Speakers' Corner
Speakers' Corner Hyde Park Video
You Are Here Cafe
ASSIGNMENT (due by the second class of the week)
Watch your speakers' corner video and at least two others from your class. After watching your video, post a short reflection about what you observed of your language usage, speaking style, and non-verbal communication. What specifically might you try to improve? Be NICE to yourself! Also post at least two comments about the substance of others' videos.
Table Talk Topics (
google doc) (from
Toastmasters Table Talk Handbook )
What is your favorite smell?
Do you think crying is a sign of weakness or strength?
What makes you smile?
What is your favorite place on Earth?
Is it more important to love or be loved?
What is your most beloved childhood memory?
What is the one thing you would most like to change about the world?
If a doctor gave you five years to live, what would you try to accomplish?
What do you imagine yourself doing ten years from now?
What are your top three personal values?
How have you changed in the last five years?
How do you define success?
If you could live one day of your life over again, what day would you choose? Why?
What three words would you use to describe the last three months of your life?
What makes a person beautiful?
What is your most prized possession?
What’s your definition of heaven?
When have you worked hard and loved every minute of it?
What is your greatest skill or ability?
What are you most looking forward to?
What makes you angry? Why?
What is the nicest thing someone has ever done for you?
What is the most valuable life lesson you learned from your parents?
When was the last time you lied? What did you lie about?
What do you think about when you lie awake in bed?
What worries you about the future?
What’s something most people don’t know about you?
What makes you weird?
Whom do you secretly envy? Why?
What is your favorite or least favorite sound?
What is your biggest phobia (deep fear)?
Are you more like your mom or your dad? In what way?
- What is your favorite time of the year? Why?
