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Kawmadee joined the Gavel Club\nrecently, and she is a complete newbie to public speaking. In short, she\u2019s so\nafraid to get on stage, that she starts shivering at the sheer thought of it.\nThe club assigns Gv Abishake to mentor Kawmadee and make her a better speaker.\nLet\u2019s follow Gv Kawmadee as she begins her journey to become a better public\nspeaker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Ice Breaker<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
The first step for Kawmadee is to\nget rid of her stage fright. So, her first speech is about a topic she knows a\nlot about. The same \u201cMyself\u201d speech she did when she was a little kid at\nschool. This speech serves two purposes. The first being to get her started\nspeaking in front of an audience. The second is for her mentor, Abishake, to\nfigure out what speaking skills she already has, and what skills she needs to\nwork on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Organize Your Speech<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
By now, Kawmadee has lost a huge\nchunk of her stage fright. She\u2019s confident enough to take on her second\nproject. This time, she must create an outline for her speech which allows her\naudience to easily follow what she has to say. She should have an opening which\ncatches the audience\u2019s attention. The body of her speech must support her idea.\nShe should conclude in a way that reinforces her idea. Abhishake adds that the\ntransition from one part of her speech to the next should be smooth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Get to the Point<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Every speech must have a general\nand specific purpose. A general purpose is to inform, to persuade, to entertain\nor to inspire. A specific purpose is what you want the audience to do after\nlistening to your speech. Abishake tells Kawmadee that having a clearly defined\npurpose helps her to organize her speech better. Further, since this is\nKawmadee\u2019s third prepared speech, she should start controlling any nervous\nfeelings that she gets before going on stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How to Say It<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
By now, Kawmadee knows how to\norganize her speech according to her general and specific purpose. But Abishake\nhas detected a small flaw in her speeches. Kawmadee being a Computer Science\nstudent, uses a lot of technical jargon that the pure mathematician Abishake\n(let alone the poor Arts and Management kids) finds hard to understand. So, our prospective public speaker needs to\nwork on selecting the right words and sentence structure which would help\ncommunicate her ideas clearly, accurately and vividly. Her mentor also advices\nher to use rhetorical devices such as similies, metaphors, alliterations and\ntriads to emphasize ideas. By now, she is also expected to use correct grammar\nin her speeches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Your Body Speaks<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Body language is an important part of public speaking. Now that Kawmadee is 5 speeches into her journey as a public speaker, Abishake introduces her to proper body language management during speeches. All she must do is to make sure that her stance, movement, facial expressions, and eye contact are purposeful and are useful to express her message. However, she shouldn\u2019t exaggerate her movements. She should make it smooth and natural so that the audience isn\u2019t distracted by it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now Kawmadee is halfway through the Competent Communication manual. She has lost her stage fright. She knows how to organize her speeches to match her purpose. She knows how to word her speech for the listener. Also, her body language enhances her ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.gavel.cmb.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/img_1a-1024x576.png\")