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We need people to start Young Speakers Clubs now! If you want to help your kids or your local area, then get in touch now. We have a 'How to guide' ready now to make it easy for you to start a Club. Get in touch, find out how easy it is to get involved in your childern's education.
What does the US Election have to do with Young Speakers?
We are sitting amazed at the oratory skills of Barack Obama and of Hillary Clinton in their head on race for the US Democratic nomination. The skills these two are showing in their speaking opportunities are well developed and are pulling audiences together. Have you ever wondered how they got to be that good? Have you ever wondered what unique forces of nature combined to create these two skilled people, and have you ever wondered what sort of upbringing they had to herd them to where they had no choice but to the leaders they are? I do. I also want some of that for my kids.
I believe that if our kids have the exposure to some of the environmental things that Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have had, then our kids will be great leaders and great speakers one day. Our kids will be better people, they will be more influential and they will be liked by their peers and colleagues. Of course we generally cant do much about our kids genes, but even that is changing now but that is a whole other conversation.
I have been a member of a Toastmasters Club for many years, and the one thing I have learnt from being exposed to the ‘forced’ learning and confidence building, is that anyone can become a great speaker with time and tuition. They can also become a great leader, as leadership skills can be learnt. It all depends on what we as parents do to help our offspring.
I believe that as parents, it is a very responsible thing to do, to have our kids join a Young Speakers Club. This is a Club that is set up to provide that very exposure to speaking skills and to leadership skills that will make our kids better people, more influential people and to be better grown ups.
Young Speakers also helps parents as parents can start Clubs in their own neighbourhoods. Imagine the bonding between your kids and you as you set up a Club that they can belong to, to improve themselves. Everybody wins!
Go to www.youngspeakers.org to check out more information.
NEWS
The dates for the Tauranga / Kati Kati YSI Clubs are out. Go to New Clubs to check them out.
SPEAKING
WHAT ARE THE BEST SPEECHES YOU HAVE EVER HEARD?
* Annette King
I had the opportunity to see Honourable Annette King speak at a convention in Wellington. She had captured the audience with her wit and her clear and vivid stories of past Prime Minister of New Zealand, Rob Muldoon. It was refreshing seeing a politician who could talk to and hold an audience. Most read speeches and lose the audience almost immediately. It was a pleasure and you can see why she has lasted as long as she has. Of course she is an ex-toastmaster.
* Keith Olbermann Blasts Rumsfeld.
This is a good video. Search for it on Youtube. I like it because he shows some emotion, a key essential of a top notch speech. Olbermann uses some wonderful insight and goes back to some old examples of Neville Chamberlain and compares Rumsfeld to infamous British Prime Minister.
* Al Pacino in City Hall
Yes, I know this is only a movie, but I love this clip. Again, go to Youtube and look for Al Pacino's speech in City Hall. Pacino is the NYC Mayor, and a small African American boy was killed in a police shoot out with some bad guys. The speech is special because the audience wants his blood, yet he acknowledges their grief, compares New York to Rome, talks about how they all suffer everything the city is dragged down and tells them how he chooses to fight o make the city great again. He starts slowly, drags the audience higher, raises his voice, uses gestures, triplets, and then, with pause, makes his point at the end. it is a good example of a speech. YOUNG SPEAKERS is an organisation dedicated to making it possible for our youth, our young adults to become better young public speakers and better young leaders. YOUNG SPEAKERS INC is based in schools, youth groups and community groups.
WHAT IS YOUNG SPEAKERS
SPEAKING -YOUNG SPEAKERS INC uses a Club format so as to provide a 'live' audience to speak in front of, as we all know that the best place to learn how to speak in public is to speak in public.
LEADING - YOUNG SPEAKERS INC also provides applied leadership training. This is done by giving the young adult a real opportunity to practice leadership by asking them to be the President of the Club, and other internal roles. Then, a group of YOUNG SPEAKERS INC Clubs is collected together into an Area. The young adults will look after these Clubs as a YOUNG SPEAKERS INC Area Manager. Then young adults will actually serve on the YOUNG SPEAKERS INC Board.
There is no better experience than that! Young Speakers Inc. is a non profit organisation which promotes youth leadership and communication, and promotes activities that promote youth leadership and communication.
