Do you want to organize a competition where your participants will speak in public? Or you are a school teacher who wants to make children overcome public speaking fear?
Well, here are 2 interesting public speaking activities that I am a fan of.
Public Speaking Activities 1
Volte Face
In Volte Face, you're given a topic first. You have to start speaking on it right away! But there's a catch. YOU HAVE TO speak FOR the topic for 30 seconds. Then a buzzer sounds. Then you speak AGAINST the topic for 30 seconds. Then a buzzer sounds again. You again speak FOR the topic for 30 seconds. And then you again speak AGAINST the topic for 30 seconds!
Not only does Volte Face give amazing public speaking practice, it actually makes ANYONE who's listening to you laugh and laugh! You see, you are saying something for 30 seconds and then saying EXACTLY the opposite thing for 30 seconds.:)
Now, to make it more interesting, let me do a Volte Face for you. I will speak spontaneously as I would speak on stage. That'll give you a REAL idea of Volte Face.:)
My topic is: " I hate my end term examinations.:)"
START!
End term examinations are the most pathetic things ever discovered. Suddenly you have to gobble so much of text and vomit it out. Session tests are much better. And the freaking thing is - I ALWAYS forget whether I am sleeping or awake during my end term examinations - because it's all a blur. If end term examinations were a mosquito, I would kill it immediately by slapping my hands on it. To hell with end term examinations...
30 Seconds Up!
Whoever said, heroin felt ecstatic was kidding. Nothing beats the bliss of being in the midst of end term examinations. Oh the pleasure of mugging up things at night! If there were no end terms, who would study? I remember my journeys through the fairy tale lands of transformers and generators in my first year. And yes, end terms are much better than classes - you get to write and the professors have to shut up and move around. Better than them talking and you shutting up isn't it? Oh, my end terms rock.:)
30 Seconds Up!
But end term examinations are scary because...
:) Oh, Volte Face is funny.:) Do try it.
And when you do, here are some interesting topics you can use:
The ecstasy of devouring newspapers in toilets
Monday morning is bliss.
I love bed bugs.
:D
What arrangements do you need for Volte Face?
2 Things - a mike, and someone timing and sounding a buzzer after 30 seconds. Or that someone can clap if there isn't a buzzer.:)
Public Speaking Activities 2
Extempore Speech
Maybe you already know it.
You give the speaker a topic and give him one minute to think about it. Then after his one minute of thinking is up - he is to speak non-stop for 2 more minutes on the topic. That's it.
I think it is a wonderful way to let go of any fear of public speaking. After all, you're right in front of an audience and have to think of stuff to say right in the moment!
An extempore where you laugh is even better.:) So here go some topics.
Einstein, me and Newton went out yesterday.
I swear to Drunk I am not God.
I am OK, well almost.:)
..And then the pumpkin came down.
The world is a cuboid.
I was so shy, I did not start talking till I was 1.5 years old
:)
What arrangements do you need for an extempore?
Well, a mike and a guy sounding the buzzer. This guy first sounds the buzzer after one minute to tell the speaker to speak. Then he sounds it after 2 minutes to tell the speaker to stop speaking.
Why not try both these public speaking activities today? I mean, just for the fun of it?:)
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Meghashyam Chirravoori is basically someone like you but with an unreasonable passion for exploring living more. He's written more about his attempts at overcoming his own stage fright here. He's compiled a fascinating e-book called '500 Steve Pavlina Quotes' which is like a friend who keeps telling you, "You can't give up. You have it in you."
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