- INTRODUCTION:
“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, not the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.” As Charles Darwin pointed out, adapting the changes around you is a key to success in your both personal and business life. In order to increase young adults public speaking skills, new tools and methodologies should be developed in line with the technological improvements. The skills to be improved are important not only in the delivery of speeches and public talks, but also in professional presentations, training events, and motivational speaking.
Though technological developments bring new challenges as well as opportunities, there are a handful of primary concepts that can guide public speakers to success in the 21st century. Creating innovative ideas in the development of young adults’ public speaking skills is the main purpose of this module. To do this, two workshops will be conducted.
Workshop 1: Developments in the area of Public Speaking and New methodologies
Workshop 2: Innovative Ideas to Turn Young Adults into a Good Public Speaker.
The Developments in Public Speaking and New Methodologies workshop is the first workshop the team participates in. That is why one of the aims of this workshop is networking and getting to know the other team members as well as building up motivation. A further aim is to acquaint participants with the new developments in the area of public speaking and help them to reflect those developments to their own personal and business life. With the second workshop, the needs will be discussed to reach a new methodology for adapting the young adults to present conditions. We suggest having two workshops each of them approximately 3 hours – but of course, it is up to you whether you would like to have a shorter or longer workshops for your program.
- WORKSHOPS
The workshops are basically split into two phases: a theoretical part, dedicated to the learning of techniques and strategies, and a practical part, aimed at the application of the notions acquired.
| Workshop 1 “Developments in Public Speaking and New Methodologies” | |
| Objectives of the session | Be aware of recent developments in Public Speaking area.Have an overview of methodologies of the Public speaking.Be aware of herself and highlight the needs to be improved; Learn online speaking techniques and skills to be adopted to digital world;Have started planning the implementation of the new methodologies.Have had the opportunity to develop a peer network in which they can discuss their ideas, questions, and problems. |
| Methodology | Non-Formal Education (NFE), Trainer will present the recent developments and introduce new methodologies with the support of presentation and videos from best. |
| Timeframe | 10 min. introduction, 15 min. Networking, 60 min. teaching, 60 min. implementation and development (with speeches by participants), 35 min. evaluation and debriefing |
| Materials | Participant list, Power Point Presentation, Video viewing, Hand-out, Discussion and group work, Flipchart & Marker |
| Delivery Content(s) | Power Point Presentation Videos to support the ideas. |
| Target Group | Young adults; members’ staff of NGOs; adults operators; educators, etc. |
| Participants Number | 12 participants maximum |
| Procedure | The procedure of the workshop session will be described by steps:STEP 1: Welcome and Warm Up Ice breaking and team building activities Adjective name game – Think of a positive adjective to describe yourself with the same sound as the first letter of your name, eg. ‘I am marvellous Melis!’, ‘I am easygoing Enrico.STEP 2: IntroductionTrainer presentation, the trainer will introduce the traditional and new methodologies with the recent developments on public speaking.Trainer presents; the traditional methodologies on public speaking,the recent developments in this area,Then emphasize the importance of online public speaking skills and techniques with the real-world experiences. STEP 3: Networking and brainstormingParticipants will be divided into discussion groups to explore and share ideas about methods and ways to improve young adults’ Public Speaking skills Trainer asks following questions to participants:In which way you are comfortable with sharing your ideas and making speeches in public? Do you think there are enough educational opportunities for young adults to improve their speaking skills? What do you think about the roles of families on their child’s encourage and confidence, what can be done to have better results for their children? One representative from each group will share the ideas of respective group members and discuss further all together.STEP 4 TeachingTrainer presents the five areas of instruction for public speakers: Invention (creating the materials of the speech), Arrangement (creating the order of the ideas in the speech), Style (creating the expression of the ideas of the speech), Delivery (embodying and speaking the ideas of the speech), and Memory (strategies for recalling the ideas of the speech during delivery)Trainer presents recent developments and new methodologies on public speaking:Meaning of Public Speaking in 21th CenturyChallenges and advantages brought by technological improvements Adaptation to new concepts and required changes on public speaking main instructions.STEP 5 Implementation Trainer request from to participants to divide in small groups to discuss and produce strategies on creating a speech content to be delivered online with the potential customers for marketing purposes of your company. One representative from each team will present their results to others.According to strategies made by each group, one of team member from each group make a 3-5 min speech.After all speeches made by the representative, trainer will share his ideas about the speeches and request opinions of all participants about other group’s speech. STEP 6 Evaluation and Debriefing Plenary – trainer summarizes and gives feedbackTrainer summarize the recent developments in Public Speaking.new methodologies of the Public public Asks opinions of participants related to learned issues from workshop until now. Trainer asks following questions to participants: Which methodologies do fit your personal traits?Could you please share your take home messages from this workshop and effects on your future public speaking activities? |
