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Highlights of World Champions of Public Speaking 2015

Here are the Results of World Champions of Public Speaking 2015:

Congratulations to Mohammed Qahtani of Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, District 79, on becoming the 2015 World Champion of Public Speaking for his speech, “The Power of Words.”

Congratulations to Aditya Maheswaran of Mumbai, India, District 41, on finishing in second place for his speech, “Scratch.”

Congratulations to Manoj Vasudevan of Singapore, District 80, on finishing in third place for his speech, “We Can Fix It.”

Source:  http://www.toastmasters.org/Events/2015-International-Convention

Insights from the 2015 World Champion of Public Speaking

The 2015 World Champion of ‪Public Speaking‬, Mohammed Qahtani shares his thoughts after winning.

Mohammed Qahtani World Champion of ‪Public Speaking 2015 Full Speech, “The Power of Words”


Here’s a breakdown of the speech that won the 2015 World Championship of Public Speaking…

“He immediately gets the audience on his side.
He doesn’t lose sight of his message.
He makes it personal.
He uses his strengths to overcome his weaknesses.
He ends on a hopeful note.”
Source: http://www.businessinsider.my/toastmasters-public-speaking-champion-mohammed-qahtani-2015-9/

Highlights of 2nd place winner 2015 World Championship of Public Speaking – Aditya Maheswaran

3rd place Winner 2015 World Championship of Public Speaking- Manoj Vasudevan Full Speech, “We Can Fix It”
Toastmasters World Championship’s second runner-up worked hard to build confidence…

Practice is the key to helping you improve on your communication and presentation skills. Join Toastmasters and find a club that you like to practise your speeches in a friendly environments.  You are welcome to visit our Kampong Ubi Toastmasters Club if you are living in Singapore.

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World Champions of Public Speaking Winning Speeches Playlist

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How to Give a Good Technical Presentation?

How To Deliver a Technical Briefing?

“Giving technical presentations is a fact of life for many of us. Delivery is difficult. Putting your message across is important to you and your work. Here are several important issues you should keep in mind when you give a technical presentation.”

Remember the following 5 basic techniques:
1. Keep in Simple
2. The 18 Minute Wall
3. Regain Attention
4. Anecdotes
5. Plan

Your point of view has to be valid, important and push for action. Be interesting!

For more info, check out the below YouTube video. 

 

“You’re giving a speech and it’s about your ideas. Whether the ideas are technical or financial or theoretical, that doesn’t matter. The challenge is still the same. How can you get your audience to understand, one idea at a time, and to remember, one idea at a time.”

For more details, check out the below YouTube video on How to Give a Technical Speech.

 

The next video shows the basic concepts on making a technical presentation, including:

  • Organization and presentation of material
  • Technical Content/Depth
  • Communication and speaking ability of presenter
  • Professionalism of view graphs and presentation
  • Ability to answer questions

 

“A technical briefing is a speech that conveys technical information to a specific audience, usually in a workplace.

Technical briefings should be presented in a way that allows an audience to understand and apply critical information. Technical briefings can range from an engineer briefing a group of managers on a current project, to a retail supervisor explaining a new company policy to the store employees. Follow the steps below to ensure your technical briefings are as effective as they can be:

  • Know your audience. Avoid using too much industry jargon or material that is too technical for your colleagues to easily understand.
  • State the purpose of the technical briefing in one or two sentences and use this summary as the focal point for the entire presentation.
  • Arrange the material into an outline containing an introduction, main points and a conclusion.
  • Summarize the main points of the technical briefing during the conclusion.”

Source: http://www.toastmasters.org/Resources/Public-Speaking-Tips/Delivering-Technical-Briefings

Practice is the key to helping you improve on your communication and presentation skills. Join Toastmasters and find a club that you like to practise your speeches in a friendly environments.  You are welcome to visit our Kampong Ubi Toastmasters Club if you are living in Singapore.

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Public Speaking Tips on Gestures & Body Language

Tips on Gestures & Body Language

Gestures and body language can be distracting and detract from the message of your speech if not used properly.

Learn how to improve your public speaking skills on gestures and body language by channeling nervous energy into purposeful movement.

Check out the following videos on gestures and body language.

 

Ask Darren: Public Speaking: What is a good body
language?

Make Body Language Your Superpower

It is an instructional video on using body language effectively presented by a few Stanford graduate students.

Gestures and Body Language

Types of Gestures:

  • Descriptive
  • Emphatic
  • Suggestive
  • Prompting

Coordinating gestures, eye contact and walking can be a challenge. Limit the number of times you walk when you arrive at your destination. Be sure to stay there and make eye contact, you can perfect this technique with practice.

Practice is the key to helping you improve on your communication and presentation skills. Join Toastmasters and find a club that you like to practise your speeches in a friendly environments.  You are welcome to visit our Kampong Ubi Toastmasters Club if you are living in Singapore.

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How to Give a Toast?

How to Give a Toast Speech?

If you are asked to give a toast, you possibly want to make your words count and make the most of the moment.

Check out the below video produced by Toastmasters International.

Learn some good tips on what to do and what not to do when offering a toast.

1. Keep it short and sweet.
2. Be careful with humor.
3. Practise.

For more tips, check out the article “How to Give Really Good Toasts“. The key points are as follows:

  1. Don’t make it about you.
  2. Keep it short.
  3. Embarrassing, isn’t the same as funny.
  4. Pick one story, maybe two.
  5. Write and rehearse.

Since 1924 Toastmasters International has helped more than four million people gain the confidence to communicate.  Join Toastmasters and find a club that you like to practise your speaking skills. You are welcome to visit our Kampong Ubi Toastmasters Club if you are living in Singapore.

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How to Create an Effective Business Presentation?

Tips on Creating an Effective Business Presentation

Even as a seasoned executive and a confident speaker, sometimes you might struggle to keep the audience’s attention. Why?

One of the common problems is that you might have not thought enough about shaping the content to suit the needs of your audience.

 

Here are five steps to creating a great audience centered presentation:

  1. Find a story to tell.
  2. Draw your listeners in quickly.
  3. Explain the threat.
  4. Outline the solution.
  5. Give them an action step.

For details, please view the following YouTube video:

Practice is the key to helping you improve on your presentation skills.  Join Toastmasters and find a club that you like to practise your speeches in a friendly environments.  You are welcome to visit our Kampong Ubi Toastmasters Club if you are living in Singapore.

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KUTMC Free Talks – 29 Nov 2014

SAVE THE DATE

Kampong Ubi Toastmasters Club (KUTMC) Free Talks

Date: 29 November 2014 (Saturday)
Time: 2pm to 5pm
Venue: Kampong Ubi CC, 10 Jalan Ubi, Singapore 409075


Effective Use of Language
A practical guide in brief to the three common areas for improvement in spoken English
Joyce Vargese

The Art of Mentoring
Answering questions of who, what and how to effective mentorship.
Jun Allego

For more info, click the brochure link at KUTMC-FreeTalks29Nov2014.pdf

UPDATE:  Click here to view the photos taken at the event.

 

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