School Of Health Systems Studies: JAM

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Monday, November 23, 2009

JAM - Just A Minute

The Literary Society is organizing an event called JAM (Just A Minute) this coming Friday, Nov 27, 2009 at the Conference Hall, Main Campus (6 pm onwards).

The object of the game is for participants to talk "for just a minute" on a given subject, "without repetition, hesitation or deviation". He/She will be given 15 secs to prepare and 45 secs to speak. Within the speech, he/she has to observe the rules without which he/she can be challenged and stopped from speaking by his/her opponents. The last person speaking when the bell goes gets the point.

To speak for the full minute without being challenged is extremely difficult, and meritorious when achieved.

Sample of topics...

"If fishes could fly..."
"If elephants had wings..."
"The glass is half full..." etc etc

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Literary Society (Anwesha, Lal, Vinaya, Bhavneet, Suman)
Tata Institute of Social Sciences,
Mumbai (India)