I presented my final project from the Speaking to Inform manual on 17 June 2010 at Katong. The topic selected was "Understanding Acupuncture".
Took 2 days to memorise the script and rehearsed repeatedly to get the timing right. The script was too long and I edited it a few times to get a satisfactory length. Nevertheless, most times I rehearsed, the timing was either dangerously close to 8 min 30secs or exceeded.
On the day of the presentation, Wee Meng had thoughtfully brought his Powerpoint remote control and I could use Ben's laptop to present my Powerpoint slides. I believe I went quite fast as the speech ended by 8 minutes!
I was voted Best Speaker that night. What joy! What a sweet ending to my Advanced Communicator Silver journey!
Wee Meng's tips for improvement:
(1) Placement of laptop to allow easy viewing so I don't have to turn back to look at the screen.
(2) Having one slide per point instead of 3 points to a slide.
(3) Instead of having a blank screen for one part of the speech, include some pictures that match the speech content.
(4) Show the slide first, then start speaking, not the other way round.
Malcolm has videotaped Wee Meng's evaluation of my speech:
Katong Toastmasters Club Best Evaluator on 17 June 2010 Katong TMC meeting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amz_40oDGrU
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