Leadership and Public Speaking Program12 Week Breakdown and Program Curriculum -

Teachers’ Version The leadership and public speaking course teaches students the principles of successful

learning, key productivity and goal-setting principles, mind mapping, posture, vocal projection, and the fundamentals of public speaking and speech making. The course is designed to maximize the three principles of learning: active recall, interweaving knowledge and spaced learning.

Deliverables: ● Students will:

○ Learn the principles of learning and the importance of always improving and learning

○ Learn to be 100% responsible for their own success ○ Understand and find their own life passions ○ Learn positive success habits such as journaling and goal setting○ Learn social empathy, and the principles of active listening and actively engage

in this during class. ○ Learn and perfect body posture and vocal projection ○ Learn the fundamentals behind a great speech or presentation ○ Learn the fundamentals of storytelling ○ Present a 3 minute mini-ted talk

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Students take home: ● Leadership and Public Speaking Skills Map ● Personal Folder: Their own folder with all of the material we’ve learned, all the notes

that they’ve taken, and their speeches. ● Full Map of their Leadership Skills ● TED Talk *available online (link will be sent)● Basic Debating skills

○ Next phase of this program is to allow people to speak about a topic they are passionate about and take a stance

○ Other students will then rebuttal with their stance

Debating Resources:https://www.slideshare.net/HungPham39/teaching-debate-skillshttp://csdf-fcde.ca/UserFiles/File/resources/teacher_debate_guide.pdf

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12 Weeks of Leadership and Public Speaking Week-by-Week Breakdown

WEEK 1: UNDERSTANDING LEADERSHIP AND SUCCESS Exploring Leadership and Success

Icebreaker Game: Notecard Game

Students are given a cue card and must write down three interesting facts about themselves. They should not write down their names. Collect the cue cards and distribute them randomly. Students need to find the person to whom the cue card corresponds.

This is to understand the different students and to ensure that they are engaged.

LEARNING

What makes a leader?

A leader is someone who is driven towards a certain purpose, helping those around them get better and find a clear path to attain their own goals and objectives.

A leader usually organizes others in a group and is the principal driver of desire for the objective within that group.

Leader Questions:● Name all the leaders in your life that you want to be like

Success● What is Success?

○ Success is being completely satisfied and happy with where you are in life, with your level of challenge, the people around you and your environment, and your achievements.

Achievement: ● Goals, what are goals?

○ Goals are written objectives with clear plans of action and deadlines ○ Different areas of goals:

■ Relationship goals■ Professional goals■ Personal Growth Goals ■ Health and Fitness Goals

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■ Financial Goals ○ S.M.A.R.T Goals. Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic and Time Based ○ Specific: Must be a specific goal within one area of your life ○ Measurable: Must be an objective measurement that everyone can see and

approve ○ Action Oriented: Goals must be action-based with measurable actions ○ Realistic: Must be an attainable goal, within the realm of possibility. Most things

are achievable if we believe them○ Time Based: Each goal must have a time based deadline

Fulfillment: ● Fulfillment is helping others through a purpose that you’ve found in your life

The 3 Leadership Styles:1. Autocratic

- A leader who makes decisions by themselves without the input of anybody else; having total authority.

2. Democratic:- A leader who asks for the opinions of others in helping make decisions; does not take total authority over all decisions

3. Laissez-Faire:- A Hands Off leader who is laid back and allows others to make their own decisions

Activity: Recognizing Leadership Styles in Different Situations

● A principal at a new school calls in all of the teachers and tells them exactly how they should teach and what the learning goals should be

● A soccer coach calls in the whole team and asks them what they would like to work on in practice today

● A worker in a company asks their boss which colour they prefer to paint the walls and the boss replies, “you can pick yourself”

● On vacation, your guardians ask if you would like to choose an activity to do; you choose one, but they pick another for you.

● In daycare, the teacher lets her students do whatever they want● Donald Trump yells at his secretary and says, “build me the wall today!”

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In Class Questions:

Students will answer the questions and write down the following goals:

● Identifying your Passion: ○ What would you like to do in your life?○ What activities are you enjoying in the real world that bring you happiness? ○ What is valuable to you in your life? What do you spend time thinking about

doing?

● What are your reasons for wanting to be a leader?

● What is your favourite leadership style? Why?

● How do you use your time wisely in order to accomplish the best outcomes and results in the real world?

