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Toastmaster Topics
Theme or Speech Ideas Now and then a subject pops up which makes me think, hey, that would make a great classroom discussion, Toastmaster's or Rotary speech or theme for…
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Table Topic: If We Could, Would We?
The 5 W's Table Topic Questions As we contemplated our assignment to ask our fellow members and guests questions that might provoke thoughtful responses, we remember the 5 W's as…
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Cure Glossophobia Through Visualization – Mind Maps
The Brain The primary function of the brain is to ensure survival of the host...you. Cognition From infancy, parents, community, tradition, religion, science, ists and isms and politicians, our brains…
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Speech 3-D Thinking
What is 3-D Thinking? Critical thinking is 3-D thinking. Critical not in the sense of movie critics and bad reviews, but critical as in asking questions and pondering data. Critical…
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The Perfect Storm with a Side of Morel Mushrooms – Speech
In our 30's, we loved to fish and bake our brains in the hot sun in a boat on a lake while playing guess and by golly with striped and…
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Hilarity Harvest – Speech
Activities for the Fall Harvest Season - Speech Our 5 to 7 minute contribution to the Hilarity Harvest No-Contest Toastmaster affair back in October 30, 2018. For this speech, we…
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What Is Funny – Speech
Philosophy of Funny, aka Humor Gets a Bad Rap When people are asked what’s important in their lives, they often mention humor. Sense of humor nears the top of the…
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What is Funny? Table Topics
What IS Funny These table topic questions below accompany our speech: Philosophy of Humor. According to Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy's, Philosophy of Humor, https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/humor/ 'When people are asked what’s important…
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Deadly Doublespeak
Chaos knows our slide into the shadowland started the day we sat down to enjoy a bit of news with our dinner and to witness a whore politician look directly…
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How to Write a 3-Part Speech
How to Write a 3-Part Speech Rule of Three for Motivational Speeches. During a week of procrastination and heading towards a hard deadline for delivering a speech at my club,…