptive.
10. End your topic and turn control back to the table topics master, by saying Mr. (Madame) Table Topics Master.
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