● What is the Number #1 Success Principal: ○ Clarity on your goals and what you want

● What is the biggest reason that prevents people from achieving their goals? ○ Lack of Clarity ○ Lack of Belief ○ Lack of Desire

Youtube Video: Noah DiGuanco: Leadership https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5RZF9fAjW4 Lemons to Lemonades: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLYOUGo0ml4Students Need more recess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh9GbYugA1Y&t=83s Kid President: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwlhUcSGqgs&t=77s

HOMEWORK:

● Identify leaders in your life that you very much want to be like.● They can be social figures, politicians, leaders of their professional fields, or athletes.

Write them down and bring them to class.● Identify people who have what you want in life● Set your goals for the next year

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WEEK 2: GROWTH MINDSET VS. FIXED MINDSET 100% RESPONSIBILITY AND THE PRINCIPLES OF LEARNING

Additional Learning:‘ Mindset’ by Carol Dweck ‘Mastery’ by Robert Green

‘The Success Principles’ by Jack Canfield ‘Make it Stick’ by Peter Brown

Introductory Activity: Speed Questions

Pair up your group or ask them to pair up. Give them 30-45 seconds to discuss a topic of your choice. Example topics below:

● If you could have one superpower, what would it be?● Who is your idol?● What food do you like to eat the most? Why?● If a genie gave you one wish, what would it be?● What do you want to be when you grow up?● What is your favourite thing to do at school?● Why do you want to be a better leader?

Growth Mindset

● A growth mindset understands that any challenge can be overcome through learning. No skill or talent is fixed, and everything is able to learn.

● A fixed mindset attaches their identity to their current level of skill or understanding in any action

● A growth minded person understands that everyone is on a spectrum of learning, and everyone begins from scratch, from a point of 0 understanding.

● If someone appears to have a natural talent, it’s because they’ve been exposed to environmental factors that have helped them learn or overcome barriers to learning that activity, or have already been engaging in purposeful practice

Frequency = Genius ● Over time, the more you repeat the principles of learning, the more you work towards

becoming a genius.

● Mozart: Mozart’s father was the preeminent coach for teaching music to students. By age 12 Mozart had already learned all the principals

100% Responsibility ● We are responsible for everything in our life.

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EVENT + RESPONSE = OUTCOME

You can change your responses (R) to the events (E) - the way things are - until you get the outcomes (O) that you desire in your life.

The 3 Principles of Learning ○ Active Recall:

■ Active Recall is testing your knowledge through bringing the information to your mind without the use of aids

■ Quizing ● Two reasons for quizzing

1. To establish your level of learning2. To ensure that you do Active Recall and that you know the

material thoroughly ○ Spaced Learning

■ Spaced learning is learning something over time. Learning occurs during sleep and consolidation of your memory synapses.

■ Cramming and studying overnight will only result in one time learning and will not result in long term knowledge and learning

○ Interweaving Knowledge■ Deep learning happens through many different experiences and

mediums. You learn deeply through hearing, reading, and experiencing emotions from different sources

Activity: Quiz your Friends!

Take 5-10 minutes to write a small quiz about yourself! Write a short story answering the questions below:

● What is my favourite leadership style?● What is my passion?● What is my name?● Why do I want to be a good leader?● Who is my hero or inspiration and why?● Any question of your own choosing

Pair up with a partner and tell them about yourself and then quiz them! Work with up to 3 partners and see who remembers you the best.

Additional Learning: Make it Stick by Peter Brown.

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WEEK 3: MIND MAPPING, ENVIRONMENT ANTICIPATING CHALLENGES

Introductory Activity: Mirror This Activity:

Have 4 or 5 unique items that you can scramble about to create an image/picture/design. Sort the class into different groups. Their goal is to “mirror” the image you have created. For progressions, you can eliminate a sense from each group member to make them cooperate differently.

Success Mapping○ Identify 6 passions in your life: ○ In Class Work: Taking the 6 passions and setting a goal in one of the 6 passions

to achieve ○ Something you want to accomplish within the 6 Months, create 3 months

MIND MAPPING: ● Put your goals into boxes ● Put all the different subgoals and all the small things that must be in place around

them in order to have them completed ● Set a date for all of the small goals

OUTLINE ● After you’ve put a mind map of all your successful goals, put them all into a time-based

outline

ANTICIPATION OF CHALLENGES ● Learning to anticipate challenges. Most goals are not achieved because the challenges

on the way to achieve the goals are not circumvented and not anticipated in advance.

