Course Content
Guide to SPEAK
This output called “Guide to SPEAK” is a reference educational resource in the field of adults' entrepreneurial empowerment through Public Speaking. The Guide containsguidelines, advice and methodologies for using Public Speaking as an instrument for the direct and indirect target groups involved in learning and empowering contexts. More specifically, this guide can be considered a complementary tool to the curriculum created. It is a reference manual for educators and general adults, giving an outline of the lessons learnt, expected results, learning outcomes and examples of educational contexts to which the Training course Format can be applied.The Guide will be produced in physical form as a guidebook and in digital form as an E-book.
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Guide to SPEAK
Toolkit
SPEAK Project, a co-funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union, aimed at exploring the potential of public speaking and entrepreneurial skills to attain high ranking results, conceivable for adults in the process of personal and professional development through advanced communication, with a focus on public speaking ability. The project had five European partners from Austria, Sweden, Turkey, and Italy. The Project’s main objectives are to promote the innovative educational format of speaking skills, co-creation, and peer interaction. Also, it reduces the social exclusion and discrimination of marginalized groups by piloting a design for educational offers targeted at social organizations and businesses to develop their capacities in speaking publicly.
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Toolkit
Competences and Methodologies for the target groups
Some great speakers are natural communicators who can break all the rules and still give a perfect public speech. To offer powerful remarks, everyone can acquire a few qualities of exceptional speakers. Powerful speaking is an acquired skill that necessitates mastering several practiced abilities until they become second nature. Public speaking might be daunting, but you must find a method to express yourself if you want to advance in your job. Public speaking allows you to communicate your thoughts with a broad audience, distinguish yourself from the corporate crowd, and gain recognition in your industry. Unfortunately, if your public speaking skills aren't up to par, no one will pay attention to your presentation long enough to understand what you're saying.
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Self-Confidence & Calmness
Engagement & Fluency in Speech
Organisation & Self-motivation
Summary
QUIZ
Competences and Methodologies for the target groups
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What’s Mentimeter? How can it help public speakers?
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Interview with an expert on public speaking skills
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How to overcome public speaking fear
The fear of public speaking is caused by several factors such as neurological, social, or experiential. However, the primary factor is closely related to the natural stress mechanism, more commonly known as the 'fight or flight response.
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Flight-or-fight response
Preparation
Breathing
Tone of voice and posture
Visualitation
QUIZ
How to Overcome Fear of Public Speaking
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The Causes of Fear of Public Speaking
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Interview with Vito Verrastro on public speaking skills
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Types of Trainings
There are different types of training that we can use outside the traditional school system such as self-learning at home, individual coaching, the workshop model and the webinar. These are training methods that adults can consider to develop specific skills, including public speaking skills. These types of training can be used to learn, practice and improve.
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Home Self-Study
One to One Coaching
Minimize Lecture, Maximize Learning: The Workshop Model
Webinar
Summary
QUIZ
Types of training to improve public speaking skills
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How can Smartphones improve your public speaking skills?
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Interview with expert on public speaking skills
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The Role of Educators
Which role do educators play in supporting co-creation dynamics within a group? The importance of educators for individual learning is well known. Most of us had one or the other teacher that shaped the course of our lives. Educators shape the way we think, how we learn, and how we interact with one another. Not all educators are the same and may take different roles in our learning journey.
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Learning journey
Examples of daily program description
QUIZ
Presenting KAHOOT
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9 roles of Educators – Part 1
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9 roles of Educators – Part 2
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Development of autonomous tools of education in Public Speaking skill development
After working on the substance of the public speech, it is essential to assimilate all the means to make your address impactful/punchy and catch your audience's attention. Indeed, the form is as important as the substance. It concerns the tone of voice, as well as gestures and interactions. There are "Do's and Don'ts'' that any public speaker should be knowledgeable about practicing public gestures makes people feel more confident and offers tools to behave like a lecturer. The module created helps prepare people on how a public presentation works practically. It offers physical exercises explaining how to speak, move hands, and stand in front of a large public. Besides, learners use training tools to support the presentation, such as using PowerPoint. At the end of the module, learners can expect to have all the knowledge necessary to drive a public speech from the first word to the last word.
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How to use or implement elements of public speaking skills?
Example of the daily program description
QUIZ
Development of the elements of public speaking
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Have you heard HeadsUp before?
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Interview with Kristina on public speaking skills
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Good Practices
Good practices of public speaking enhancement and entrepreneurial approach
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Sweden
Italy
Austria
Turkey
TIPS FOR PUBLIC SPEAKERS AND PUBLIC SPEAKING TRAINERS
Speaking skill performance enhancement in entrepreneurial customs for social workers
About Lesson

Tone of Voice

It is how the direction of the voice goes from the mouth when pronouncing. There are two main kinds. They are Diffuse and Direct. Naturally, most humans use only one of these two when speaking (only Diffuse or only Direct).

