Energy is Contagious

Energy is Contagious

Blog, Personal Development

I like when the word of the day is being reused in different contexts by our speakers and kind of sprinkled into the whole meeting. “Vulnerability” was the word that TM Nahum has chosen for that day. At first, it doesn’t really fit into our topic of the month, which...
Nahum Yamin

Nahum Yamin

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Originally from Israel and have been living and working in Bangkok, Thailand for the past 12 years. I work as a user experience designer at Agoda, and I love learning new things, reading, and keep myself challenged with solving problems and self-development. I have...
What’s Your Humour Style?

What’s Your Humour Style?

Blog, Tips from Toastmasters

What’s your humour style? To find out, take this questionnaire. A friend of mine shared it with me and got me thinking about humour. Is there a way to codify what makes us laugh? According to Rod Martin et al. (2003), there are 4 humour styles: Affiliative...
Kill Impromptu Speeches

Kill Impromptu Speeches

Blog, Tips from Toastmasters

If you’ve ever been to a Toastmasters meeting, you’ll know what a Table Topics session is. But in case you don’t, it works like this: the facilitator gives you a prompt (usually a question, but it could be a statement or even a single word) and you, without a moment’s...