IMPROMPTU SPEAKING
There is NOTHING better to support and assist in developing reactional speech response than learning to ‘think on your feet’ with spontaneous and rapid responses to a question, topic or general discussion.
This is an exercise that teachers can develop with students. It is an approach that can be used in workplaces or among group members to create fast response times to topics.
Responding to or speaking on a topic for up to two minutes without having time to prepare stimulates thought processes in often untried ways. Having someone evaluate the impromptu presentation can help.
People, when trying this approach, are nervous at first, but confidence grows. An impromptu speech is sharply stimulating cerebral processes.
This was always one of my favorite exercises in speech class, as a student and a teacher; and in Toastmasters, too. ~Ed.