Upcoming Workshop Conducted by the NUS Toastmasters
Speechcraft: Speak Your Way To The Top!
OBJECTIVES:
• Communicate more confidently and fluently with your lecturers, tutors, schoolmates, and friends.
• Have more fun-filled and productive conversations at home with your family!
• Become more effective in your professional and community activities.
Speechcraft will definitely IMPROVE YOUR PERFORMANCE in:
• presenting in class
• meeting the public
• speaking to the masses
• communicating with others
• conducting meetings or discussions
• leadership and motivating people
• relationships and making friends
• job interviews and promotion
• selling ideas or products
• solving problems
OUTLINE:
• Speechcraft is a special program to develop your public speaking abilities. Experienced Toastmasters present the basics of public speaking in a relaxed, enjoyable atmosphere.
In Speechcraft, you will learn through practice and by studying the materials provided. Our Facilitators
will be on hand to help and guide you for your speeches.
• The Importance of Public Speaking
• Evaluation of Current Speaking Skills
• Take The Terror Out of The Talk
• Sharing of Personal Experience and Lessons in Public Speaking
• How to Do Impromptu Speaking?
• Making Your First Speech: The Ice Breaker
• Organize Your Speech
• How to Get to The Point in Speaking
• Evaluation of Your Speeches
• Lots of Practice and Applications
• Presentation of Awards
• How Public Speaking Can Help You Succeed and Get to The Top?
TRAINER PROFILE:
Lead Trainer:
Wekie Tay, Distinguished Toastmaster
BA, NLP Trainer (USA), NLP Master Prac.
Mind Mastery Prac (Aust), Design Human Engineering Prac (USA),
American Management Association Certified Trainer,
Wekie is a Trainer, a Speaker and a Professional Excellence Consultant. He has over 16 years of experience in training multi-national corporations, government agencies, organizations, and schools on leadership, N.L.P., persuasion, sales, negotiation, presentation, communication, dating, relationships and creativity. Wekie graduated from NUS with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Sociology. He is also the Mentor of NUS Toastmasters, Advisor of Telok Blangah Toastmasters and the first Division Z Governor.
Co Trainer:
Gary Guwe, Advanced Communicator (Bronze)
Vice President (Public Relations), 2008/2009, NUS Toastmasters Club
Immediate Past President, 2008/2009, NUS Toastmasters Club
Top 10 Most Influential Bloggers on Public Speaking, September 2007
Gary is a speaker and trainer who specializes in communications competency and public speaking. Over the past three years, Gary has helped schools and individuals breakthrough their fear of public speaking and self-expression through coaching and encouragement. Gary has also been a regular feature as a speaker in NUS having hosted numerous university events and ceremonies. His credentials as a speaker were also highlighted when he was invited to give a live interview on NewsRadio 938Live in October 2008. Gary is also writes regularly on his public speaking blog at http://www.garyguwe.com.
Dates & Time:
21st February – 9.00am – 12.30pm
2nd Mar – 7pm – 10.30pm
Investment:
$20 per student
$15 per student (for groups of 2 students or more)
Sign up NOW and be entitled to a *complimentary 3-hr workshop entitled: The Secrets of Interpersonal Communication, worth $65/- per pax by Lead Trainer, DTM Wekie Tay. *The details of the complimentary workshop will be disseminated separately to applicants who sign up with us at a later date.
*PS: Complimentary seats are limited to only the first 50 participants only. Stretch your dollar! Hurry while places last!
[10/08] Workshops Conducted by the NUS Toastmasters
Communication Between Men and Women
SPEAKER PROFILE:
Wekie Tay, Distinguished Toastmaster
BA, NLP Trainer (USA), NLP Master Prac.
Mind Mastery Prac (Aust), Design Human Engineering Prac (USA),
American Management Association Certified Trainer
wekie.com
Wekie is a Trainer, a Speaker and a Professional Excellence Consultant. He has 18 years of experience in training multi-national corporations, government agencies, organizations, and schools on leadership, Neuro-Linguistic Programming (N.L.P), persuasion, sales, negotiation, interviewing and networking, presentation, public speaking, communication, dating, attraction and relationships (DARE), creativity and other life skills.
