Impromptu - How to Think on Your Feet

Synopsis

The game of "Impromptu" is the outgrowth of an exercise devised by the author and used by him in The Public Speaking Club of America.

A number of cards, each bearing a separate subject, are placed in a hat. Then a member of the club stands up, selects one of the cards, announces the subject named on the card, and proceeds to speak on that particular theme for one minute. At the expiration of that time another member rings the bell.

This exercise can be carried on by two or more persons. It is surprizing how rapidly through this simple pastime one gains facility in speech and increased self-confidence. Many of these "maiden efforts" at impromptu speaking are necessarily very funny, and sometimes send the listeners into fits of laughter; but the basis of the exercise is serious, and there is disclosed new and unsuspected talent in the participants.

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