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Table topics are topics on various subjects that are discussed by a group of people around a table. As practiced by Toastmasters International, the topics to be discussed are written on pieces of paper which are placed in a box in the middle of a table. The participants pick up one paper each and start talking about the topic written on the paper.
Toastmasters International places a large emphasis on building the public speaking and leadership skills of its members. [12] The current education system Pathways consists of eleven differing paths suited to their needs and requirements, based around Public Speaking, Interpersonal Communication, Management, Strategic Leadership, and Confidence.
Toastmasters International is a public speaking organization with over 15,000 clubs worldwide and more than 300,000 members. [37] This organization helps individuals with their public speaking skills, as well as leadership skills necessary to become effective public speakers such as content development, club development, and speech contests. [38]
TableTopics. TableTopics is a conversation and icebreaker game that features a series of questions written on a stack of cards enclosed in a cube box. [1] [2] The game was created in 2002 by Cristy Clarke, and comes in 20 different varieties.
Ralph C. Smedley (February 22, 1878 – September 11, 1965) was an humanitarian.Toastmasters International was the brainchild of Smedley, as he is widely regarded as the founder of Toastmasters International, an international speaking organization with more than 352,000 members in 141 countries and more than 16,400 individual clubs. [1]
Speaking clubs were not as popular in the UK as in Australia, the main speaking club group there at the time, Toastmasters had only six clubs before World War II. [14] The ACT's first club was founded on 3 March 1953. In the 1950s the Penguin Club of Australia, which was a similar club to Rostrum but for women, continued to expand.
Ivor Spencer, MBE (20 November 1924 – 10 January 2009) was the founder of the Ivor Spencer International School for Butlers and the Professional School for Toastmasters. Spencer was born in East London and started out as a chef at the Dorchester Hotel in that city before choosing to become a toastmaster in 1956.
Toastmaster is a general term, prevalent in the United States in the mid-20th century, referring to a person in charge of the proceedings of a public speaking event. The toastmaster is typically charged with organization of the event, arranging the order of speakers, introducing one or more of the speakers, and keeping the event on schedule. [1]