● Sharing Goals - IN CLASS WORK ○ Pick a partner: No goal can be accomplished on your own. Share your goals with

your partner ○ Empathizing and seeing how we can help others achieve their goals is a key

concept as well

● Initial Public Speaking Practice ○ 5 Sentences about your success and goal mapping ○ Pick a partner to perform the activity

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WEEK 4: SOCIAL LEADERSHIP, EMPATHY AND SOCIAL LEADERSHIP

Intro Activity: Leadership Values

Post leadership values in a conspicuous place, you can borrow from the list below or create your own:

ACHIEVEMENTADVENTURECHALLENGE

CONTROLCREATIVITY

ECONOMIC BALANCEFAIRNESSFREEDOMHAPPINESS

HARD WORKHONESTYHARMONY

INVOLVEMENTORDER

AFFECTIONCOMFORT

CONFORMITYCOOPERATION

DIRECTNESSEXPERTNESSFLEXIBILITYFRIENDSHIP

HELPFULNESSINDEPENDENCE

INTEGRITYLEADERSHIP

MORALITY/ETHICSLOYALTY

PREDICTABILITYRESPONSIBILITYRESPONSIVENESS

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

POWERRECOGNITION

RISKSELF-RESPECT

VARIETYSECURITY

TRADITIONTRUST

WISDOM

Have the students choose 5 of the following as the “basis” of their leadership style. Get them to discuss in small groups why that influences who they are as leaders.

● Social Leadership ○ Learning Empathy ○ Empathy: the ability to understand and share the feelings of another.○ A good leader has the ability to understand

● The Principles of Leadership ○ Communication

■ A true leader must be able to communicate to the people they are trying to help

○ Trust ■ A true leader is responsible for building trust and never breaking that trust

or bond with the people they are engaged with. ● A key to saying no to things you don’t want to do: I understand

your reason for wanting me to do this but unfortunately I have committed to other priorities for my energy and time. I would love

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to see if this is something I can take on in the future.

○ Collective Responsibility ■ A true leader helps everyone have collective responsibility for the

outcome, and shares the wealth and the success of the group. ■ This is a key success in both sport and business

○ Caring■ A true leader truly cares for others, and truly cares for every success. ■ The Law of Genuine Concern: The law of genuine concern means that

you will be genuinely concerned for others success

Leadership: Practice celebrating others successes whenever they have it. Understand that their success is your success, and that no person’s success is independent of another person’s success.

Social Connectivity: ● Humans are incredibly social, so much that the worst possible pain is being alone or

being by yourself in isolation.● You can never achieve a goal on your own ● Most of your goals are attached to benefits with others● Wealth, Achievement, Knowledge are all procured to help others with the same skills,

money and knowledge that you acquire ● That which you want to for others can turn into your life passion

Activity: Creating the Perfect Leader

Individually, in pairs, or groups, students should use or create some of the values listed above to create the “perfect” leader and explain why those characteristics would make them perfect. How would they help the leader perform under the following criteria:

● Ability to motivate other people to achieve goals● Create an inclusive environment● Maintain happiness & satisfaction of the group

HOMEWORK ● Identify the 3 people you love spending the most time with and write down the reasons

you love spending time with them ● Identify reasons why you didn’t want to do something and identify the person that is

associated with that reason. Usually, you don’t see the benefits for someone else through the action that you are doing.

● Active Listening: Practice active listening with your parents. Record one thing they said during the day and write it down. Practice bringing it back up in your own words.

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● Trust: Say no, and do not commit to things that are not in your priorities. Never say yes to something that is not a priority. Trust takes many years to build and a moment to break. Always keep your word.

Active Listening https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSohjlYQI2A5 ways to listen better | Julian Treasure

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WEEK 5: LEADERSHIP AND SUCCESS - SUCCESSFUL HABITS, UNDERSTANDING ONESELF

Activity: Cube Meditation

Journaling

At the Start of the Day: ■ What objectives do I want to achieve today?■ What am I excited about doing? ■ Throughout the course of my day, what am I not excited about doing and what

can I do to make it worth my while or make me excited about it? ■ What am I grateful for today? ■ What unique opportunities do I have today?

At the End of the Day: ● What new concepts or knowledge did I learn today?● What did I achieve? ● What went wrong today and how can I fix it? ● What problems could have I anticipated today that I didn’t anticipate? What can I

do to ensure success tomorrow? ● What goals do I need to finish tomorrow?

