Debate/Speech Coach at The Colony HS in Lewisville ISD. TOY Killian MS 2019-20. Ordained minister in UM Church and Microsoftee in previous lives. Wife. Mom.
Plano, TX
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Talk to walls! Talk to walls!! This is my mantra for all my students! Speaking OUT LOUD is the only way to get the speech practiced properly!! 😄
Thinking about your speech isn't practicing.
Outlining it isn't practicing.
Quietly mouthing the words at your computer isn't practicing.
The ONLY way to practice a speech is to deliver it - with the same volume, gestures, movement, and vocal variety you'll use in the actual performance.
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Wendy Curran Meyer retweeted
The best speakers aren't necessarily the smartest, funniest, or most charismatic people in the room.
They're the ones who did something that made them uncomfortable – and kept doing it until they got better at it.
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Six ways to close a speech:
1. Issue an appeal, challenge, or call to action
2. Cite a quote
3. Elicit a verbal response
4. Ask a rhetorical question
5. Tell a story
6. Refer back to your introduction
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The fear of public speaking has an official name: glossophobia.
If you have it, you're in good company. Lincoln, Gandhi & Churchill all struggled with speaking anxiety.
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I agree! Speech used to be a high school requirement.
Along with reading, writing, math, & science, #PublicSpeaking should be part of the core curriculum taught in every primary & grade school.
It builds confidence, and is a vital skill that everyone will use at some point in their life.
REPOST if you agree.
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And your attention getting device is the APPETIZER (appe-TEASER)!
If your speech was a three-course dinner, the conclusion is the dessert which leaves the audience with a feeling of satisfaction and closure – and hopefully no indigestion!
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I've heard people say:
“I have a quiet voice, so I'm not good at #PublicSpeaking.”
You do NOT have a quiet voice. There’s no such thing.
Your voice isn’t quiet; YOU are.
Your voice, at the very least, is physically capable of being loud enough to effectively deliver a speech.
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This!!!
"There is scarcely a single business, community, political, professional, or even neighborhood activity that does not challenge you to step forward and speak up. You will never know what progress you can make unless you speak, and speak, and speak again."
– Dale Carnegie, American writer, lecturer, and public speaking expert
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Wendy Curran Meyer retweeted
A speech is not an essay, and an essay is not a speech.
An essay differs from a speech in how it is experienced, in its structure, and in its tone.
An essay is intended to be READ.
A speech is intended to be HEARD, SEEN, and EXPERIENCED.
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A FANTASTIC idea!!! Totally will use this with my students!!
It can be difficult to cut verbal fillers (you know, like) & vocalized pauses (um, uh) from our delivery because often we don't realize we're using them.
Solution:
When practicing, have a friend listen & clap their hands each time you use one.
Annoying, but it works.
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I’ll expect to see you in my Public Speaking class in the spring!!! 😁
Public speaking skills are NOT used just for making speeches:
*Job interviews
*Making toasts
*Sales
*Asking questions in class
*Advocating for a policy at schoolboard meetings
*Assisting customers
*Thanking attendees
*Introductions at social gatherings
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Stories can reach your audience emotionally as well as intellectually.
If you want to leave your audience with both a thought and a feeling, a story is a good choice for a closer.
It also enables you to illustrate results in an impactful way.
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Wendy Curran Meyer retweeted
Today, we recognize Texas American Indian Heritage Day & honor the peoples & communities whose histories are deeply connected to Texas. From the Caddo & Karankawa to the Comanche, Lipan Apache, & others, Native peoples have shaped the history, culture, and story of our state.
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If you are not looking at the faces of your audience members while delivering your speech, you won't be able to judge how they are reacting to your presentation and adapt it to their feedback.
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Agreed!!
Along with reading, writing, math, & science, #PublicSpeaking should be part of the core curriculum taught in every primary & grade school.
It builds confidence, and is a vital skill that everyone will use at some point in their life.
REPOST if you agree.
#PainlessPublicSpeaking
I love this!! Shy, quiet people CAN become excellent orators with the right skills! 😃
I've heard people say:
“I have a quiet voice, so I'm not good at #PublicSpeaking.”
You do NOT have a quiet voice. There’s no such thing.
Your voice isn’t quiet; YOU are.
Your voice, at the very least, is physically capable of being loud enough to effectively deliver a speech.
#PainlessPublicSpeaking
Wendy Curran Meyer retweeted
Army Pvt. Isabella Gonzales was killed by an Iranian strike in Jordan — she was just 19 years old.
Our gratitude for her service should not be mistaken for acceptance of her death.
We should not be sending our brave men and women like Isabella to die in another forever war.
Beautiful, smart Isabella
Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, of 1st Battalion, 57th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 52nd Air Defense Artillery Brigade, 10th Army Air Missile Defense Command, who was killed in an Iranian strike on Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan, seen during a ceremony at an unspecified date. May she rest in peace.
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Wendy Curran Meyer retweeted
For many, the fear of #PublicSpeaking leads to avoidance; not only do they avoid public speaking situations, but they also avoid taking a public speaking class or joining an organization like #Toastmasters that would help them overcome their fears.
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