Celebrate With Table Topics

The end of the year is the perfect time to reflect on your achievements and challenges, share fun memories with others, and start planning for the new year ahead. Include these questions during your next Table Topics^® session to mix up your meeting and celebrate with your club.

Questions to Reflect on the Year:

1. What was your favorite Toastmasters memory from this past year?
2. What was the best speech you gave this year? Why was it the best?
3. What was the funniest speech you heard and why?
4. What was your favorite Table Topics question and why?
5. What is your current Pathways path and what have you learned so far?
6. Describe the most helpful piece of feedback you received on a speech this year and how you applied it later.
7. What was the most creative way you found a speech topic this year?
8. What was your favorite meeting theme this year? Why?
9. What is your favorite club meeting role? Why?
10. Describe your favorite club or District event.
11. If you were to compare yourself at the beginning of the year to where you are now, what are some of the biggest differences?
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13. Share what your biggest accomplishment was from this past year.
14. What is something important you learned this year?
15. Describe one way you used your Toastmasters skills outside of the club this year.
16. What is something you are proud of from this past year?
17. What was your biggest challenge this year and how did you overcome it?
18. What is something you wish you could say to your past self?
19. Describe this past year in one word and explain why you chose that word.
20. What was your favorite Toastmaster magazine article this year?
21. If the Toastmaster magazine were to write an article about someone in your club, who should it be and why?
22. Describe some of the accomplishments the club has made over the last 12 months.
23. Who is one member you would like to recognize for their participation in the club? Why?
24. Describe how you would like to celebrate the end of the year with your fellow club members.

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Questions for the New Year:

2. What are your Toastmasters goals for next year?
3. What steps will you take next year to ensure you accomplish your goals?
4. Where would you like to see yourself at the end of next year?
5. Imagine it’s 12 months from now and you have achieved all of the goals you set. How are you going to celebrate?
6. What are you most excited about for next year?
7. What do you hope to learn next year?
8. What is something new you want to try doing in Toastmasters?
9. If our club were to create a new meeting role, what should it be and what should the role entail?
10. Describe a topic you would like to give a speech on in the future.
11. After completing your current Pathways path, what path will you try next and why?
12. What theme would you like to try for a future meeting? Describe what the meeting would look like.
13. What are some fun ideas you would like to try to mix up club meetings?
14. Many clubs host their meetings in unique locations. Where would you like the club to host a meeting next year?
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16. Would you rather attend a club meeting that is in a cave or on a boat? Explain why.
17. A common topic among Toastmasters members is how to retain members and grow club membership. Share how you would attract guests and encourage them to become members.
18. Describe what your Toastmasters club looks like 12 months from now.
19. Describe what the organization looks like a year from now.
20. Imagine you are at the 2026 International Convention. Who are you with and what are you doing?
21. Dr. Ralph C. Smedley once said, “The past prepares us to meet the challenges of the future.” Share how the challenges you faced this year have prepared you for next year.
22. Describe how you are going to use your Toastmasters skills in the future.
23. What do you want to say to your future self?
24. What advice would you give to club members to encourage them to keep pushing toward their goals?

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