Crafting a Speech
&
Acing Table Topics
Step 0:
Know Speech Objectives
Step 1:
Know your audience
Step 2:
What's the Speech Purpose
Step 3:
What's the Key Takeaway
if applicable
Step 4:
Come up with catchy opening
Step 5:
Stories and Anecdotes
Step 6:
End with a bang
Step 7:
A good title
Audience can make or break your speech
Refrain
Sex
Religion
Politics
and anything considered biasphemous and controversial
Speech Purpose
Inform
Entertain
Motivate
Persuade
Key Takeway
Each speech needs a takeaway
unless purpose is to just entertain
Takeaway
One line summary of your speech
noun /ˈteɪk.ə.weɪ/
Catchy Opening
The secret to being
a great speaker
is to take up the
empty slots.
Please !!!
Quotes
Jokes
Maintain a book of joke
The best joke is the joke on oneself
Questions
Don't ask open-ended questions
Some questions may be close-ended but
The best questions are yes or no questions
Shayari and Poems
But Translate
Kannada Gotilla
That's all the Kannada I know
I don't know Kannada
Stories
Stories engage the audience
more twisted the better
Maintain a book of Stories
Best stories are personal stories
Closing with a bang
Summarise
Quotes
Questions
Mesmerise
A good title can enhance the impact
Quotes
Jokes
Stories
Books
anything else
Remember,
75% of your speech must be original
Its not about what you say,
its about how you say
Thank You
Acing Table Topics
Action - Reaction
Game
Clap to Accept
Clap to Pass to next person
Raise hands to Reverse
Shoot to Pass to random person
Next Word
Game
Say the next word that comes to your mind
No Repetitions
Khena Kay Chathe Ho
Game
I killed 7 flies in 1 blow
I killed 7 flies in 1 blow
I killed 7 flies in 1 blow
I killed 7 flies in 1 blow
I killed 7 flies in 1 blow
I killed 7 flies in 1 blow
I killed 7 flies in 1 blow
Game
Know it All
Elvis has left the building
Neighbours’ envy, owners’ pride
Stay hungry, stay foolish
May the force be with you
Mind it!
Bazinga
All izz well
Winter is coming
Delulu is the only solulu
No Cap
Skibidi