Education Manuals:

Better Speaker Program

The Better Speaker Series modules are designed as 10 minute educational speeches to be given by various members of the club. They give practical tips that can be of benefit to all members. The series include:

Beginning Your Speech

Offers suggestions for starting off your speech right.

Concluding Your Speech

Provides tips for ending your speech with power.

Take the Terror Out of a Talk

Discusses techniques for overcoming nervousness when speaking. This is one of the major problem areas of giving speeches - Nervousness.

Impromptu Speaking

Helps prepare you so you don't get caught with nothing to say when speaking off-the-cuff.

Selecting Your Topics

Running out of speech topics. Here's how to develop new ones.

Know Your Audience

If you can relate to your audience, they will relate to you and you will become a better speaker.

Organizing Your Speech

Once you know what to say, consider next the when and the how. Organization is a very important part of speech writing.

Creating an Introduction

Great introductions should precede great speeches. This is designed to teach you how to prepare the proper introduction for your speech.

Preparation and Practice

Discusses techniques for preparing and rehearsing your next speech.