Newport Speakers Club Programme July to December 2011

Venue: Hilton Hotel Langstone, Newport (just off Coldra Roundabout J4 of M4) 7.15 pm for 7.30 pm
Date 6th July 3rd August Chair Nigel Speakers / Event Noel Tutorial / discussion on what should we include in speakers club meetings? Des - Speech to B5 Use of the voice with a vote of thanks by Geraint. Ian S. - Mini-debate Television, good or bad? Nigel tutorial on The Vote of thanks. Geraint A rousing Speech to B2/B3 Mean what you say / Speech construction. Ann - Heckling Speech. Des - Mini-Debate subject to be announced on the night. Tonight, all speakers try to use props in their speeches!!! Nigel Tutorial on Speech assignments B1, B2, & B3 Kath Speech to B1 Making a start, with a vote of thanks by Des. Ian - Speech to B2 Mean what you say. Tom - Speech to B2 Mean what you say, with a vote of thanks by Ann. Hannah B3/B4 Speech Speech Construction / Use of gestures. BRING A FRIEND NIGHT! Everyone try to bring a friend or partner to the meeting! Noel - Tutorial on Speech Assignments B4 & B5 Elaine - Speech to B4/B5 Use of the voice / vocabulary & word pictures. Jeremy Speech to B5/B8 Use of the voice / The use of Humour. Pippa - Speech to B4/B7 - Vocabulary & Word Pictures / Use of notes. Nigel - Just a minute As per BBC Radio programme, our 4 volunteer panellists will try to speak for 1 minute without hesitation/repetition or deviation. Points for correct challenges! John Evans Tutorial on controlling your nerves, with a vote of thanks by Elizabeth. Sheila - Speech to B4/B5 Use of voice / vocabulary & word pictures. Stephen Vote of thanks. Stephen Speech to B4/B5 Use of Gestures / Use of the voice. Nigel - Rapid speech construction / Rolling Evaluations workshop. Videos and discussion of Famous Speeches John Evans & videoing of those who volunteer. Club Topics and Speech Competitions volunteers needed. Evaluators Janine Pippa Rachael Topics Chair General Evaluator Ann - Postcard Noel Picture topics Hannah Colin Hill (CMSC)

Ian

7th September

Janine

TBA Geraint Jo Elizabeth

Olwen Heenan (CMSC)

21st September

Rachael

Sheila Des Stephen

TBA

5th October

Jo

N/A Elaine Jeremy

John Evans (CMSC)

19th October 2nd November

Nigel Noel

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N/A Tom

N/A Graham Smith (CMSC)

6th Nov? (Sunday) 16th November

7th December

Tutorial by Graham Smith (CMSC) on B6 Vocabulary and word pictures Short rants (4 minutes each) on a soap-box. Vent your feelings! Heckling welcomed! Elaine - Mini-Debate - topic to be announced on the night. Mock job interviews to be organised and chaired by Geraint. District AGM and Topics and Novel Competitions - Date and venue to be advised Dist. President 10.00 16.00 All Welcome Entry Free. Tom TBA Speech to B1 Making a start, with a vote of thanks by Jeremy. Elizabeth Mini debate subject to be announced on the night. Jo - Balloon Debate Contestants, must convince the audience why they should be allowed to remain in the balloon. Each topics contestant has to make up a story ending with a phrase set by Nigel on the night! Pippa Bring a poem to read, and/or tell at least one joke and/or enter the TRUE OR FALSE Session, by bringing a 3 to 4 minute story to tell - everyone else has to guess whether its true or false, and the story has to start with the words I remember when ........ Debate Subject to be announced. Volunteers needed to speak for and against the motion, and others to speak from the floor.

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Ian

Nigel

Adrian Robson (CSC) Margaret Benedict (CMSC)

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Janine

TBA - December

Sheila

Annual Christmas Social Event Private Party.

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Assignments for Certificate of Achievement B1 Making a start; B2 Mean what you say; B3 Speech construction; B4 Use of gestures; B5 Use your voice; B6 Vocabulary and word pictures; B7 The use of notes; B8 The use of humour; B9 Audience rapport; B10 The masterpiece. Assignments for Advanced Certificate of Achievement F1 The impromptu speech; F2 The outside assignment; F3 Using a microphone; F4 Use of visual aids; F5 Chairmanship skills; F6 Lecturing; F7 Business presentations; F9 The written speech; F10 Speaking without notes. Novel Contest - this is a club and district contest: Competitors (paid up members) read the first 3 minutes of their chosen 5 minute story which they must have written themselves. The Novel can be Adventure, Romance, Historical, Thriller, etc, during which time the plot, the period and the principal characters should be established. The audience votes for the story of which they want most to hear the ending. Impromptu Speech Contest this is purely a club contest. Competitors each have 10 minutes to prepare a five minute speech on a previously unknown topic. The audience votes for the best performance. Remember that only fully paid up members may enter competitions. Trophies to be held for one year and returned in time for them to be presented to the new winner by the previous winner. Topics Contest. This is a club and district contest: Competitors (paid up members) all do a 3 minute impromptu speech to the same topic Speech Contest. This a club, area and district contest. Competitors (paid up members) deliver a speech of 6-8 minutes duration. Evaluation Contest. This a club, area and district contest. Competitors (paid up members) have 4 minutes to deliver an evaluation. Topic/Mini-Debate: Presenters from the audience have a topic for which they have to give both sides of the issue (2 minutes just like a normal topic but shorter), after which the presenter chairs a debate on the topic (6 minutes) ensuring that all in the audience participate if they want to (the presenter should not intervene with his/her own views during this time, and then the presenter sums up the debate, again, without introducing any fresh information at this time, but must simply sum up the views given during the debate. Times = 2 + 6 + 1 = 9 minutes. The General Evaluator should evaluate the chairman, evaluators, topics chair and contestants, but NOT the speeches, unless an evaluator has missed something, such as offering constructive advice. The General Evaluator should judge whether the mini-debate presenter summed up both sides, brought in other members, summed up well and gave a balanced conclusion, and whether the debate, and indeed the whole night, went well overall.