Law of Mental Equivalency: ● Feeding your passions and goals daily so that they are always at the top of your

mind ● Portray your goals as big pictures in your room, or anywhere you spend a lot of

time● Set your goals and re-write your goals 4-5 times during the day. Always re-read

them or listen to them

Creating a successful environment:

SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT:

Your environment can determine your goal completion ● SOCIAL AND LOGICAL: Remember, we are social and logical beings ● SURROUND YOURSELF WITH SUCCESS: Surround yourself with people who

share the same passion as you and who are on the same path and goals as you.

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Being in the right physical environment can help you achieve your goals very quickly. The best successful athletes have their goals

Principal of Investment ● More principals in the financial literacy, but the basics are:

○ Always engaging in activities that multiply and accelerate time, money, and knowledge in the future.

What doesn’t provide future benefits? ● Video games (no real world benefits) ● TV Watching for entertainment ● Mindlessly surfing the internet ● Following sports for entertainment and not inspiration to play

Homework: 1) Journal for a week 2) Identify 3 activities where your time is not invested wisely in your life 3) Identify 3 activities that make you feel better about yourself in your life and make you

more excited about your real world achievements?

WEEK 6 - THE HEALTHY LEADER

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The successful leader is always healthy, always strong, and always in movement

● Nutrition, Exercise and Body Posture ● Body Postures - Dominant Body Posture

○ How it changes and affects our hormones and the way we feel on a chemical and mental basis

● Nutrition: ○ Different foods affect our health and our energy ○ A good leader is a fit leader, one who is fit to lead

● Exercise ○ Helps revitalize the mind as well as the body ○ The more physically fit you are, the more convincing you are as a leader ○ Increased strength leads to increased confidence.

Success Principles ● 100% Responsibility

○ Students learn how everything that happens to them is ultimately their own responsibility.

○ Students learn about focus of control ● Time Blocking and Priority Setting

○ Students learn how to set priorities and time block ● Constructive Uses of Time

○ Students learn how to use their time constructively and build each segment of their life with high quality time uses according to Pareto’s Principle Actions

Public Speaking ● Voice Projection

○ Speaking with confidence ○ Developing proper cadence in the voice ○ Avoiding monotone ○ Learning to Pause

● Passion ○ Speaking with individualism○ Speaking with passion ○ Speaking on something you are very passionate about

TV Show ● Students will be tasked to create a TV show about a topic they are passionate about and

building 3-4 main topics about the show.

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5 Weeks LESSON 1

Outline of Public Speaking

Goal and Objective: ● To perfect the body posture and vocal projection of students ● To understand the fundamentals behind a great speech or presentation ● To help students find their passion ● To understand the fundamentals of storytelling ● To build the ability to present a 3 minute mini-ted talk

DELIVERABLES ● Leadership and Public Speaking Manual ● 5 Star TAC Education System Breakdown ● Folder: Their own folder with all of the material we’ve learned, all the notes that they’ve

taken, and their speeches. ● Full Map of their Leadership Skills ● TED Talk that is recorded on a phone

The following is taken from the book:

2014, Gallo, Carmine. “Talk Like TED: The 9 Public Speaking Secrets of the World’s Top Minds” by Carmine Gallo. An international bestseller.

WHY? Why do we want to do Public Speaking?

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● Better than average public speakers are generally more successful than other people, but great communicators start movements!

● Effective leaders have the ability to move themselves and others to action because they understand the invisible forces that shape us.

Key Fundamentals on Successful Public Speaking, Dale Carnergie, the Art of Public Speaking, 1915

● Keep talks short ● Stories are powerful ways of connecting emotionally with your audience ● Use rhetorical devices such as metaphors and analogies

○ A rhetorical device uses words in a certain way to convey meaning or to persuade. It can also be a technique used to evoke emotion on the part of the reader or audience.

● Use visual aids ● Enthusiasm, pace and strong delivery

3 ASPECTS TO A SUCCESSFUL PRESENTATION OR SPEECH:

1) Emotional: They touch my heart 2) Novel: They teach me something new 3) Memorable: They present content in ways I’ll never forget

Emotional: ● Great communicators reach your head and touch your heart ● Syncing your mind to that of your audience ● Mastering the art of storytelling and helping your listeners get emotionally attached to

your topic ● Exhibiting body language and verbal delivery that is genuine and natural, almost as if

they are having a conversation

Novel: ● Novelty is the single most effective way to capture a person’s attention ● Only that which is truly unique and unexpected can stand out ● Delivering jaw dropping moments ● Carefully and consciously design and deliver “wow” moments ● Genuine Humour: Unique to each presenter and you must learn how to use it

Memorable ● 18 Minutes is the perfect time to get your point across

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● Creating vivid, multisensory experiences so that your audience can recall the experience more successfully

● Staying in your own lane - becoming a public speaker that people can trust

WATCH! Anyone can speak publicly. It can come in different forms, like television, Youtube, or just being in front of people.

