Toastmasters Advanced Manual - Speciality Speeches The RAT Pack Toastmasters Club, Roseville, MN

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Communication & Leadership Advanced Manual
Specialty Speeches


Last Edited:  09/01/02
 

#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.

#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.

#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.

#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 inerpretive reading with regard to voice and body as instruments of communication.

#5 - Introduce the Speaker
Time: duration of a club meeting
Objectives:

  • Focus on the special occaision 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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