Transcript SPEECH CRAFT

SPEECHCRAFT
Presented By:
Name of Club:
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WHAT IS SPEECHCRAFT ?
• To guide participants on the skills of
public speaking
• Opportunity for participants to present 3
to 6 minutes speeches, introduce
speakers, serve as evaluators, speaking
on your feet
• As a tool to build club membership and
build new clubs
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OBJECTIVES OF
SPEECHCRAFT
• Develop leadership skills
• Teach public speaking skills
• Marketing tool to create Toastmasters
awareness
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FEATURES
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Table Topics
Prepared Speeches
Evaluation
Role playing
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DUTIES OF ROLE PLAYERS
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Sergeant at arms
Toastmasters of the evening
Table Topics Master
Table Topics evaluators
Grammarian
Ah Counters
Humor Master
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DUTIES OF ROLE PLAYERS
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Timer
Recorder
Speech evaluators
General Evaluator
Chairman of the meeting
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AGENDA
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Introduction to Public Speaking
Duties of role players
Ice breaker and introduce a speaker
Speaking with sincerity
Organise your speech and Speech Evaluation
Show what you mean
Vocal Variety
Work with Words
Graduation Speech
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SPEAKING AND
COMMUNICATION
• Speaking  speaker delivering a message
to a listener  one way traffic
• Communication  speaker delivering a
message, listener listens and provide
feedback  2 way traffic
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PURPOSE OF
MAKING A SPEECH
• To inform
• To persuade
• To entertain
• To motivate
• To inspire
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IMPROMPTU SPEECHES
• Topical or ABC method  names of people,
places and things
• Cause - Effect method  why something
happened and what happened as a result
• Problem – Solution method  problems and
solutions
• Geographical method  east to west, north to
south, one country to another
• Chronological method  making a comparison
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ICE BREAKER
• To begin speaking before an audience
• To introduce yourself to your fellow
speechcrafters
• Discussion
– Insight understaning of you as an individual
– Structure - introduction, body and conclusion
– Rehearsing – note cards, script and time
management
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THE SPEECH No. 1
• Values gained by the audience
• Introduction
– Attention getter
• Body
– Make a statement  supporting facts
• Conclusion
– Review, appeal or memorable statement
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THE GROUP WORK
• Preparing your Ice breaker speech
• Select 2 or 3 areas where you like the members
to get to know you more
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Birth place, parents, family, education, & career
Ambition, goals in life & personal expectation
Contributions to society
Personal beliefs
Life objectives
Hobbies and friends
Community you live in
 Timing for the speech – 2 to 3 minutes
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INTRODUCING A SPEAKER
• Introduction to grab the audience’s
attention
– Expertise of the speaker
– Set mood for the audience for the particular subject
• Body
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Why this subject ?
Why this speaker ?
Why this audience ?
Why at this time ?
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INTRODUCING A SPEAKER
• Conclusion
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To lead to the actual presentation of the speaker
Stand to lead the applause
Shake the speaker’s hand
Continue leading the applause
• Speak to the speaker to make an outline of the
introduction, and rehearse
• After the speech, mention a few words of
appreciation
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SPEAK WITH SINCERITY
• To convince the audience of your
earnestness, sincerity, and conviction
on a subject you thoroughly
understand
• To confront and control any
nervousness you may have
• Time: 3 to 5 minutes
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THE SPEECH No. 2
• Sincerity and Conviction
– Advocate a point of view which you feel strongly
– Be natural and forceful
– Expression shall be combination of your thought and
strong feeling
• Primary Goal
– Convey sincerity and conviction to your audience
• Speak with confidence
– Direct the speech to yourself and the topic
– Add excitement
– Thorough research the topic and speak with confidence17
THE SPEECH No. 2
• Select your subject
– From A to Z subjects
– Have a definite point of view  protest or appeal
• Show your concern
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Make the audience interested in the subject
Identify source of your concern
Show them how the problem can be solved
Bring audience understanding and sympathy to your
side, ready to support you in your conviction
– Something is wrong and how to put it right
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GROUP WORK
SPEECH NO. 2
• Identify a topic of concern to you
• List all the points why it is of concern to you
• Gather facts and information to support your
concern
• Deliver the speech
– Introduction – impact to show concern
– Body
– facts and information to support your
concern
– Conclusion – appeal for actions or if the concern is
not observed what will be the
consequences
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ORGANIZE YOUR SPEECH
• To organize your thoughts into a
logical sequence that leads the
audience to a clearly defined goal
• To build a speech outline that
includes an opening, body and
conclusion
• Time: 3 to 5 minutes
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SPEECH NO. 3
DISCUSSION
• As a Speaker
– To persuade them to accept your ideas
– What must I do ?
• As a Persuader
– Analyze what motivate your audience to agree with you
– Develop your ideas to supply that motivation
• Define Your Mission
– Decide what to talk about
– Ensure subject is focused
• Presentation’s Mission
– What you want to inpsire, entertain or inform ?
