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The ADVANCED
COMMUNICATION SERIES
The Entertaining
Speaker (226A)
Entertaining speakers are always in demand. Projects address
preparing and delivering speech, finding good series and anecdotes to
include in speeches, using humour,
incorporating drama into presentations, and presenting an after-dinner
speech.
1. The
Entertaining Speech
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Entertain the audience by relating a personal
experience
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Organize an entertaining speech for maximum
impact
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Time: 5 to 7 minutes
2. Resources For
Entertainment
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Draw entertaining 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
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Time: 5 to 7 minutes
3. Make Them
Laugh
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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 humour effective
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Time: 5 to 7 minutes
4. A Dramatic
Talk
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Develop an entertaining dramatic talk about an
experience or incident
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Include vivid imagery, characters and dialogue
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Deliver the talk in a entertaining manner
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Time: 5 to 7 minutes
5. Speaking After
Dinner
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Prepare an entertaining after-dinner talk on a
specific theme
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Deliver the talk using the skills developed in
the preceding projects
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Time: 8 to 10 minutes
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