| Tips for Trainer | In the beginning the trainer will make a small presentation on what they are about to do or information needed for the participants so they can work efficiently. Then step by step should be described how are they going to work as a team. If the trainer use a PPT, it should be provided.The workshop can take longer depending on the experiences and needs of different stakeholder groups. Consider allocating more time for specific aspects of the workshop if participants have little experience or there is a great need for discussion. |
| Resources | Important Public Speaking Skills for Workplace Success (thebalancemoney.com)16. Communication Apprehension and Public Speaking Instruction (degruyter.com)The art of public speaking: How to give great speeches | FuturelearnThe Ultimate Public Speaking Guide (ideasonstage.com)Methods of Delivery | Principles of Public Speaking (lumenlearning.com)Public Speaking : 21st Century Communication: A Reference Handbook (sagepub.com) |
| Workshop 2 “Innovative Ideas to Turn Young Adults into a Good Public Speaker” | |
| Objectives of the session | To offer new tools for young adults in digital and personal development (using collaborative learning and networking) to increase their possibility for employment and social inclusion.Be aware of recent developments in Public Speaking area in an entrepreneurial approach.Stimulating both creative and practical skills of participants. Be aware of applications and online platforms to improve public speaking skills.Have had the opportunity to develop a peer network in which they can discuss their ideas, questions, and problems. |
| Methodology | Non-Formal Education (NFE), Trainer will introduce new tools and methods for modern world Public Speaking practices and Participants will contribute with the speeches and group activities. |
| Timeframe | 25 min. introduction, 60 min. teaching the techniques for successful speech, 60 min. implementation (group activities), 35 min. evaluation and debriefing |
| Materials | Participant list, Power Point Presentation, Video viewing, Hand-out, Discussion and group work, Flipchart & MarkerIn this module we will assume that the groups are 4 and each of them has a laptop/tablet available. |
| Delivery Content(s) | Power Point Presentation, Sharing videos from successful entrepreneurs as a good example of public speakingIntroducing the new tool platforms to participants. |
| Target Group | Young adults; members’ staff of NGOs; adults operators; educators, etc. |
| Participants Number | 12 participants maximum |
| Procedure | The procedure of the workshop session will be described by steps:STEP 1: IntroductionThe trainer will introduce the Speech Repository, that is an e-learning tool developed by the Directorate-General for Interpretation of EU, which provides audio-visual training material for conference interpreting students and trainers.Trainer will explain how to use the platform and how to search a speech in accordance with your preferences.STEP 2 TeachingTrainer presents the following criteria to define target audiences:What is their demographic? (age, gender, social class, income, geographic location) What knowledge/ opinion/ behaviours that they have relating to this that you want to change? What are their attitudes to your policy (positive, negative, and why)? Who are their influencers (peers, opinion leaders – where they get their information from)?Trainer presents the impact analysis:Impact analysis is important in order to improve your skills for future engagements. It is generally measured a few months after the speech/communication, to assess whether the effect has carried beyond the initial point of contact. Accomplishing this requires having an overview of the users of the network and a capacity to reach out to them with surveys. STEP 3 ImplementationThe interactive method adopted will involve the participants in a variety of exercises: Participants will be divided into small groups (3 members) and each group will have a laptop/tablet to use the platform above mentioned. After exploring the platform, each group will choose a speech from Speech Repository and this speech will be watched by all participants. After watching activity, respective group will share their ideas about the speech and one member from each group make a speech with same content in the video that they watched. Trainer will introduce the mobile applications which serve for helping people (especially for young adults) to improve their public speaking skills.VirtualSpeech – VR CoursesUmmoSpeeko – Public Speaking CoachVoice AnalystParticipants will share their ideas and experiences (if any) on those mobile applications. Contributions of such mobile applications to improving public speaking skills will be discussed all together.STEP 4 Evaluation and Debriefing Plenary – Trainer summarizes and gives feedbackTrainer summarize the innovative ideas for new public speaking tools and techniques to become a successful speaker Trainer asks opinions of participants related to learned issues from workshop until now. Trainer asks following questions to participants: Which kind of public speaking tool was the most suitable for you and why? What kind of attributes should be developed in order to increase the effectiveness of such platforms?What are the basic knowledge that you have acquired from this workshop for your future public speaking activities? |
| Tips for Trainer | In the beginning the trainer will make a small presentation on what they are about to do or information needed for the participants so they can work efficiently. Then step by step should be described how are they going to work as a team. If the trainer use a PPT, it should be provided.The workshop can take longer depending on the experiences and needs of different stakeholder groups. Consider allocating more time for specific aspects of the workshop if participants have little experience or there is a great need for discussion. |
| Resources | Interpretation training toolbox | European Commission (europa.eu)Home | Speech Repository (europa.eu)virtualspeech.comummoapp.comsayitlikeso.comspeechtools.co |
- CONCLUSION
In a technological and innovative structuring, the young adult educators should be equipped with new tools and methodologies to instruct effectively young adults on public speaking. With the help of these workshops in a learning environment, participants will have opportunity to enhance their knowledge about new tools and methodologies on public speaking and the importance on online communication skills that are required for a successful life.