Important SkillzCreated by Alex Delegas & Jerad

Stahlinski

Public SpeakingKNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT.

Remember you represent the CRC, you are the primary source of information about the CRC and the legalization movement

Public Speaking: Pitch

Pitch: The tone of your voice. It is high? Low? A low voice may carry

better. However, what is most important is not talking in a monotone voice

Public Speaking: Inflection

Inflection: Inflection is the

emphasis you give each word. Don’t give every world the same inflection because it assigns them all the same value. Remember that your inflection tells your audience how you feel about the topic. If it is exciting sound excited, if it is important convey the urgency. Practice is crucial

Public Speaking: PacePace: The speed at which your thoughts are put together out loud.

Pace should be slower than normal, speakers may have the tendency to speed up. You want to allow your audience to follow your words. Talking quickly makes what you have to say seem rushed and unimportant.

Tips:

• talk as if there is only one person in the room, a personal conversation

• take lots of pauses between important ideas ideas.

Public Speaking; Articulation

Articulation and Pronunciation: Articulation is the ability to produce individual sounds.

Plosives: b. d, g, dz (j in jump) and p, t, k, ts, (ch in

child), particularly when they end words ex. "white."

Public Speaking: DON’TSay only words!

Don't make sounds like "um, uh, er, aaah, like,"

Filler sounds impart ZERO information

Public Speaking: Writing Speeches

Don't read everything! Never read: "Hello. I'm happy to be here."

Write how you talk. We don't talk the way we write. Written work can sound stuffy and pompous when being read. Sentences with numerous sub-clauses may look great in an essay, but aren't easily followed in a speech. Besides, why should people sit and hear what they could more easily read? What do you add to prose by speaking it aloud?

Avoid clichés (they make your speech sound "canned"), and cumbersome words (What did he say?). Say it simply, straightforwardly, in your very own words.

Public Speaking: Writing Speeches

Give yourself written aural hints. It's a script, after all. Give yourself stage directions. Write down hints like "pause" and underline words you want to emphasize. Number the pages. Don't write on the back of pages when you have written on the front.

Write or type with VERY LARGE fonts and lots of spacing. It is a script. You will be acting it out. You will not be able to peer at it closely.

Speed kills, especially when a talk is loaded with statistics, technical phrases and complex ideas. Reading statistics is safer than saying them from memory. You will sound more trustworthy.

Public Speaking:Content

(A) Outline what will be told. Tell them what you're going to tell them.(B) Let the audience know where you are going. "Next, I'll describe..."

"Then, I'll show you..."(C) Count: "There are three ways..." "I will tell you two stories that illustrate..."

Keep track of those numbers!(D) Refer back to what you said earlier. Tie loose ends together. Remind

them.(E) Use repetition. Begin similar points with the same words (but not

excessively!).

Public Speaking:Argument

(A) Does the evidence you give lead to the conclusion you intend to draw?

(B) Don't be preachy (unless you are truly preaching). Don't throw conclusions at the audience. Work up to conclusions with information.

(C) Present events chronologically (or in some other appropriate order).

(D) Do the events or data build to a climax?

Public SpeakingMore Info:Visit MIT’s public speaking page for more details, or visit youtube to find more videos about voice.

http://web.mit.edu/urop/resources/speaking.html

Elevator PitchBe Prepared with:•30 Second Elevator Pitch for the CRC or Legalization in General

You’re only going to have 30 seconds to make a pitch to a new member at a table, CRC meeting, or event. Have your answer ready

KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE

•Have one for stoner people, one for more serious students, and one for the Press

Tabling: Setup• Table Cloth

o clean it sometimes

• Literatureo Information CRC or legalization, keep it neat and

organized

• Mercho Display prices clearly, Print displays ahead of time,

keep tshirts folded neatly

• Colloquium Bannero looks awesome and we paid too much for it to not be

used

General Body MeetingsGood Rule: One person has the floor at a time, speaking while someone else is talking is rude. Why? Keep a focal point of conversationEngage Members in Discussion at least once