Speech Buds The items here are speech and table topics and ideas we have jotted down over the years through listening to others speak at Toastmaster meetings. We like to refer to these notations as “Speech Buds” because we hope they will flower into wonderful speeches eventually. Some already have, but ideas may be used and reused...
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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 Table Topic sessions. The Importance of: #1 Silence Why Silence is the Think Tank of the Soul Remarkable things about Silence Silence Important to the Brain #2...
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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 acquire cognition: knowledge and understanding through learning, experience input from the senses: Sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch. Fear / Phobia controlled through the process of cognition....
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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 thinking happens when you question your own positions and beliefs on issues and events. Most of the time humans operate on auto-pilot, 2-D fast-thinking. This is a...
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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 most wanted traits couples want most in a partner. Since ancient times, over 3,000 years, philosophers have claimed dominion over all that is important in life, but...
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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 into our trusting eyes and question the meaning of the word “is.” Until that moment Control held a stranglehold on the dreams and ideals that we had...
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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, we experimented with my own, personalized “Rule of Three for Motivational Speeches” method of speech writing. Introduction Body Conclusion For an additional challenge we decided to add...
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How advertising colors our thoughts and perceptions Facts About Alzheimer’s Advertisements Pharmaceutical advertisements target emotions to instill worry, anxiety, fear, dread into their audience. The intent is to convince anyone that something in their life health and well being is amiss and chemical help is necessary to fill the void. One of our favorite semi-recent pharma ad...
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Facts about Alzheimer’s and Dementia Over 5 million Americans suffer from Alzheimer’s or Dementia Alzheimer’s is the 7th leading cause of death in America 13% of Americans over age 65 suffer from Alzheimer’s or Dementia 50% of Americans over age 85 will suffer with Alzheimer’s or Dementia Estimated growth of the disease: 7 million Americans will suffer...
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When we were employed in the bureaucracy, it was expected to carry the Franklin Planner at all times to record mundane prospects past, current and future. We soon tired of the tiny fonts and all those tiny lines. Completely unsuitable for our needs. We requested the supply madam to gather us a goodly supply of blank pages...
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