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Entertaining speakers are always in demand. Projects address preparing and delivering an entertaining speech, finding good stories and anecdotes to include in speeches, using humor, incorporating drama into presentations and presenting an after-dinner speech. |
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| 1. The Entertaining Speech |
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5-7 minutes |
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Entertain the audience through use of humor and/or drama drawn from your personal experience. |
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Organize an entertaining speech for maximum audience impact. |
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| 2. Resources for Entertainment |
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8-10 minutes |
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Draw humorous and/or dramatic material from sources other than your own personal experience. |
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Adapt your material to suit your topic, your own personality and the audience. Use entertaining material as a means of conveying a serious message. |
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| 3. Make Them Laugh |
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Time: |
8-10 minutes |
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Prepare a humorous speech drawn from your own experience. |
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Strengthen the speech by adapting and personalizing humorous material from outside sources. |
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Deliver the speech in a way that makes the humor effective. |
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| 4. A Dramatic Talk |
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10-12 minutes |
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Develop an entertaining dramatic talk about an experience or incident, or give a dramatic reading. |
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Include vivid imagery, characters and dialogue. |
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Deliver the talk in an interpretative manner. |
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| 5. Speaking After Dinner |
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13-15 minutes |
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Prepare an entertaining after-dinner talk on a specific theme. |
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Deliver the talk extemporaneously, using the skills developed in the preceding entertainment projects. |
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Note: Some presentations may require additional time for question-and-answer periods. |
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