Speaking Skills Workshops for Youths at Clementi Nov ‘09
October 20, 2009
HAVE FUN, HAVE CONFIDENCE
DARE TO SHARE YOUR IDEAS & LEARN TO SPEAK UP WELL in 5 Sessions
Mon & Wed evenings Nov 16,19, 23, 25, 30. 2009. 7-9pm
Venue: Asian Journeys @Clementi Centre, Blk 322 Clementi Ave 5 #01-243 (Clementi Student Service Centre)
This 5-session Workshop series is designed to be an introductory course in encouraging youths to Speak Up and Learn the art of Speaking Well. It will build self-confidence in youths, develop skills for oral exams, build oratorical skills and train thinking skills. Participants will be given opportunities to practise speaking up at every session and learn what it takes to prepare a good speech, including speaking with confidence, the use of use of voice and speaking gestures, developing skills with words and rhetorical devices, and most importantly learning to listen and appreciate the various types of speeches for different occasions.
Training Pathway:
1. Getting Started: Speaking Up
Overcoming Fear of Speaking Up: Courage and Confidence to Try
2. Anatomy of a Good Speech: Start & End Well
Good Opener, Climatic Finish and a Solid Body in between
3. Speaking with Passion & Expressions
Speaking with Your Vocal & Body Language: Gestures & Postures
4. Speaking Well is Hard Work
Have Fun Preparing: What You Need to Know about Preparation
5. Speakers Who Shaped History
Types of Speeches and Why They Worked So Well
The Instructor/Coach:
Mr Lawrence Ko, Exec Director, Asian Journeys Ltd. BA (Hons), MDiv.
Corporate Trainer and Consultant, Leadership Coach and Workshop Facilitator (SIM Univ, Civil Service College), Competent Toastmaster, charter member and former Vice-President(Education) of YMCA Toastmasters Club, formerly organising secretary of PESA inter-school/JC speech contests 1997-2000, speech contest judge, speechcraft workshop trainer and with extensive experience as leadership director & trainer with Overseas Radio and Television (ORTV) and Trans World Radio (TWR-Asia). Asian Journeys’ Speaking Skills training is available for every youth interested in self-development, as part of Asian Journeys’ Red Dragonfly Project to encourage Youth Development in the Heartlands, supported by Lee Foundation. We have trained students from secondary schools, JCs, Polytechnics, university students and postgraduate students/doctoral fellows over the past year. Come join us!
Who can Join? Youths 14-17 years old. Workshop fees: $60.00
REGISTRATION … To register or enquire, email info@asianjourneys.org or call 96474904
or mail registration form to Mailing address: Asian Journeys, Bedok Central PO Box 729 Singapore 914611.
For more information on Asian Journeys Ltd, please visit our website at www.asianjourneys.org
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