Tip of the Week

Here are some tips from some of the members who attended the Boot Camp on Feb 26:

Mary Jane
Attended the evaluation workshop and learned some ideas on how to evaluate an experienced speaker. I was told to ask the speaker what they are looking for in feedback. I believe that will help me and the speaker too!

Jean-Francois
I found out there was a crazy club that meets every week at 6:45 am!
I liked the handouts that explained the Communication and Leadership tracks. The Leadership track is very interesting. (Ed note: there are some leadership excellence manuals in our CTI library.)
The tips on evaluating were absolutely golden. The COD method (Content, Organization, Delivery) with all the ideas on what to look for will be helpful in the evaluation contest.
Val's tips on speechwriting were very helpful, eg to look for a title at the end after you have written the speech, and to brainstorm after you write your theme statement and then group the ideas.

Linda
TIP Speech Craft
Take a object/subject.
Think of all the different ways you can approach the subject and match it to the requirements for one of the 10 CC speeches.
Example: Cell phone - came up with 8 speech topics in 5 minutes

Darlene
Get ideas for speech topics from the newspaper, the TV, your children, your workplace, or from the hobbies you are interested in. Keep a speech topic file folder and stuff clippings, ideas, notes in it for future speeches.

CTI members were everywhere! Participating with enthusiasm, helping with moving chairs, registration, computers, copying, giving directions, SAA with the workshops and cracker barrels, facilitating…oh yes and organizing! What a great group of people! I am so proud to be a member of this club.