Diffuse: the voice starts spreading out in various directions after it goes from the mouth. It has an easy-listening sound. It can be used in all situations, including informative, persuasive and inspired.

How to use: while pronouncing, try making the voice out along with breath from your mouth.

Direct: the voice goes directly to the audience. It has the power to catch the audience’s attention. It is typically used to keep the audience focused on the conversation, not being distracted.

How to use: while belting the voice out, making the breath from your mouth out at least as possible.

Gestures

It is important to think in advance about hand gestures before public speaking.

Hands must always be visible. Also, pay attention to what you are doing with them.

DO NOT use your hands as you would usually (wringing them, stuffing them in your pocket, playing with your hair, clasping them in front of you, etc). You have to use your hands in a manner that conveys confidence.

Hands are not only useful to convey practical information. It can (and it should) also be used to convey emotion. DO NOT tell an emotional story and expect your audience to feel what you feel if you allow your hands to remain stoically at your side.

When you are talking about important subjects and stating your opinion, you should be extremely careful which side of your hand you are showing to your audience. DO position your hands in a way to be in accordance with your words. To convey the idea that you are open to debate on a topic, people should see the palms of their hands. On the contrary, if you are certain about certain topics or statements, you can be clear about that, by “pressing” your palms in a downward motion as you state that certainty. Palms that move downward mean “case closed” and send that subtle but convincing message to the audience.

Interaction

Public speaking is not just a one-way communication of ideas from speaker to audience; an effective public speaker is one who engages and interacts with his or her audience. Asking questions of your audience, referencing, calling out members of the audience when appropriate, and even just acknowledging and thanking them for their time are all effective ways of verbally interacting with your audience.

Message

Before you stand and speak to any audience, make sure your message is well-defined. Your message – to be precise – is your overall aim, objective, and purpose: the delivery model, audience feedback, and the information transfer. 

The repeated mistakes focus on content rather than action. Of course, content is essential, but what do you want the audience to do about it? How do you want them to feel? What action would you like them to take?

You may also have other intentions for your speech as well: the message behind the message. Perhaps you have a singular goal, point, or emotion you want your audience to feel and understand. Every word you use to craft your speech then works to achieve that particular goal, moment, or feeling.

Powerpoint

The first common mistake is to put too many words in a slide. Your PowerPoint is not a Word document. If there are too many words, the public will focus on the slide more than on you. Therefore, sentences should be shortened as much as possible.

Also, it is better not to overload a slide with colors or pictures. Your presentation is not an advertisement or does not have any marketing purpose. The Powerpoint should be a support to your speech, not the focal point of the whole presentation.

Besides, it is necessary to study the meaning of colors, to be able to choose colors that are in accordance with the feelings/emotions that you are willing to convey to your audience. Clashing colors are to be avoided if you want to be professional.

Jokes

Jokes might be seen as the best way to introduce a speech. Nevertheless, this would also show to your audience that your whole speech is prepared. It is the case, but your audience does not need to remember this. Your speech needs to be fluid and natural.

Also, not everybody feels comfortable with the fact of making jokes because it is a direct way of communication. Also, it might not be your personality to make jokes. There is no obligation to make jokes, instead, you could rather be funny, which is something different and easier to put into practice.

Projection

Projection uses the correct voice modulation and projection techniques to deliver your message with an impact. For example, you want to deliberately get your voice up and down at certain times for your message to make sense.

Get excited about what you want to say. Your audience needs to feel that you are passionate about what you want to speak. You will be seen as a believable speaker if you trust your own words. Afterward, many exercises can help you improve your projection, using the chest, the larynx, etc. For instance, bending from the waist down as you sing or speak will help you feel a loosening vibration, which will, in turn, give you that feeling of vocal release. In essence, as a speaker and singer, you want to bounce your voice out of your mouth, not yell and force it out. It is achieved by having a lower and stable larynx and using vowels that shape a particular way that encourages resonance.

Eye contact

Eye contact is the first and most natural way to connect with an audience. However, it can be stressful to look people directly in the eyes. You feel judged on any move or any word you pronounce, and the look of alterity can be heavy. But looking others in the eyes can be turned into another approach: your audience needs support to understand your speech. Looking at them is a means to catch their attention and to make them feel important.

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