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SPEECH NO. 3
DISCUSSION
• What organize the speech
– You are the seller of the idea
– To enable audience to think logically
• Develop and outline
– Assemble ideas in a logical sequence
– Organize into 3 parts  introduction, body and
conclusion
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GROUP WORK SPEECH NO. 3
• Prepare a speech of interest to the
audience
• Deliver it in a logical sequence
• Introduction
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To catch immediate attention
To arouse interest
To lead into the speech subject
To help listeners to remember
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GROUP WORK SPEECH NO. 3
• Body
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Contain the factual information
Brainstorm all ideas
Classify them into 3 major points
Explain each points with facts, ideas, story and quote
authority
• Conclusion
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Audience can remember best what it hears last
Closing with a memorable statement
Reinforce your ideas/message
Summary of what you have said
Appeal for action, story, quotation or illustration
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GROUP WORK SPEECH NO. 3
• Transition
– Use smooth transition when moving from
introduction to conclusion
– Introduction  attention getting
– From preview to Body
– In the body from one point to another
– From the body to conclusion
– In the conclusion from the review to the memorable
statement
• Write your speech
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SHOW WHAT YOU MEAN
• To learn the value of gestures and body
movements as part of a speech
• To explore the different ways of using
body language
• To develop a sense of timing and natural
smooth body movement
• Time: 3 to 5 minutes
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SPEECH NO. 4 DISCUSSION
• What is Body language ?
– Body movement, eyes contact, facial expression
• Why use body language ?
– To illustrate and emphasize the points
• Seeing is believing
– To express sincerity and conviction
• Movement
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Standing in one place
Moving around
Movement emphasize message
Purposeful and appropriate movement
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SPEECH NO. 4 DISCUSSION
• Gestures
– Involves hands, arms to illustrate a point
• Facial expression
– Eyes, eyebrows, mouth
– Sadness, fear, happiness, frustration, excitement
– Interest, confidence and uncertainty
• Eye Contact
– Expression of sincerity
– Respect
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GROUP WORK NO. 4
• Choose a subject where it involves body
movement
– Dancing, mountain climbing, camping, driving
– Boxing, music, fishing, jogging, exercise
• Identify the speech objective – to inform, to
persuade, to entertain, to motivate or to inpsire
• List all the ideas and points
• Have an interesting introduction, body with
facts and interesting conclusion
• Write the speech
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VOCAL VARIETY
• To explore the use of voice, volume, pitch,
rate and quality as assets to your speech
• To apply the principles of a well
developed voice to a praticular speech
• Time: 3 to 5 minutes
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SPEECH NO. 5 DISCUSSION
• Build a speaking voice
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Involve your mind, body and voice
As a tool to impress people
Awareness
A desire to work at it
• Kinds of voice
– Reasonant, musical and easy to listen
– Harsh, monotonous or tiresome
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SPEECH NO. 5 DISCUSSION
• A good speaking voice
– Loud enough to be heard
– Clear enough to be understood
– Expressive enough to be interesting
• Volume
– Loud enough to be heard
• Pitch
– Vary pitch to convey emotion and conviction
• Rate
– 120 to 160 words per minute
• Quality
– Relax your throat, eliminate tension
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GROUP WORK NO. 5
• Choose a subject that lends easily to the use of
vocal variety
• To quote or imitate different tones or voices or
manners of speaking
– The vocie I like
– An experience I would not repeat
– A voice in the night
– Use your imagination to portray daily life
situations
• Write your speech
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WORK WITH WORDS
• To gain an understanding of the functions
and uses of the spoken word
• To select precisely the right words
required to communictae your ideas
• To avoid common mistakes in word use
• Time: 3 to 5 minutes
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SPEECH NO. 6 DISCUSSION
• Thinking and speaking
– Translate thoughts & feelings into a spoken language
• What words do ?
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Label and classify
Relate an inicdent
Loaded
Make attitudes permanent
• Speaking style
– Spoken words should be easily understandable to the
ear
– Clarity, simple words, appropriateness, vividness
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SPEECH NO. 6 DISCUSSION
• Clarity
– Short and simple sentences
– Words used should be specific and concrete
• Appropriateness
– Choose words to relate directly to audience
– Use words and ideas that place the speaker
• Vividness
– Use alive words conveying mental images
– Words of feelings
– Use of stories, word pictures and actions words
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GROUP WORK NO. 6
• Select a subject that will allow you to use words
in a precise manner
• To discuss words themselves
– Common mistakes
– Histories of words
• Words carefully choosen
– Clear, accurate, colorful, vivid and appropriate to the
audience
• Write your speech
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SPEECH EVALUATIONS
• Why evaluations ?
– Finding out areas for improvement from more
experienced speakers
• Methods of evaluations
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Open discussions
Selling
Asking questions
Pro and Cons
Use evalutation forms
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THE SPEAKERS
WANT TO KNOW......
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What was good about my speech ?
What can be improved ?
Did I get the points across ?
What do you sugest by way of helping me
to improve ?
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EVALUATIONS
- PIN METHOD
• P  stands for Positive
• I  stands for Interesting
• N  stands for Negative
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EVALUATIONS
POINT OF EMPHASIS
• The openings
• The conclusions
• The body
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Statement and material
Supporting facts
Delivery
Result
Message
• Areas for improvement
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SPEECHCRAFT
GRADUATION
• If you have been following through all the
sessions of the speechcraft, you will have
done at least 6 speeches
• You shall receive a certificate from
Toastmasters International to confirm that
you have successfully attended the
speechcraft session
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