THOMAS SUAREZ - 12 YEAR OLD APP DEVELOPER https://www.ted.com/talks/thomas_suarez_a_12_year_old_app_developerJENNIFER LIN - PIANO MAGIC https://www.ted.com/talks/jennifer_lin_improvs_piano_magicKID PRESIDENT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwlhUcSGqgs

IN CLASS ASSIGNMENTS 1. Have students write down 3 people they know who can speak in front of others, and who

they like listening to 2. Have students write down 3 celebrities, politicians or coaches who they know and ask

them if they think that these successful people learned how to public speak 3. In what ways would like they like to lead and be an example to others? What would they

like to convince others to take action on?

HOMEWORK 1. Find one speech on the internet that inspired you, and write it down. 2. Watch one TED Talk3. Find 3 additional people who you admire that focus on public speaking

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PASSION AND EMOTIONS : Secret #1: Passion is contagious (PATHOS, in the logos, pathos and ethos part of the equation)

Passion is contagious. You cannot inspire others until you are inspired yourself. You have a much greater chance of persuading and inspiring your listeners if you express an enthusiastic, passionate and meaningful connection to your audience.

WATCH!

Kids Can Too | Noah Diguangcohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5RZF9fAjW4

WATCH! SIMON SINEK Key Ted Talks

● Start with Why - ● https://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action

People cannot inspire others unless and until they are inspired themselves. Our levels of desire, patience, and confidence end up playing a much larger role in success than sheer reasoning powers .

Finding your passion:

What makes your heart sing? What makes you very excited and what is something that you want to do every day, something that makes you happy every day to do?

Do you want to speak about what you are about to speak about?

Successful speakers can’t wait to share their ideas. Charisma: Directly associated with how much passion the speaker has for their content

● Successful speakers have a JOY for SHARING their experience and passion for how their ideas, products or services will benefit their audiences.

● They know exactly how their message will affect their audience. ● Your goal has to be altruistic, designed to help people live better, more successful and

happier lives

“People who are joyful about their work make the best public speakers”

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Entrepreneurial passion catalyzes full-blown emotional experiences, complete with engagement of brain and body responses.

A positive, intense feeling that you experience for something that is profoundly meaningful for you as an individual.

Core to your self-identity, core to your being, it defines who you are.

PASSION influences others: Nothing great has ever been achieved without enthusiasm

SURROUND YOURSELF WITH PASSIONATE PEOPLE: When you are surrounded by people, a collective number of people rallying around a collective purpose, anything is possible.

IN CLASS TASKS: ● Students must list 10 things they love to do in life. It could be

anything that comes to mind (10 Minutes) ● Students must choose 3 of the 10, and write 2 sentences about

why they love it, and why others should do it.

HOMEWORK: ● Journal daily and record the feelings when you do each of your

daily actions. Do you like it? ● Notice the friends that you hang around and list 2 things that

your friends are passionate about. Write this in your journal to be submitted for class.

Write a Story of 5 Sentences with a Character and a SettingAfter you are finished you will read it in front of the class.

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LESSON 3 BECOME A MASTER OF STORYTELLING

Bryan Stephenson, the TED talk with the greatest standing ovation in TED history, featured stories for 65% of his presentation.

Stories allow us to capture our audience’s souls and communicate in a genuine way that really touches the hearts and minds of everyone.

The Greek Philosopher Aristotle, one of the founding fathers of communication theory, outlined the three aspects of a good public speaker. LOGOS, PATHOS and ETHOS.

LOGOS - Persuasion through logic, data and statistics PATHOS - Passion and emotions ETHOS - Credibility of the speaker

The breakdown of a successful public speaking is as follows, with passion and personal insights making the majority of a fantastic presentation.

10% Ethos 25% Logos 65% Pathos

The moral of the story? Add more stories, anecdotes and personal insights.

STORYTELLING: ● Introduce heroes and villains ● Introduce a problem, then introduce a solution ● Stories affirm our life meaning. Stories affirm who we are. We’re born for stories. We all

want affirmations that our lives have meaning

COMPASSION: What is compassion? According to Wikipedia, it’s a sympathetic pity and concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others. If you are compassionate and you have an identity with your subject this is very important in getting in touch with your audience. You have to have a very specific.

