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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Good Practices
Good practices of public speaking enhancement and entrepreneurial approach
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Speaking skill performance enhancement in entrepreneurial customs for social workers
About Lesson

A webinar is an online meeting or presentation held via the Internet in real-time. To put it simply, it is an online event, which connects individuals with viewers across the world. The main feature of live webinars is interactivity, or the ability to discuss, send and receive information in real-time.

Features of the webinar

  • Sharing video and presentation
  • Chat
  • Whiteboard
  • Polls and surveys
  • Desktop sharing
  • Recording

Webinar’s Advantages

  • Educators can reach a wider audience of students, as they will not have to spend time and money traveling. Participants can just tune into the training from anywhere.
  • Avoid costs related to venue rental, food, and other expenses, which will allow the educator to charge less for the event and, thus, have more attendees.
  • Webinars make holding conferences and meetings possible at any time and place. Anyone can participate in a webinar without leaving work or just staying at home, on a business trip, or vacation.
  • No more headache concerning venue rental, coffee breaks, and transfers – holding a conference is as easy as several mouse clicks!

Webinar’s Disadvantages

  • Limited Interaction
  • Technical Difficulties
  • Lack of Teamwork
  • Lack of Body Language
  • Lack of Environmental Control

Example of the daily programme description

Day 1

When

What

Session 1

30’

Ice breaker:

Aim/purpose: To make participants get to know each other.

How (kind of methods): plenary.

To keep in mind: all names must be said!

Exercise:

Names exercise. People say their name in a circle, then anyone is asked to say a name and switch positions with that person.

Further resources:

https://www.salto-youth.net/tools/toolbox/tool/name-exercises.1041/

Session 2

30’

Participants’ expectations

How (kind of methods): plenary, self-reflection.

Description:

The facilitator guides a discussion about the current public skills of participants and what they expect from the workshop.

After some information has been shared, people start to reflect on their limits about their public speaking skills. What scares them, what they think they need to improve.

They write them in some post-its, which are kept secret and which will be used for discussion.

Session 3

45’

The Theory: Some public Speaking tips

 

Aim/purpose: Participants learn the theory behind public speaking

How (kind of methods): small groups.

Exercise:

–       Make a pitch on a chosen topic, and then show through a presentation, what you did and how (techniques of pitch, theory, etc.)

–       Discussion guided by the facilitator

Further resources:

–       https://www.salto-youth.net/tools/toolbox/tool/presentation-excellence-basics-devil-s-dozen.1643/

–       The SPEAK toolbox

15’

Break

Session 4

30’

Team building activity: Shared stories

Aim/purpose: This exercise helps build rapport between people through active sharing and allows people to be exposed to many people in the group. After hearing stories from many people, participants are asked to identify patterns in story structures.

How (kind of methods): Storytelling

Exercise:

–       Ask participants to take a couple of minutes to write the outline of a story they want to share.

–       Ask them to stand and pair off with someone from another part of the room. Participants should listen enthusiastically to their partner’s story and then narrate their own.

–       Participants then find new partners and repeat the procedure.

–       After exchanging stories with half a dozen other participants, form groups and ask participants in their groups to find common elements in storytelling from all the people they heard, for example, what made it a positive experience

Session 5

150’

The Theory in practice: Public Speaking exercise

Aim/purpose: Participants apply the theory of public speaking.

How (kind of methods): small groups.

To keep in mind: All participants must help each other develop their part. The work must be done in the group so that the parts will be agreed upon and split afterward.

Exercise:

–       In groups of 4 people or similar, participants will have to choose a product, a brand, a project, which already exists and prepare a pitch for the audience. All of them will need to play a part in the pitching process

–       5-8 min pitch

–       During the pitch one group will have to prepare questions, another will have to prepare constructive feedback

–       Participants get feedback from both the trainers and another group.

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