Speechcraft kicking off!
Been bogged down by a lot of stuffs recently again! Hence, haven’t have much time to blog. Anyway, a lot of stuffs have occurred recently and some are still in transition. One of the things I’m involved in is the running of an 8-week public speaking crash course to a group of 16 participants.
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Last night was the 3rd session Speechcraft Workshop (an 8-week public speaking crash course) conducted by my Toastmasters Club (NUS Alumni).
What really touched me a lot for this round of Speechcrafters is that majority are very committed to improve their public speaking skills. I notice that they really took a lot of time and effort to prepare for each session and I really appreciate all that hard work.
You see, public speaking is a skill that people often neglect. And even when some see the importance in honing this skill, they do not see the need to put in effort since they have paid for the course. They expect the trainers to ‘change’ them instead of themselves putting in the effort to ‘change’.
Often, I have seen new members doing unprepared prepared speeches. The time spent to prepare a speech could be just a bus-ride to the meeting place. Or they could come up the stage and do an impromptu ice-breaker speech which was obviously unprepared.
I believe very much in putting in effort to prepare prior to the speech - to script the speech and rehearse adequately before delivering it. I guess, nowadays, I did not meet many who prepare adequately before their speech. Hence, I definitely appreciate their sincerity when I see effort in a speech. ^_^