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WATCH! Bryan Stephenson - STORIES https://www.ted.com/talks/bryan_stevenson_we_need_to_talk_about_an_injustice

IN CLASS TASKS ● Students must come up with 2 stories ● Students must introduce themselves, and introduce a story ● Each story must have a moral at the end ● The story must have a beginning and an end and must have a problem that

needs a solution

HOMEWORK ● Pick 2-3 books that they like with different stories from them and have a moral

IN CLASS PRESENTATION ● Pick 5 students to present their stories to the class

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VOCAL DELIVERY AND PRESENCE

VERBAL DELIVERY ● Rate: The speed at which you speak

○ Speak conversationally, do not lower your rate of speaking, keep it the same● Volume: Loudness or Softness

○ Alternate your volume ● Pitch: High or low inflections

○ Change your tone and your inflections ● Pauses: Short pauses to punch key words

○ Include pauses and eliminate ums and ahhs

MOVEMENT ● Include movement in your speech making and the way that you walk and speak to the

audience

BODY LANGUAGE ● Chest up, chin back

GESTURES ● Use your hands to create gestures that emphasize the point you are making and trying

to get across ● Use gestures for emphasis and at key moments ● Make sure it feels like it fits with your identity and your personality!

EYE CONTACT● Ensure that you are always keeping in eye contact with the audience

CONNECTING WITH THE AUDIENCE ● Acknowledge the audience, who they are, and practice Social Awareness - who are you

speaking to, and what is your message to them?

WATCH! Tony Robbins - His Vocals and Inflections https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cpc-t-Uwv1IHow to speak so that people want to listen | Julian Treasurehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIho2S0ZahI

KID PRESIDENT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwlhUcSGqgs

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CONNECT WITH THE AUDIENCE

In-Class Practice ● Write a short speech about 2 things you love ● Practice reading those sentences aloud to your classmates ● Alternate your Pitch (vocal tone), the loudness and softness, and keep the rate at which

you speak at a decent pace

Presentation In-Class ● Choose 5 students at random to practice in front of the class

LESSON 5 - Visual Aids and Putting the Presentation together Visual Aids and Novelty

● How are you going to present the information in a new and novel way? ● What visual aids are you going to use in your presentation?

Anecdotes, Observations and Personal Stories ● Everyone likes to connect with the speaker with some key anecdotes, observations and

personal stories. ● Anecdotes and observations can be short stories that endear the speaker to his or her

audience. ● An anecdote is a very brief story from your own life ● An observation is something you’ve observed

Analogies and Metaphors: ● You can use links and metaphors to help people understand your point● “If Americans want to live the American Dream, they should go to Denmark”

Humour ● Humour is key to any presentation ● It is the ultimate endearing principal to you ● Humour can be entertaining yourself, as long as it’s funny to you and makes you laugh,

the law of energy and personal transfer will help ● Think about what’s made you laugh in the past

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● You can have a timed joke during the presentation, and you can use false endings and surprises to make your audience laugh

Quotes ● Quote someone else who said something funny if you can’t come up with the humour

yourself ● Quotes can also be powerful ways to get your message across without having to

VISUAL AIDS IN PRESENTATION

Video ● You can use short videos to help drive your point across in what you need

Photos ● You can use background photos or photos of what you are saying to get your point

across in your presentation

WATCH! KID PRESIDENT

● What is he wearing? ● What props is he using? ● How is he presenting a new message in a novel way? (He’s dressing as a president)

Kids need recess | Simon Link | TEDxAmanaAcademy● What is he wearing, how is he presenting himself?

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NOAH DIGUANGCO - Mind Craft ● What visual aids are being used by Noah?

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The Three P’s ● Passion ● Practice ● Presence

Building your 3 Minute Speech Combine all the elements of a public speech or presentation into your final presentation deliverable:

● WHY? What is the objective behind your speech? ● PASSION? Why are you passionate about your speech? ● WHO? Who is going to be influenced by your speech?

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● WHAT? What problem are you looking to solve for those people? ● LOGIC? What facts are you going to present ● VISUAL AIDS? What visual aids are you going to present to your audience in a novel

way? ● WHAT STORIES ARE YOU INCLUDING? What stories have you included in your

speech?● ACTIONS? What actions do you hope to influence them to take after you’ve spoken?

