So you say you’re not a public speaker. When it comes to
speaking you may see yourself as boring. I want you to know that is so far from the
truth. Have I got a tip for you. Why not use what you know as an outline for
your next message.
It’s time to change it up! Do something different. Utilize your strengths.
You are an expert at something! Entwine what you love into your
speaking. Do you have a hobby of fixing
cars, surfing/snowboarding, perhaps you are an organize freak and have mastered
the art of packing. Utilize your expertise to relay a valuable message to
students.
What is something that you like to do? For me it’s
volleyball. It’s my favourite sport, I play it and I coach it. Currently it’s
fall which is volleyball season at school. School cuts were just made and
league games are underway. What strength can I offer my students? I can teach
students how to properly serve a ball and use that as the frame work, to outline
the message that I want to share with them.
I will Demonstrate.
The most common mistake people make with an
Overhand Serve is the following. Use it to aim and steady your hand.
Once a person tosses the ball with their throwing
arm (left hand if a righty, right hand if a lefty) that arm commonly falls to the wayside while they
unleash their hitting power with their hitting hand, causing an off balanced unreliable
serve. If the server keeps their throwing arm in the air and uses it to point
at the tossed ball, that arm now helps guide you to track the tossed ball while
in the air, as well as keeping you balanced for the hit it. The Server will experience
a more consistent serve.
Sometimes we use Jesus like we do our tossing
hand. You know Him as your Saviour; He’s serves
you as a pick me up, lifting you out of your mess but then you leave Him on the
wayside, that’s as far as you go with Him. This is why your relationship with
Christ is inconsistent, and your Faith walk is unreliable.
John
10:27-28 says: My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow
me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them
out of my hand.
There is more to Christ, He wants to be
your Lord as well. The one to stabilize you through whatever life throws at
you.
HEY!!! What do you think? I have now added props to my talk
and I can integrate crowd participation too by calling up a student up who made
the volleyball team this year, or maybe a kid I know who got cut and would like
to improve. I have a volleyball in my hand, it’s something I love to do and I can
use it to sharing a valuable message with students.
So what’s in your hand? Is it cooking, football plays, military
strategies, learning to drive a car, taming a toddler, algebra, or how to beat
level 5 in a commonly played video game. Whatever you’re into...Use it as a
teaching opportunity. Utilize your strengths in your speech.
Check out Yahya Bakkar a youth speaker who uses Beatbox to
relay his message.
A member of the Canadian Association of Professional
Speakers (CAPS) Alison has dedicated her time to developing her gift of Public
Speaking so that her listeners would believe the truth that she shares and to
raise up other strong youth communicator’s in Canada. She has been speaking
full time for four years and is currently enrolled in Youth Speakers
University. Speaking Tips are from Alison’s Public Speaking Enhancement Workshop for any inquires message her today. http://www.inspiringteengreatness.com
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