Conversation Starters can also be used for Table Topics questions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table Topics is the impromptu speaking section of a Toastmasters club meeting - where members without roles in running the meeting participate by providing one-to-two-minute answers to questions. Table Topics is discussed in a brief article by Greg Lewis on pages 26 and 27 of the January 2022 Toastmaster Magazine titled The two sides of Table Topics.

 

Where can you find good ideas for questions to ask? On November 24, 2022 I blogged about how Writing prompts can also be used for Table Topics questions. “Conversation Starters” is yet another phrase you can use to Google search for potential questions. Rather obviously at Conversation Starters World there is a list of 250 Conversation Starters and also another list of 200 Icebreaker Questions.

 

I easily found three more recent long lists of starters. At Gifts.com on February 25, 2021 there is an article with 225 Conversation Starters for Any Occasion. And at Teambuilding.com on May 1, 2022 there is a second article with 171 Great Conversation Starters & Topics for Work in 2022, although it only has 155 specific ones. Also, at Parade magazine on September 30, 2022 there is a third article with 250 Good Conversation Starters for Any Social Situation.

 

There also is a book from 2003 by Garry Poole titled The Complete Book of Questions: 1001 Conversation Starters for Any Occasion.

 

The October 21, 1903 Puck magazine cartoon of a conversation came from Wikimedia Commons.