Rehearse, Rehearse, Rehearse The Law of Preparation

● The more you prepare, refine and rehearse a speech, the better it will get. ● Practice in front of people, record it, and watch it back ● Setting up a smartphone on a tripod ● Eliminate all ums and ahs

In Class Practice

● OUTLINE: Take 10 minutes to Outline your speech ● MIND MAP: Take 5 minutes to outline your speech ● PRACTICE: Spend time with a partner to deliver your speech 2 times

Homework ● Practice your speech in front of your family ● Practice your speech and have it written out on a formal page for the start of class

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LESSON 6 - Deliver Your Speech

Students will deliver their speeches in front of the class. Speeches will be 3 minutes in length

TED TALKS: These are TED Talk Speeches and will be delivered in front of the class and in front of a camera.

Students will be given positive feedback on what they did well, and the areas of improvement. Students are more than welcome to bring in visual aids and any other aids of any kind.

● Delivery ● Content ● Passion and Emotion ● Novelty ● Humour

Book Reading List

2014, Gallo, Carmine. “Talk Like TED: The 9 Public Speaking Secrets of the World’s Top Minds” by Carmine Gallo. An international bestseller. 1915, Carnegie, Dale: The Art of Public Speaking.

http://www.workshopexercises.com/Leadership_continued.htm#L8

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Leadership and Public Speaking Games for Leadership and Public Speaking

PUBLIC SPEAKING GAMES

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7. My Favorite Things

This word game is great for developing flexibility of thinking.Gather up a series of props: a long scarf, a wooden box, a length of rope, a bowl, a ruler, a plastic funnel...(anything robust enough to be handled.) Place them in a covered box.Divide your group into sets of 3-5 people.Stand the first set up in front of the others.Give the first person something out of the box. Whatever they get is their favorite thing. They must tell and demonstrate how their item is used and explain why they like it so much.Encourage lateral thinking.The scarf could have saved lives when it was used as a rope to pull people back from the edge of a crevasse. It reminds the person holding it how valuable life is.Or perhaps it once belonged to a famous person who they admire.Or maybe it is not a scarf at all but a long length of invisible encoded information that will save the world. It assumes the look of a scarf as a protection.Whatever the object pulled out by the first member of the group will be passed to the remaining members. They each have a turn explaining their favorite thing. Each explanation must vary from the preceding ones.Once they've finished,stand the next group up. Choose a different prop and begin again.Encourage fast thinking and trust. It's better to go with the first idea rather than freeze and wait for another one to arrive. If someone does freeze, don't

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let them stand in silence. Pass to the next person and give them another opportunity at the end. It helps to start with some one fairly confident and free thinking. Their success will give the other students courage to step out. Keep the props covered to prevent pre-planning!

8. Story Circles

There are many variations on these. Start simply and build once confidence has been established.Divide your group into sets of 5-8 members. The goal is to keep the story moving along quickly.Easy StartersA word at a timeAim for a complete story: opening, middle and end in 4 rounds. Each person adds one word at a time.Members have to help each other by making sure their word choices keep the story moving toward the desired goal.Two words at a timeEach player add two words before handing the story onFollow the alphabet: The first word begins with A, the second word with B, etc.Slightly Harder Variations:Add genre: The story is now to be a fairy story, a ghost story, a love story, an action packed adventure.Add in the style of: It must be told in the style of a soap opera, a racing commentator, a news reader...It must include the word 'XXXX' three times: Example: wheelbarrow, rapacious, futile...It must not include any words with the letter '?' in them

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Insert the letter of your choice. (Don't make this too hard! E or A are really difficult to get around.)

1. One Minute Speeches

To play you need:■ a stop watch■ topics written out on small pieces of paper.■ Examples: matchboxes, cars, princesses, travel, school, lessons,

poetry, growing vegetables, children, books, pop stars, heroes, computers, writing... (Anything at all that you can reasonably expect the group you're preparing the exercise for to know about. Try not to be too prescriptive about how the subject is to be treated. Leaving the interpretation open gives the speaker more freedom.)

■■ a group of 5 or more people. One person is the timekeeper and

subject giver, the remainder are speakers.

Method:Put all the topic papers in an open container face down.The subject giver names the player. They choose a piece of paper from the container. Once they have read the topic they give the topic paper to the subject giver who says: 'You have one minute on XXXX (name of subject on paper) starting from now.' The timer begins timing.The goal for the speaker is to fill the minute. If they do, award 10 points. If they reach 50 seconds award 8 points. If they get through 30 seconds award 5 points. There are no points for stalling out before 30 seconds is up.Go through at least 3 rounds. Keep the tally of scores public. The winner is the person with the most points at the end of the rounds.

