Table Topic
======== 101 Ideas for Great Table Topics ========
Compiled by Mark LaVergne, DTM, Past International Director of Toastmasters International
Phone: 718-457-8390; Email: MarkLaVergne@aol.com Address: 38-11 Ditmars Boulevard, Astoria, NY 11105 Updated: May 2006 – Background and Acknowledgements on Page 14
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------==> TABLE TOPIC IDEA #1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Holiday Themes: We are blessed with a wonderful set of holidays in this society. When looking for Table Topic theme ideas, begin by looking at these holidays as sources for theme-based questions. Please find below a partial list of possible themes, sorted roughly by calendar order (January-to-December): --- New Year’s Day --- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday --- Chinese New Year (date varies by year, depending on Chinese Lunar calendar) --- Ramadan (date varies by year, depending on religious calendar) --- African American History Month --- Valentine’s Day --- U.S. President’s Day --- St. Patrick’s Day (March 17) --- Women’s History Month --- Passover (date varies by year, depending on religious calendar) --- Easter (date varies by year, depending on religious calendar) --- Spring is Here (March 21) --- April Fools --- Tax Burden Day – April 15th --- Earth Day --- Cinco de Mayo --- Mother’s Day --- Memorial Day --- Flag Day --- Father’s Day --- Summer is Here (June 21) --- Independence Day --- “Dog Days” of August --- Labor Day --- 9/11 Commemoration (not a “holiday” by any imagination, but a day to remember) --- Autumn Is Here (September 21) --- Columbus Day --- Halloween --- Election Day --- Veterans Day (originally known as Armistice Day) --- Thanksgiving --- Diwali (date varies by year, depending on religious calendar) --- Winter Is Here (December 21) --- Hanukkah (date varies by year, depending on religious calendar) ---
Compiled by Mark LaVergne, DTM, Past International Director of Toastmasters International
Phone: 718-457-8390; Email: MarkLaVergne@aol.com Address: 38-11 Ditmars Boulevard, Astoria, NY 11105 Updated: May 2006 – Background and Acknowledgements on Page 14
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------==> TABLE TOPIC IDEA #1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Holiday Themes: We are blessed with a wonderful set of holidays in this society. When looking for Table Topic theme ideas, begin by looking at these holidays as sources for theme-based questions. Please find below a partial list of possible themes, sorted roughly by calendar order (January-to-December): --- New Year’s Day --- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday --- Chinese New Year (date varies by year, depending on Chinese Lunar calendar) --- Ramadan (date varies by year, depending on religious calendar) --- African American History Month --- Valentine’s Day --- U.S. President’s Day --- St. Patrick’s Day (March 17) --- Women’s History Month --- Passover (date varies by year, depending on religious calendar) --- Easter (date varies by year, depending on religious calendar) --- Spring is Here (March 21) --- April Fools --- Tax Burden Day – April 15th --- Earth Day --- Cinco de Mayo --- Mother’s Day --- Memorial Day --- Flag Day --- Father’s Day --- Summer is Here (June 21) --- Independence Day --- “Dog Days” of August --- Labor Day --- 9/11 Commemoration (not a “holiday” by any imagination, but a day to remember) --- Autumn Is Here (September 21) --- Columbus Day --- Halloween --- Election Day --- Veterans Day (originally known as Armistice Day) --- Thanksgiving --- Diwali (date varies by year, depending on religious calendar) --- Winter Is Here (December 21) --- Hanukkah (date varies by year, depending on religious calendar) ---