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Impromptu 101 and Extempore TEDxSchoolhouse 4.0

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Hey everyone! Following the success of previous series, I’m really excited to bring back another edition of my Extempore TEDxSchoohouse series - welcome to the Extempore TEDx Talks 4.0 and Impromptu 101🎉!

In this series, we’ll start with the basics of impromptu/extempore speaking and then, we’ll be having sessions where you will get the chance to test out and improve your skills in extempore talks as well as pick up tips to do well in speaking impromptu.

IMPROMPTU 101
In the first few sessions, we’ll be going through the basics of impromptu speaking and we’ll also go through some tips to be a good impromptu speaker to set ourselves up for success when you get the chance to speak! 

HOW EXTEMPORE TED TALKS WORK
In extempore TEDx Talks, you are randomly given a topic to speak on and given 60 seconds to gather your thoughts, after which you are given 4 minutes to speak along with an additional extra one minute if needed. But don’t worry, we won’t give you just 1 minute to think right from our first session. Since we also want to include beginners and help you improve your skills, we’ll start out with 3 minutes, and gradually decrease the thinking time until it reaches 1 minute.

WHO CAN PARTICIPATE
If you have vast experience in extempore talks and just want to brush up your skills and take part, or if you’re a complete beginner looking to start out, the series is for you! 
Anyone who’s interested can take part, regardless of your experience. If you’re a bit shy and worried about not doing well, don’t worry, we’re all here to learn and the only way we can learn is by practising!

Note: I have kept the sessions at times to accommodate as many time zones as I can. If the timings of the sessions don’t work for you, please let me know and I’ll try my best to host a session at a time that’ll work for you.

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Hey everyone! I am Hafsah, a rising junior in high school from India, taking advanced-level coursework in school. I'm really passionate about anything related to cognitive science, math, CS, philosophy and linguistics. In my free time, I love to read, ski, research on random topics that catch my interest, do some cooking and learn new languages. I'm also a huge speech and debate enthusiast - I started participating in 4th grade and have never stopped since! I've taken the Digital SAT, with a superscore of 1530 (750 R&W, 780 Math). I'd be happy to help out with anything related to Math (from Pre-Algebra to Calculus), Science, Computer Science or SAT Prep. Excited to be a tutor here at schoolhouse, and I look forward to seeing you in my sessions!

Schedule

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✋ ATTENDANCE POLICY

You are welcome to attend as many sessions as you'd like!

SESSION 1

1

Aug

SESSION 1

Speech and Debate

Fri 4:00 PM - 4:45 PM UTCAug 1, 4:00 PM - 4:45 PM UTC

Orientation
In the first session, we’ll get to know each other and get to know what we’ll be going through in this series!

SESSION 2

2

Aug

SESSION 2

Speech and Debate

Sat 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM UTCAug 2, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM UTC

Impromptu 101
We’ll be going over the basics of impromptu speaking!

SESSION 3

3

Aug

SESSION 3

Speech and Debate

Sun 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM UTCAug 3, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM UTC

Impromptu 101
Continuing from the previous session, we’ll be going over the basics of impromptu speaking and how to become a great impromptu speaker!

SESSION 4

8

Aug

SESSION 4

Speech and Debate

Fri 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM UTCAug 8, 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM UTC

Extempore TEDx Talks session 1!
We’ll start with our extempore TEDxSchoolhouse sessions, where you will get the chance to speak on topics given on spot!
Time given for thinking will be 3 minutes

SESSION 5

9

Aug

SESSION 5

Speech and Debate

Sat 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM UTCAug 9, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM UTC

Extempore TEDx Talks session 2!
You will get the chance to speak on topics given on spot!
Time given for thinking will be 2.5 minutes

SESSION 6

10

Aug

SESSION 6

Speech and Debate

Sun 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM UTCAug 10, 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM UTC

Extempore TEDx Talks session 3!
You will get the chance to speak on topics given on spot!
Time given for thinking will be 2 minutes

SESSION 7

15

Aug

SESSION 7

Speech and Debate

Fri 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM UTCAug 15, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM UTC

Extempore TEDx Talks session 4!
You will get the chance to speak on topics given on spot!
Time given for thinking will be 1.5 minutes

SESSION 8

16

Aug

SESSION 8

Speech and Debate

Sat 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM UTCAug 16, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM UTC

Extempore TEDx Talks session 5!
You will get the chance to speak on topics given on spot!
Time given for thinking will be 1 minute

SESSION 9

17

Aug

SESSION 9

Speech and Debate

Sun 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM UTCAug 17, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM UTC

Extempore TEDx Talks session 6!
You will get the chance to speak on topics given on spot!
Time given for thinking will be 1 minute

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Aug 1 - Aug 17

3 weeks

45 - 60 mins

/ session

Next session on August 1, 2025

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