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Inspiring Leadership in Immigrant CommunitiesJanuary 2003• If appropriate, try to get the audience to participate in thepresentation in some way. It is often effective to ask questions. Forexample, How many of you have heard all the myths about whatimmigrants are doing to the economy in California? or What doyou think about these ideas? Other ways to include the audience isby asking people talk about their personal experiences with thetopic and encouraging them to give their comments and inputabout the issues.iii. Conclusion• Summarize the major points you made during the speech andreview them on butcher paper if you have written them down forthe audience to see.• Talk about any next steps—what you want your audience to doafter your speech, such as sign a petition, join an organization,apply for something or make some type of presentation to theschool board.• Let audience members ask questions if you have enough time toand you feel comfortable answering them. Otherwise you can givethem a phone number to call for further information.• Thank the people in the audience for their patience and theircomments and questions.f. Rehearsing the speechPractice the speech until you feel comfortable giving it. Although your familymight think you are crazy, practice giving the speech out loud. It usually helpsto practice in front of a mirror or with friends and family. Practicing will notonly help you deliver the speech more fluidly, it should also ease your nerves.4. Giving the Speecha. The first thing to do during a speech is to walk up to the front, pause for acouple seconds, smile and then start.b. While giving the speech, try not to read it unless you really have to. You don'thave to memorize it either, but if you are really familiar with the speech andhave practiced it a sufficiently, you should be able look at the audience for aconsiderable part of the speech. Eye contact with members of the audiencehelps to keep them interested.c. Try to have the most important points spelled out on butcher paper orhandouts for the audience to look at and follow.d. Use personal experiences in the speech. Talk about why this topic isimportant to you and to the audience. Use examples such as Naturalization is12-23
Inspiring Leadership in Immigrant CommunitiesJanuary 2003important because it helped my neighbor immigrate her ill father to theUnited States quicker and now she can take care of him.e. Speak loudly and clearly! Pretend you are trying to talk to the wall that is thefarthest away, on the other side of the room. Use a microphone if you think it'snecessary.f. Make the speech as simple and short as possible. Always work on cutting thelength down. A short speech will keep the audience interested. You canalways save time at the end for questions if you want.g. Always be on time. Do not speak over your allotted time. Be prepared to starton time and be prepared to decide how long you will be willing to wait to startif the audience is late.h. Involve the audience as much as you can. Ask the audience questions such asthese:• Can you hear me alright in the back?• How many of you have heard the immigrant bashing which politicians andsome others have been promoting? What do you think about it? What doyou think we can do about it?"• How many of you have ever helped anyone apply for naturalization?• Who has ever been interviewed by a newspaper, TV or radio? What wasthe interview about? How did it go?i. Be funny and interesting if you can. Sometimes it is hard to be funny, but itisn’t hard to be interesting. Think of things that would have a special interestto the audience. If your audience is a group of parents of school children, talkabout things relating to the schools.j. Try to motivate audience members to do something. If you are talkingabout the wave of anti-immigrant hysteria, be emotional in explaining why thehysteria is wrong and your audience can do about it. Encourage them to takeaction on the issue you are discussing, whether it be signing a petition, joiningan organization or whatever else might be useful.C. The Trainer’s Model SpeechGive a model speech of approximately 10 minutes. Make sure to make it a decentexample. If you want to, give an example of a bad speech, too, that is, a poorlyprepared or organized or boring speech so the leaders can compare the two. Thespeech should cover one of the topics already discussed during the training. (20minutes)1. Lead a group discussion critiquing your speech or speeches. What did you dowell? What could be improved? Try to lead the discussion toward some of the12-24
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