He graduated from NUS with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Sociology. He has been the President of the Sociology Society as well as having served in The Arts Club Management Committee during his undergraduate years. As a Toastmaster for 12 years, he is also the Mentor of NUS Toastmasters Club and the first Division Z Governor.
In the dating, attraction and relationship (DARE) arena, Wekie is actively engaged as a private Relationship Coach for different individuals, working with them to immediately improve their social and relationship skills. He is also a Trainer and Speaker at Social Development Unit (SDU) and Social Development Section (SDS) events. As a result, Wekie has also been specially highlighted by The New Paper for this unique work of his.
Wekie currently works with various groups of companies and professionals to help boost their productivity, leadership, presentation, sales and negotiation. They have in turn brought in and produced millions of dollars in sales and investments. Dedicated to sharing ideas to Excel Beyond Excellence, Wekie also adds greater value to his participants and associates through his website: wekie.com
He is also presently mentoring and coaching trainers, leaders, organizations, groups and individuals to enhance their professional excellence, relationships and communication. In addition, Wekie is also regularly featured and interviewed by the media such as The New Paper, LianHe ZaoBao, Sin Ming Daily News, The Straits Times, Radio 95.8FM and 97.2FM and is fluent in Mandarin.
NUS Toastmasters Club: A Year’s Review 2007-2008
Still Wondering what we do at the club or how it is like?
Well, here’s a video showcasing the series of activities we organised during the term 2007-2008.
Witness the unique spirit of family and culture of energy and activity!
Enjoy!
- Gary
Special Seminar: Communication Between Men and Women
By Wekie Tay, BA, DTM
NLP Trainer (USA), NLP Master Prac.
Design Human Engin. Prac. (USA), Mind Mastery Prac. (Aust.)
American Management Association Certified Trainer
It has always been an age old mystery between how men and women think, behave and communicate. This exhilarating and exciting workshop provides deep insights to help solve the gender equation by exploring the fine art of ‘He Says, She Says”
In this fun and interactive workshop, you will discover:
What has changed over times for women and men, and what to do about them…
How are men and women different from each other?
What goes through men and women’s mind when they are communicating?
How to powerfully impress, charm and attract the other gender in university?
How greatly does communication differ between men and women?
Social Elements of Effective Communication between genders
Personal Space: How it can make or break your relationship
Creating Understanding in Active Listening
Finding your special gender key “Turn-On” Factor to Powerfully Communicate
How to make yourself a joy to be with and the person others seek
The secret techniques to turn on another’s communication button for you
Simple steps to becoming the “opposite gender magnet”
How to communicate to making other gender pay attention and wanting more… of you!
Real-life solutions to persistent school gender communication issues
Build your Resources for Powerful Communicating!
And Much, Much more…
SPEAKER PROFILE: (more…)
What is Toastmasters?
No, we don’t make toasters!
From a humble beginning in 1924 at the YMCA in Santa Ana, California, Toastmasters International has grown to become a world leader in helping people become more competent and comfortable in front of an audience. The nonprofit organization now has nearly 220,000 members in 11,300 clubs in 90 countries, offering a proven – and enjoyable! – way to practice and hone communication and leadership skills.
Most Toastmasters meetings are comprised of approximately 20 people who meet weekly for an hour or two. Participants practice and learn skills by filling a meeting role, ranging from giving a prepared speech or an impromptu one to serving as timer, evaluator or grammarian.
There is no instructor; instead, each speech and meeting is critiqued by a member in a positive manner, focusing on what was done right and what could be improved.
Good communicators tend to be good leaders. Some well-known Toastmasters alumni include:
* Peter Coors of Coors Brewing Company
* Debbi Fields, founder of Mrs. Fields Cookies
* Tom Peters, management expert and author
* Linda Lingle, Governor of Hawaii
My Greatest Joy
The past month has been hectic. Beginning with the matric fair and culminating with the recent completion of the demonstration meeting, the past month has certainly been an eventful one.
Yet, as I look back on the series of events and activities that took place throughout the past month, one thing stood out prominently. It is something that delights me greatly. That is non other than witnessing the growth of our members, especially over the past one month.
What began with reluctance, hesitance and passiveness, has pretty much given way to proactiveness, self-assuredness and confidence. Where members were initially shy to speak and contribute, I now see more members going about their work with greater ease, confidence and competence.
