Inspiring Leadership in Immigrant Communities - ILRC

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Inspiring Leadership in Immigrant CommunitiesJanuary 2003i. Introduction• Introduce yourself, welcome the audience, and thank the audience for coming andfor inviting you to speak• Introduce your topic and why you think it's important. Give them a very brief,one-minute outline of the basic issues you'll be addressing. Summarize in one ortwo sentences what your speech is about. For instance, "Today I will first talkabout the major legal requirements for naturalization, and then discuss theapplication process and the advantages and disadvantages of applying, and finallyrecommend where you can get assistance if you want to apply. I’ll also talk aboutwhy it’s so important to apply for naturalization right now."• State the purpose, reason or thesis of the speech.• Give an example or story about the topic.• State whether or not you will take questions during the speech or at the end.ii. Body• This is the meat of your speech. It is the longest part of the speech and youropportunity to make all the points you need to make.• Feel free to show a video as part of the body, or write your major points onbutcher paper so everyone can read them. These tools will reinforce the pointsyou are making in the speech.• If appropriate, try to get the audience to participate in the presentation in someway. It is often effective to ask questions. For example, How many of you haveheard all the myths about what immigrants are doing to the economy inCalifornia? or What do you think about these ideas? Other ways to include theaudience is by asking people talk about their personal experiences with the topicand encouraging them to give their comments and input about the issues.iii. Conclusion• Summarize the major points you made during the speech and review them onbutcher paper if you have written them down for the audience to see.• Talk about any next steps—what you want your audience to do after your speech,such as sign a petition, join an organization, apply for something or make sometype of presentation to the school board.• Let audience members ask questions if you have enough time to and you feelcomfortable answering them. Otherwise you can give them a phone number tocall for further information.• Thank the people in the audience for their patience and their comments andquestions.f. Rehearsing the speechPractice the speech until you feel comfortable giving it. Although your family mightthink you are crazy, practice giving the speech out loud. It usually helps to practice infront of a mirror or with friends and family. Practicing will not only help you deliver thespeech more fluidly, it should also ease your nerves.App.4-A-3
Inspiring Leadership in Immigrant CommunitiesJanuary 2003Giving the SpeechA. The first thing to do during a speech is to walk up to the front, pause for a coupleseconds, smile and then start.B. While giving the speech, try not to read it unless you really have to. You don't have tomemorize it either, but if you are really familiar with the speech and have practiced it asufficiently, you should be able look at the audience for a considerable part of the speech.Eye contact with members of the audience helps to keep them interested.C. Try to have the most important points spelled out on butcher paper or handouts for theaudience to look at and follow.D. Use personal experiences in the speech. Talk about why this topic is important to youand to the audience. Use examples such as Naturalization is important because it helpedmy neighbor immigrate her ill father to the United States quicker and now she can takecare of him.E. Speak loudly and clearly! Pretend you are trying to talk to the wall that is the farthestaway, on the other side of the room. Use a microphone if you think it's necessary.F. Make the speech as simple and short as possible. Always work on cutting the lengthdown. A short speech will keep the audience interested. You can always save time at theend for questions if you want.G. Always be on time. Do not speak over your allotted time. Be prepared to start on time andbe prepared to decide how long you will be willing to wait to start if the audience is late.H. Involve the audience as much as you can. Ask the audience questions such as these:• Can you hear me alright in the back?• How many of you have heard the immigrant bashing which politicians and someothers have been promoting? What do you think about it? What do you think we cando 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 was the interviewabout? How did it go?I. Be funny and interesting if you can. Sometimes it is hard to be funny, but it isn’t hardto be interesting. Think of things that would have a special interest to the audience. Ifyour audience is a group of parents of school children, talk about things relating to theschools.J. Try to motivate audience members to do something. If you are talking about the wave ofanti-immigrant hysteria, be emotional in explaining why the hysteria is wrong and youraudience can do about it. Encourage them to take action on the issue you are discussing,whether it be signing a petition, joining an organization or whatever else might be useful.App.4-A-4
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