Transcript This is Global Messenger Training

This is Global
Messenger Training
An Introduction to the Global
Messenger Program
Presented By
James Grabrick
Saturday, November 15, 2014
11:00 AM –12:00 PM
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Why are we here?
• To learn best practices for making a presentation
And
• To promote Special Olympics Wyoming and
athlete leadership
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Your Responsibilities as a Global
Messenger
Pay attention
during the
workshop
Understand
Special
Olympics
Learn ways to
provide
information
Represent
Special
Olympics
professionally
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Mission
What does
Special
Olympics
mean to you?
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Mission
Year-round sports training
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Mission
Athletic competition
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Mission
Olympic-type sports
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Mission
Children
(eight years
old or older)
and adults
with
intellectual
disabilities
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Mission
Develop
Physical
Fitness
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Mission
Demonstrate
Courage
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Mission
Experience Joy
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Mission
Share gifts, skills
and friendship with
their families other
Special Olympics
athletes and the
community
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The Mission of Special Olympics
The mission of Special Olympics is to provide year
round sports training and athletic competition in a
variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults
with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing
opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate
courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing
of gifts, skills, and friendship with their families, other
Special Olympics athletes and the community.
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The Mission of Special Olympics
Describe what the Mission
means to you in one sentence.
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Special Olympics Facts
For people with intellectual disabilities
For athletes 8 years and older
Worldwide – Programs in over 150 countries
Offers 30 official sports
Year-round
Sports training AND competition opportunities
Team AND individual sports
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What makes Special Olympics Unique?
Advancement
to higher
levels of
competition
Awards for all
No charge to
athletes
All abilities can
participate in
sports, can
achieve, and
have value
All ability
levels
Divisioning
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Global Messenger Basics
Parts of a Speech
Who do you
want to speak to
Facts about
Special Olympics
✓
What makes
Special Olympics
unique
✓
Putting it all
together
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Overview
What have we learned?
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