What a difference one month makes! What a difference, an opportunity for learning and growth can make in the life of those who seize them!
Many people go about building statues and have structures named after them in the hope of leaving a legacy, to be immortalized or just simply to be remembered. This is their way of leaving a mark in time.
Although I may not go about doing the same thing as those mentioned above, I am content to know that I’ve played a part in the lives of members who have benefited from the opportunities that had been created for them to learn and grow over the past few months.
After all, to me, there is no greater joy in life, than to know that you’ve left your mark in life, by creating value in the lives of others… and thereby, in turn, providing them with the means and opportunity to pass on the skills and abilities which you’ve taught them to others who need them too.
To me, the ability to “pass it on”, holds greater meaning and life value, than an immovable statue who sits or stands and watches time past by in history.
It’s a pleasure serving you, members of the NUS Toastmasters Club! Thank you for allowing me to be a part of your journey to growth!
Gary G.
Speaking with No Fear
I prepared this little write up on how to overcome the fear of speaking earlier at the Club’s Demonstration Meeting. But I’ve decided to post it here to for the benefit of the rest who couldn’t join us earlier this evening.
N – Nag Yourself to Success
Many people will begin telling themselves how they can’t do it and various reasons why they will not be able to speak properly.
Counter that by repeatedly telling yourself the reasons why you will be able to do a good job!
O – Observe and Regulate Your Breathing!
Pay attention to your breathing and consciously take deep breathes to regulate your breathing!
Let the breathing regulate and calm your heart rate!
F – Focus on your Most powerful Experience
Think about the your most memorable and powerful experience. Was it the day you received your scholarship? Got your first kiss? Won an award?
Or how about the day you pulled off that great project – a project that few believed you could pull off?
Relive your most powerful experience and feel the confidence and power flow through your veins again.
Speak with this power in your heart.
E – Energize Yourself
You’ve adrenaline pumping through your veins. Your heart is racing and your muscles are all tensed up. Your eyes are shifty and you are unsettled.
One suggestion for handling this adrenaline induced anxiety involves harnessing this nervous energy and making it work for you! Many people tend to suppress this nervous energy and bolt themselves to the ground instead of running away. This suppression causes them to shake and tremble because they are consciously fighting against their subconscious tendency to run away!
To ‘remedy’ this, you could move around a little bit! Walking around the room and gently gesticulating during your speech from time to time allows you to dissipate your nervous energy.
A – Acknowledge Your Fears
Fear is here to protect us, not paralyze us. Don’t run away from being afraid! Acknowledge it as being part of you… use it to identify the possible pitfalls, then work to plug those loopholes that may likely go wrong during your presentation.
Being prepared and the knowledge that you’ve covered most angles will prepare you and leave you assured that things will go to plan. And if they don’t, then at least you’re all ready to execute Plan B anyway!
R – Repeat and Review
Do you still remember the first time you learnt to ride your bicycle? Were you afraid of falling or crashing?
Fast forward a few years down the road. How afraid are you now after years of cycling practice?
Repetition is the key to mastering a skill and familiarity is the answer to fear and uncertainty. The process of reviewing and strengthening one’s abilities also adds to our competency and self-assuredness.
Join a Toastmasters Club to enjoy that platform for practice and the opportunity to have your speaking skills reviewed!
Upcoming Events for August
Good Day to All!
As part of the current Exco’s bid to add on the diversity and dyanamism to the NUS Toastmasters Club’s activities, as well as to expose our members to greater opportunities and speaking environments, I’m proud to announce the list of upcoming activities in August!
Club Installation – 14th August
Finally, the formal installation ceremony of the Club’s Executive Committee for the term 2007/2008!
Come join the club in celebration for a fruitful and wonderful 2006/2007, and lend your support to the incoming group of Executive Committee members, as they seek to ‘begin’ their term with a whole new array of activities and plans in the coming year!
Join our guests in a night of fun, laughter and growth over dinner and a round of games!
Meeting Details:
Date: 14-Aug-2007
Time: 7pm
Location: Staff Club (to be confirmed)
Remarks: Dinner will be provided. Pl RSVP with Gary @ garyguwe@hotmail.com!
