Speak on Something You Don't Believe In - Tabletopics Idea
shared by Brian
Last night, I was very impressed with tabletopics in our club. Our tabletopics master had us speak in favor of a statement he made even though we may not necessarily agree with it. I had seen variations of this in the past but what I really liked were the questions he came up with.
Here are some of the specific tabletopics he used from my memory:
I have all the time in the world.
My partner (i.e. husband/wife/spouse) is perfect!
My dream car is sitting in my driveway right now.
I have all the money in the world.
I always rise to the occasion.
I never lie.
The sentences he chose were clever and thought-provoking and they were most often not true. There were several approaches used by the Toastmasters who spoke on these tabletopics. The best were the ones that used humour and this resulted in some funny and light moments. Others tried to change their perspective by looking at the statement from another angle and speaking from a different that view point. I later learned that one of the goals of our Table Topics Master was to impress upon us the importance having a belief before we can create a reality.
The results were good - people spoke freely and they came up with something clever or entertaining. I encourage you to try something similar to this for tabletopics at your club for I think it will be a hit.
