1. FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS
Objective - To give instructions
a. Drawing objects. Place a card on the lectern with a simple picture or word on it. The speaker has to describe the object, without using gestures or naming it, for everyone to draw on a piece of paper. At the end, members show what they have drawn or printed.
b. Identifying descriptions. Place a picture from a magazine on the lectern. The speaker must describe it without saying what it is. Everyone writes their guess on a piece of paper.


2. READING ALOUD
Objective - To practice reading on request, e.g. when acting as Secretary. Speakers to be asked to read in an impromptu manner. The session can use instructional material, poems, etc.

3. LETS IMAGINE - FAMOUS PEOPLE
Objective - To use imagination
Speakers to be asked to imagine they are famous people in the past coming back to life. They are to comment on life as they find it.

4. USING IMAGINATION WITH SIMPLE OBDECTS
Objective - To use imagination
Speakers to be given a simple object and asked to describe how many uses they can imagine for it, e.g. a piece of string, paper-clip, set of keys, etc.

5. TELEPHONE TOPICS
Objective - To practice using a telephone
Use a telephone handset or mobile phone.
a. Speakers to be asked to carry on a conversation with an imaginary person to explain a situation, sell a product, etc.
b. Using two telephones, conversations can be arranged between two speakers.

6. "MAN-IN-THE-STREET" INTERVIEWS
Objective - Practice use of microphone
a. Use a portable cassette recorder to conduct "man in the street" interviews. The interviews can be played back after the meeting.
b. Alternatively, conduct interviews as members arrive at the meeting and play them back during topic session.

7. CEREMONIAL OCCASIONS
Objective - Making formal speeches
Use pairs of speakers for events, e.g. One speaker presents a gift and then a second responds or one says goodbye to a member moving interstate who then responds.

8. MIMING TOPICS
Objective - To encourage use of gestures
Use pairs of speakers. One speaker is asked to pretend he has lost his voice. He is given a
piece of paper with a note asking him to convey a message or to find some information from
the 2nd speaker.

9. IMPROVISATION SKITS
Objective - Acting a part
Use pairs of speakers. One speaker plays the role of a particular person. The second speaker has another role and is given a piece of paper defining the task that he has. The audience and first speaker do not know the task. e.g. First speaker is Editor of a local paper. The second speaker must persuade him to publish an article about Toastmasters.

1O. TV TALK-SHOW INTERVIEWS
Objective - To practice interviewing
Use pairs of speakers sitting in chairs at front of the room. One speaker is the Host of a TV show. The other speaker is introduced in a role and has to be interviewed. The session is best when all interviews have a common theme, e.g. Use Guinness Book of Records and introduce each "guest" as the holder of a particular world record.