1. Welcome to Effective Speaking 2018/19

2. Your Team Coach – OCdt Hadwen Cadets – YOU
Tell us about yourself in 1 minute
Include your name/rank

3. Provincial Competition
Calendar Date
Week #
Meeting/Lesson
October 5 1
Introduction to Effective Speaking
October 12 2
Components of a Speech
October 19 3
Speeches to Persuade/Inspire
October 26 4
Speeches to Inform
November 2 5
Impromptu Practice
November 9 6
Speeches to Entertain
November 16 7
Free
November 30 8
December 7 9
Impromptu Practice/X-Mas Party
January 11 10
Mechanics of a Speech
January 18 11
January 25 12
February 1 13
Combatting Nervousness
February 8 14
Tips for Success
February 9
Local Competition
February 15 15
After Competition Party
March 30
Regional Competition
April 27
Provincial Competition
Our Meetings
Will Consist of…
40-50 minutes of a “lesson”
5-10 minutes break
30 minutes of impromptu speeches

4. Word of The Day Each week we will have a word of the day.
For every time you use the word of the day in your dialogue or impromptu speeches I will award one point
Within reason of course
Extra points will be given if used during your prepared speech at competition

5. Absences
You are permitted to miss meetings provided you give a reasonable notice and excuse.
E.g. Homework, Medical, Family Emergencies and Sports Practice.
If you miss more than 5 meetings, you will not be allowed to participate in the competition in February.

6. My Rules Come every week. Use FLOOR F – Focus on the aim
L – Listen honestly
O – Offer willingly to class discussions
O – give your Opinions
R – Respect other classmates

7. What is effective Speaking?

8. Effective Speaking
Communication: two-way exchange that involves both a presenter and an audience.
To communicate ideas, desires and information in a way that the audience can easily understand by using and having a deep understanding of the components of speech and its mechanics.

9. Effective Speaking in Cadets
Competition(s) involving the delivery of two speeches: Prepared Speech and Impromptu Speech
Four levels of competition: local, regional, provincial, and national
Local competition is organized by 364 Lancaster
Regional, provincial and national competitions are organized by the Air Cadet League and will run through March, April, and June

10. Prepared & impromptu speeches
Prepared Speech
No less than 5 minutes, no more than 6 minutes
Based on a topics set out by the league
Impromptu Speech
No less than 2 minutes, no more than 3 minutes
Topic decided day of the competition
Cadet is given approximately 5 minutes to prepare before delivery

11. Differences between speeches
Prepared Speech
Pick from a list of topics provided by the ACL
You will have time to research and write our a speech
Impromptu Speech
Topic given at competition, 5 minutes prior
No time to research or write a speech, you will think on the spot

12. Competition rules
Can be found on the Air Cadet League Webpage for Effective Speaking
Every cadet must know these rules before the competition, as they are expected to abide by all of them
Take time to read through all of the rules, some of been highlighted for your convenience.

13. Speech practices
Timer: will time the speeches using rules set out by league
Evaluator(s): will provided feedback using the FAST method
F – frequent
A – accurate
S – specific
T – timely

14. Picking a topic

15. Word of the day: Fathom Verb; FA-thum Probe To take soundings
To penetrate and come to understand
Example:
Major Souchuk could not fathom why his officers did not want to participate in the parade on the Sunday morning.

16. Prepared topics for 2018/19 What is a Canadian?
3D Printer Technology – how will it impact our future?
Should the voting age be lowered to 16?
How is today’s technology causing gaps in communications?
How will legalizing cannabis affect our society?
Why should cadets be involved in fundraising for the program?
The positive and negative effects of advances in technology.
What happened to the Avro Arrow and is it time for a new one?
Peer pressure amongst today’s youth – fact or fiction?
What is the importance of gender equality in today’s youth?
How could the cadet program fill the gap in the aviation industry?
Cadet’s Choice: the Cadet’s Choice must fit into one of these categories: Cadet Life, Science and Technology, Aviation, Canadian History or Citizenship.

17. How to select a topic: Do…
Pick one that interests you. You will not be able to put your best foot forward if you are bored.
Have some knowledge on the topic is helpful but not necessary.
Having heard something about the topic before and wanting to know more will keep you motivated.
Write it early enough that you can practice as much as you’ll need.

18. How to select a topic: Don’ts…
Pick something that might be too hard for you to talk about.
Change your topic last minute. This won’t make you as prepared as possible.
Write your speech the week before competition. You will not be ready in time and it will reflect in your presentation
Stress about the little things. Things will change last minute, the only thing you can do is to go with the flow.

19. Writing your speech
Use tactics like mind-mapping and point form to help generate ideas
Do research and look online
Get help from professionals.
Physically write things down first, but read the speech out loud. This will help with editing and the mechanics of your speech.