This first Youth Leadership Program for the term
2014/2015 was held at Taylor’s University Lakeside Campus. It was a cool
Saturday morning and the members of D’Utama Toastmasters Club were at hand to
conduct the public speaking workshop for 16 young and energetic youths.
The program kicked off with Tan Kooi Ching, the
ever-bubbly Chief Coordinator. She invited everyone to introduce himself/herself
i.e. both participants and mentors.
The Ice-breaker session was conducted by Ryan Tang which
was aimed at getting the participants to mingle and get to know each other a
little better.
Kooi Ching took to the stage again to present an
“Introduction to Public Speaking”, setting the agenda for the next 2 days. This
was followed by a session on “Impromptu Speaking” delivered by Steven Lai who
gave very useful tips on how to speak effectively off the cuff, without any
preparation or warning whatsoever.
Ryan Tang also delivered an Ice-breaker speech,
demonstrating to the participants an example of how such a speech can be done.
This type of speech is geared towards getting the speaker to introduce himself
or herself to the audience so that they will know the speaker better than
before the speech was delivered.
After this demonstration, the participants settled down
to prepare their own Ice-breaker speeches. They were divided into two groups
and assisted by mentors throughout the entire period. After spending half an
hour preparing for the Ice-breaker speeches, the participants took turns in
presenting their speeches and they were subsequently evaluated by their
mentors.
The rest of the afternoon was dedicated to
participants learning to organize their speeches and evaluate other people’s
speeches. All mentors present also delivered evaluations of the participants’
speeches and evaluations.
The mentors
present on the first day were:
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Lee Boon Wei
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Yvonne Yon
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Hoo Sze Ling
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Chee Fong Hoe
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Choong Voon
Kwong
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Chan Yew
Choong
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Jack Ng
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Ryan Tang
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Steven Lai
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Tan Kooi
Ching
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Chai Wen Lee
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Kooi Ching
rounded up the entire day with teaching the participants how to control their
fear when they are about to speak in front of a crowd.
Before the session ended, all the participants were
invited to give their feedback on what they have learnt and benefited from the
training given that day.
Henry Fu made a brief visit in the latter part of the
afternoon to observe the conduct of the training and spoke with the YLP
Co-Ordinator and the mentors.
Prepared By
Hoo Sze Ling / Henry Fu