Joint Meeting with NTU TMC, NTU InspYre TMC & Lingnan University (Hong Kong)
For the very first time in our clubs’ histories, we will be holding a 3.5-way joint meeting with the respective Toastmaster Clubs from NTU and a foreign University!
The spirit of learning knows no boundaries! Come join us for a great session of networking and mingling with like-minded individuals who’ve an eye on personal growth and communication improvement!
This meeting promises to be an exciting one, as speakers and members from each club promises to bring an added dimension and share new perspectives with one another. Speak about cultural diversity!
Meeting Details:
Date: 22-Aug-2007, Wednesday
Time: 7pm
Venue: NUS, LT 29 (Faculty of Scienec)
Remarks: Light refreshments will be provided
Demonstration Meeting for Freshmen!
Finally, the date everyone has been waiting for! The demonstration preview for all year one NUS students!
We will be playing hosts to our eager and proactive freshmen, many of whom are interested in knowing how the NUS Toastmasters can help better themselves in the area of public speaking and presentation skills!
Altogether, the club has managed to gather over 550 names of interested participants for this year’s demonstration meeting! A new record! A successful recruitment drive for the 2007/2008 term will definitely add on the dynamism and activity to the club – a definite plus point for everyone who’s seeking to learn, grow and have fun at our club meetings!
Come lend your support to the club by taking up the following appointments:
Demo Speakers,
Table Topics Master
Games Master
Facilitators
Meeting Details:
Date: 28 August 2007, Tuesday
Time: 7pm
Venue: LT 28 (Science Faculty)
Remarks: Light refreshments will be provided
August promises to be an exciting time for the entire club! With a slew of activities coming up, this would translate into more speaking opportunities for EVERYONE!
Seize every opportunity to speak and grow!
Best Regards,
Gary G.
President 2007/2008
Junk Words— Get Them Before They Get You!
Notice the regular “uh” “oh” and “mmm” that infest your speech? TM Paul Chee tells you the way to throw out these parasites that eat on the true essence of your speech.
Have you ever noticed that while delivering a speech, the “and you know”s come up more frequently than the actual things you intended to say? Or have you ever been stuck in the middle of a sentence, not knowing how to continue but for the mm?
Most, if not all of us, can remember such embarrassing times. How then are we to eliminate these junk words from our conversations or oral presentations? How are we to get rid of them before they do us in?
The first step in getting rid of your junk words is to count them. As elementary as that seems, counting junk words would keep you aware of the frequency at which you use them. Be warned that if junk words perpetuate your speech, your audience will start counting them. You want to be known for your ideas, your plans, your integrity, and your vision. Nobody wants to be known as that “you know” speaker.
I cannot tell you how many junk words you can drop before your audience starts to take notice and loses concentration on your message. However I have a challenge for you( zero junk words. That brings us to the second point. After counting and having a feel of the frequency at which we use junk words; now is the time to eliminate them altogether. Before facing the firing squad, first deliver your speech into a tape-recorder. Play it back. Count and take notice of where junk w ords pop out. It would be helpful if you note them down on your written script. Next, deliver your speech again. This time, when you feel that the junk word is just round the corner, SHUT UP! A nicer way of putting it would be to pause. It does not matter if the pause appears at an awkward point in the sentence. Our first goal is to get rid of the junk words. As we cannot speak as fast as our thoughts, these pauses give us time to come up with a more suitable word to replace the
Lastly, speak as how you write not as how you think. Nobody writes with s and “you knows” thrown in. With more practice, you will be able to accomplish this. It is extremely difficult to speak as fast as your thoughts. You do not have to. Your speech should turn out like the final draft of an essay; smooth and coherent. Be confident of what you have to say. And most important of all, be prepared and stay focused.
That is how you can eliminate the junks words from your speech: count them, pause, speak as though you are writing and stay focused. Get those junks words before they get you!
NUS Toastmasters meeting on 19 dec 06
Dear Friends,
Exams are finally over. It is time for us to focus on our public speaking. You are cordially invited to our meeting on 19 dec 06 (Tue) from 7 to 9.30pm at YIH function room 2.
Here is the tentative Program Sheet for our meeting and here is a map of the venue
Seeya,
Gary
