Thursday, May 20, 2021
My winning table topic on Donald Trump at Lucknow Toastmasters club in India
May 15 2021.
Question
You must persuade the captain of the ship to give you a life belt. You have a choice of three people.
(I chose Donald Trump. I said:)
"It's absolutely clear you must save me because you will go down in history as the person who saved the President of the United States, the former President, but I could be President yet again, because I was voted in - and what they did once they could do again.
"We all have our ups and downs, everyone does, and I've had a down, but you should hang on, and there's a chance you might live.
"You're doing to go down in history and you could live and be famous, forever. If you give me that life belt, I will have your name engraved at a new university, named after you, and give an opening speech about you, and a statue for you.
"And your family will all be VIPs. And your family will have hotel stays at my hotels. Don't worry about visas.
"Now, I am a big man and need this life belt. But if you've a good swimmer, and you can hang on, I will reach out and support you. You might live.
"Regardless, you will go down in history. You could live and be famous forever. You cannot afford to miss this offer."
Lucknow Toastmasters club is in India.
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Tuesday, September 24, 2019
Winning Impromptu Speech on Smile
My topic was: The most important thing is your Smile.
I said:
When I walk into a room, I look round for somebody who is smiling so I can speak to them. When I see somebody smiling, I am happy. I don't know whether they are smiling because they like me or just because they are a happy smiley person. But I know I can approach them.
Everybody wants to give a great, welcoming smile. Dentists promise you a better smile if you pay them lots of money to have your teeth fixed.
Yesterday I went to a Toastmasters Meeting and we met a girl who gave a speech about how she had her teeth fixed and got a lovely smile and decided to become a dentist so she could give everybody else a lovely smile.
(I wish I could be paid to give everybody a lovely smile.)
I see the red light so I might go, and leave you, with a lovely smile.
Labels: best table topic, dentist, impromptu speech, ribon, smile, Toastmasters
Sunday, July 09, 2017
How I Won Best Table Topics Ribbon for an impromptu speech on Collaboration
At Harrovian Speakers club on Monday July 3rd, 2017 I was the best table topics speaker ribbon for an impromptu speech on Collaboration.
I said:
I helped organize a session on mentoring at the Club Officer training. Only two people at this (Harrovians Speakers club) meeting, Kavita and me, were there, so it will be news to you
this was a collaboration from the start.
My speech on mentoring at HOD Toastmasters club had seen by Kavita, Area Director, who asked me to run a session demonstrating mentoring at the Club officer Training, attended by committee members of the four clubs in the area.
Kavita said it was a 15 minute spot, which I could share with two members of my mentoring committee, Loran and Ruth. Easy. I only had to speak for five minutes. Easy. I'd given sessions on mentoring previously using HQ slides.
I just needed to check that Ruth and Lorna and I did not overlap. I emailed Ruth and Lorna and asked one of them to speak on mentoring advantages for clubs, and mentors, and mentees. and one to speak on the challenges of pairing up mentors and mentees. They both emailed back, useful information. But both were away on the training date.
So I emailed Indra, who was my original mentor, and had done mentoring sessions with me previously. I want away on holiday, leaving Indra to liaise with Kavita. I told Kavita I had no time to make new slides. So she asked a member of an in house club to make slides.
On the night it was a great success. We needed with my calling Indra on stage, demonstrating taking a selfie of mentor and mentee, which is done in Singapore. Six people collaboration for a successful session.
Angela Lansbury, B A Hons, CL, ACG.
Labels: best table topic, best table topic ribbon, club office training, collaboration, impromptu speech, Indra, Kavita., mentee, mentoring, selfie, table topic