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2. Advanced One Minute SpeechesThe set-up is exactly the same as One Minute Speeches but now add further requirements.The speeches must be delivered without undue: hesitation, deviation or repetition.Be clear before you begin what the definitions of each of those are. For example:

1. Hesitation is stopping for more than a count of 2 seconds. 2. Deviation is skewing the subject off topic completely. If the topic is

animals and speaker is talking about birds, they are off topic. 3. Repetition is either a repeat of material or words, other than the

topic starter. (Take care not to set the bar too high. Go for verbs or adjectives first and then add more degrees of complication as your players gain confidence.)

For each infringement the subject giver, who keeps tally, will deduct a point from the final score.

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PUBLIC SPEAKING GAME: SPEECH BATTLE

Game: Students are given 5 topics to choose to battle over. The student will be creating five 30 second speeches and must come up to the front of the class and say the speech. The winner of the battle is the one that achieved the best grade on the criteria.

Students are graded on any of the criteria: 1) Cohesion of the speech 2) Including all the elements of a good speech3) Dynamic vocal tone 4) Passionate delivery

Modifications: Modify the speech to:

1) Have a topic 2) Have an intro3) Include a story 4) Include 3-4 facts 5) Including a conclusion

Additional Modifications: You can nominate students to be judges and start grading the other students on the criteria. This allows students to gain a better understanding of the different criteria and allows them to provide constructive feedback and feel like they are participating.

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CLASS HANDOUTS

MASTER SPEAKER PUBLIC SPEAKING Lifetime Skills Academy

Speech Making 101 What makes a good speech?

Each speech must have:

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1) Purpose 2) Passion - Pathos3) Logic - Logos 4) Genuine Feeling - Ethos

Great speeches are:

1) Emotional: They touch the heart 2) Novel: They teach something new about a subject 3) Memorable: They present in ways we’ll never forget

1 Minute Speech Game: With a partner, make a speech on the following.

● PASSION: One passion you share ● FOOD: A food that you like

You must ● Convince the class to also love the passion or want to eat the food● Make your speech 1 minute

It must include ● Funny Introduction of the Speech● 3 Facts about the subject ● 3 Reasons you like the subject ● 1 Story about the presenters and the subject ● 1 Concluding statement

Write the speeches on the back and submit!

LEADERSHIP AND PUBLIC SPEAKING Lifetime Skills Academy

www.lsacademy.caStory TellingLemons to Lemonade - Senna

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● Characters and Subject - Hero and Villains ● Past event, personal, about someone else● Description of something you did ● Introduce a problem, then introduce a solution to the problem ● Finish with a moral of the story ● Story should be kept short in a speech

1 Minute SPEECH AND STORY Game - PARTNER With a partner, create a speech using a story. Choose from the following subjects:

● School ● Sports ● Arts or Music

Speech

● Identify a purpose● Introduce yourselves● Subject of your speech ● One major event that was a problem ● One solution to the problem● One concluding statement with a moral of the story

HOMEWORK: ● Journal during the week and write down three stories of your personal experiences over

the week

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SPEECH With a partner, create a speech using a story. Choose any subject that you are passionate about!FINAL SPEECH CREATION:

● WHY? What is the objective behind your speech? ● PASSION? Why are you passionate about your speech? ● WHO? Who is going to be influenced by your speech? ● WHAT? What problem are you looking to solve for those people? ● LOGIC? What facts are you going to present ● VISUAL AIDS? What visual aids are you going to present to your audience in a

novel way? ● WHAT STORIES ARE YOU INCLUDING? What stories have you included in

your speech?● ACTIONS? What actions do you hope to influence them to take after you’ve

spoken?

DELIVERY:

1. VERBAL DELIVERY - pitch, volume, pauses 2. MOVEMENT - moving and keeping your body dynamic3. BODY LANGUAGE - positive, energetic 4. GESTURES - Using hand gestures to emphasize5. EYE CONTACT - Not reading off the paper, eye contact

A GREAT SPEECH● Emotional: Touches the heart ● Novel: They teach me something new about a subject I might already know● Memorable: They present in ways I’ll never forget

Next Level Classes: Debating -> Class Speech -> End of the Class Video

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