Good morning/afternoon/evening everybody,
I am ________________ contest master for Table Topic
Contest. I welcome you all once again.
The purposes of the Table Topics Contest are to provide an
opportunity to learn by observing the more proficient speakers who have
benefited from their Toastmasters training, to encourage development of
impromptu and extemporaneous speaking skills, and to recognize the best as
encouragement to all
The __first and/or second_____ winners will
represent our _Club/Area/Division in the Area/Division/District
level Contest to be held on dd/mm/yy at
(location, time) ___________________________________.
For this contest, we have ___ contestants. I am sure the
audience is going to have some thrilling time listening to some magnificent impromptu
speeches.
Let me set the rules for the contest.
1.
I request the audience to maintain absolute
silence, and no movement during the progress of speech. I once again request
ever one to please check and switch your mobile phones, or put them in silent
mode.
2.
I request all contestants to handover their
mobile phones to the Sergeant at Arms. You may collect this after the contest
is over.
3.
No flash photography or recording will be
allowed while the contestants are giving their speech. A chance will be given to
take photograph during contestant interview.
4.
Once the Contest starts, no one will be allowed
to leave the room till the end of last table topic.
5.
Sgt @ arms, once the contestant is on stage, no
one will be allowed to come inside the room.
6.
The
speaking area for the contestants will be …
________________________________________________________________
7.
The time
allotted for every speech is 1 to 2 minutes. Any contestants who speak less
than 1 minute and beyond 2 min and 30 sec will be disqualified. The timing device
is right in front, and I would request timer to operate the device as I read
out the timing signal rules. Green at 1st min, Amber at 1 min 30 sec, and Red
at 2 min. Please note that the red signal will be up till the speaker completes
his/her speech. No signal will be given to intimate the exceeding of time limit.
8.
Any disqualification with respect to time will
be notified at the end of contest, and no names will be announced for the
disqualified contestant.
9.
Protests can only be raised by either
contestants or judges to Chief Judge to Contest Chair prior to the results
declaration.
10.
Judges decision is final.
11.
It is customary that only when the contest
master is recognized by the contestant, will he be allowed to sit. Please do
recognize me as Contest Master.
12.
One minute silence will be given for judges to
mark their ballot. And 2 minutes silence will be given after the last speaker
for judges to tally their ballots.
13.
The contestant speaking order has already been
chosen. For benefit of Judges, Role players and audience, I will now read out
the speaking order of contestants.
Sr No.
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Name
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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14.
Now I request one of the guests to pick a
topic!!!!
15.
I request Sgt @ Arms to escort all the
contestants except first contestant to the adjacent room, and please make sure
that the speech is not audible in the waiting room.
16.
First contestant can be at the door, as we are
going to start the contest.
17.
Sgt @ arms, are the doors secured? Chief judge,
have all the judges briefed? Shall we begin the contest?
Ladies and gentlemen, the Table Topics contest shall begin.
Instruction to
Contest Master: Follow this exact
same format for all the contestants. For ex., you’ll have to say “Contestant
#1, David John”. Wait till the contestant reaches the stage. Then read out the
topic very clearly TWICE. For ex., “A
ship is always safe at the shore - but that is NOT what it is built for.
A ship is always safe at the shore - but that is
NOT what it is built for”
Again say, “Contestant
#1…. David John”.
Contestant # _____ TM
____________________________ Topic:
_____________________________
Topic: ___________________________ Contestant #
_____ TM
____________________________
<<< After all
the contestants have delivered their speech …. >>
Let us give 2 minutes for the judges to mark their ballots.
Timer, please indicate to me when 2 minutes have elapsed.
Audience… Please remain silent until the judges have
completed their ballots, and the tally counters have left the room with the
ballots.
<<< After 2
minutes have elapsed …. >>
Fellow toastmasters, thank you for your patience!
We shall now begin Contestant Interviews.
<< Call each
contestant up and award certificate of participation. Ask each contestant the
name of their club and how long they have been a Toastmaster. Ask one or two
questions to each contestant based on the available time. DO NOT ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT
THE SPEECH. ASK questions only from the bio data form filled by the
speaker>>
