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Specialty Speeches

  • Project 1 - Speak Off The Cuff
    • Time: 5 - 7 minutes
    • Objectives:
      • Develop an awareness of situations in which you might be called upon to deliver an impromptu speech.
      • Understand how to prepare for impromptu speaking.
      • Develop skill as a speaker in the impromptu situation by using one or more patterns to approach a topic under discussion; for example, comparing a past, present, and future situation, or before and after.
  • Project 2 - Uplift the Spirit
    • Time: 8 - 10 minutes
    • Objectives:
      • Identify and understand the basic differences between inspirational speeches and other kinds of speeches.
      • Learn how to evaluate audience feeling and develop emotional rapport.
      • Develop a speech style and delivery that effectively expresses inspirational content by moving the audience to adopt your views.
  • Project 3 - Sell a Product
    • Time: 10 - 12 minutes
    • Objectives:
      • Understand the relationship of sales technique to persuasion.
      • Skillfully use the four steps in a sales presentation: attention, interest, desire, action.
      • Identify and promote a unique selling proposition in a sales presentation.
  • Project 4 - Read Out Loud
    • Time: 12 - 15 minutes
    • Objectives:
      • Arrive at an understanding of the elements that comprise oral interpretation and how it differs from preparing and giving a speech.
      • Learn the preparation or planning techniques of effective interpretation.
      • Learn the principles of presentation and develop skill in interpretive reading with regard to voice and body as instruments of communication.
  • Project 5 - Introduce the Speaker
    • Time: duration of a club meeting
    • Objectives:
      • Focus on the special occasion talk from the standpoint of the introducer (function, chairman, toastmaster, master of ceremonies).
      • Become knowledgeable and skilled in the functions associated with the master of ceremonies.
      • Handle the introduction of other speakers at a club meeting.

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