SPEECHCRAFT

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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

• Table Topics
• Prepared Speeches
• Evaluation
• Role playing

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DUTIES OF ROLE PLAYERS

• 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

• Timer
• Recorder
• Speech evaluators
• General Evaluator
• Chairman of the meeting

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AGENDA

• 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
• 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 audiences attention
• Expertise of the speaker
• Set mood for the audience for the particular
  subject
• Body
• Why this subject ?
• Why this speaker ?
• Why this audience ?
• Why at this time ?

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INTRODUCING A SPEAKER

• Conclusion
• To lead to the actual presentation of the speaker
• Stand to lead the applause
• Shake the speakers 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
  confidence

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THE SPEECH No. 2

• Select your subject
• From A to Z subjects
• Have a definite point of view ? protest or appeal
• Show your concern
• 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. 3DISCUSSION

• 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
• Presentations Mission
• What you want to inpsire, entertain or inform ?

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SPEECH NO. 3DISCUSSION

• 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
• 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
• Contain the factual information
• Brainstorm all ideas
• Classify them into 3 major points
• Explain each points with facts, ideas, story and
  quote authority
• Conclusion
• 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
• 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
• 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 ?
• 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
• Open discussions
• Selling
• Asking questions
• Pro and Cons
• Use evalutation forms

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THE SPEAKERS WANT TO KNOW......

• 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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EVALUATIONSPOINT OF EMPHASIS

• The openings
• The conclusions
• The body
• 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