Category:The Entertaining Speaker

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A manual in the Advanced Communication Series, containing information about 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.

Contents 1 The Projects 1.1 The Entertaining Speech 1.2 Resources for Entertainment 1.2.1 Your experience 1.3 Make Them Laugh 1.4 A Dramatic Talk 1.5 Speaking After Dinner 2 Resources

[edit] The Projects

[edit] The Entertaining Speech

Time 5-7 minutes

Objectives

• Entertain the audience through use of humor and/or drama drawn from your personal experience.
• Organize an entertaining speech for maximum audience impact.

[edit] Resources for Entertainment

Time 5-7 minutes

Objectives

• Draw humorous and/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.

[edit] Your experience

(Please click "edit" and put your experience of this speech here)

I really had trouble with this assignment. I presented a well-researched speech on sleep at 4th Dimension, but the evaluator ruled that the speech was from personal experience. The assignment clearly says the speech should be other people's anecdotes. My evaluator jokingly suggested I do a speech called Escape from Gulag 41. That would have been perfect, actually. He said a speech like Escape from Gulag 41 lends itself to the repeated build-up and release of tension. I could have said:

• First, I beat the dogs.
• Then, I beat the fence.
• Finally, I beat the cars.

Then I was home free! that allows for a build-up and release of tension and is entertaining without being from my own experience. I found this one a tough ask. --Erichv 07:46, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Make Them Laugh

Time 5-7 minutes

Objectives

• Prepare a humorous speech drawn from your own experience.
• Strengthen the speech by adapting and personalizing humorous material from outside sources.
• Deliver the speech in a way that makes the humor effective.

[edit] A Dramatic Talk

Time 5-7 minutes

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 interpretative manner.

[edit] Speaking After Dinner

Time 8-10 minutes

Objectives

• Prepare an entertaining after-dinner talk on a specific theme.
• Deliver the talk extemporaneously, using the skills developed in the preceding entertainment projects.
• Note: Presentation time may include additional segments for question-and-answer periods.

[edit] Resources

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