

Let me suggest the Table Topics style I have seen at “Reverse Toastmaster” meetings (or “Fun Nights”) where the Table Topics respondents first provides an answer and then the Table topics Master has to come up with the question!!! Contributed by Dennis Fokas, DTM, former Area Governor and Division Speech Contest Champion (District 46) 5 – “Out of this World” News You could also ask the speaker to sell the item to the group. They then speak for two minutes about the object. Each speaker reaches into the bag and selects an object without seeing it.

3 – Grab Bagīring a lunch bag to the meeting containing various objects such as a paper clip, a staple remover, a button, a bookmark, a charge card, a pocket knife, a thimble, etc. Each speaker picks one at random and discusses what is going on in the picture, e.g., a man is sitting at a desk reading, while another person is looking out the window. Interesting pictures are selected from magazines, and the Table Topics Master removes captions or any other descriptive text. Hanukkah (date varies by year, depending on religious calendar).Diwali (date varies by year, depending on religious calendar).Veterans Day (originally known as Armistice Day).9/11 Commemoration (not a “holiday” by any imagination, but a day to remember).Easter (date varies by year, depending on religious calendar).Passover (date varies by year, depending on religious calendar).Ramadan (date varies by year, depending on religious calendar).Chinese New Year (date varies by year, depending on Chinese Lunar calendar).Please find below a partial list of possible themes, sorted roughly by calendar order (January-to-December): When looking for Table Topic theme ideas, begin by looking at these holidays as sources for theme-based questions.

We are blessed with a wonderful set of holidays in this society.
