The Entertaining Speaker
(Advanced manual - 5 speeches. May be used to achieve
ATM awards)
The
Entertaining Speech
Objectives: Entertain the audience through the use of humor and/or drama
drawn from your personal experience. Organize an entertaining speech for
maximum audience impact.
Time: 5 - 7 minutes
Resources for Entertainment
Objectives: Draw humorous or dramatic material from sources other than
your own personal experience. Adapt your material to suit your topic, your
own personality, and the audience. Use entertaining material as a means of
conveying a serious message.
Time: 8 - 10 minutes
Make
Them Laugh
Objectives: Prepare a humorous speech drawn from your own experience.
Strengthen the speech by adapting and personalizing material from outside
sources. Deliver the speech in a way that makes the humor effective.
Time: 8 - 10 minutes
A
Dramatic Talk
Objectives: Develop an entertaining dramatic talk about an experience or
incident, or give a dramatic reading. Include vivid imagery, characters,
and dialogue. Deliver the talk in an interpretive manner.
Time: 10 - 12 minutes
Speaking After Dinner
Objectives: Prepare an entertaining after-dinner talk on a specific theme.
Deliver the talk extemporaneously, using the skills developed in the
preceding entertainment projects.
Time: 13 - 15 minutes
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