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Graduate Global Messenger Training
DateLocationTrainer
Introductions
Name Where are you from? How long in Special Olympics? Question: What would you do with a room
full of money?
Objectives of Workshop Learn about ALPs & Special Olympics Learn more about speaking techniques Focus your speech on a specific target
market Train & empower Global Messengers to
give more speeches Encourage Global Messengers to seek
speaking opportunities
Athlete Leadership Programs Athlete Choice
Meaningful positions Training for existing leadership
Training Available: Global Messenger
Governance Athletes as Volunteers
(Coaches & Officials)
Your Role as a Representative
What is your most important role as a
representative of Special Olympics?– Educate/Promote in an articulate,
knowledgeable, convincing manner– Know the facts about Special
Olympics
At the Tip of your Tongue
Key Elements of the Philosophy– All abilities can participate in sports,
can achieve, do have value Selling Points/the Brand
– Special Olympics changes lives– Special Olympics inspires all– Special Olympics creates heroes– Special Olympics celebrates
differences Mission
The Mission of Special Olympics
The mission of Special Olympics is to provide ---- ----- ------ -------- and
-------- ----------- in a variety of ------- ---- ------- for -------- ---
------ with ------ -----------, giving them continuing opportunities to ------- -------- -------,
----------- -------, ---------- --- and participate in a ------- -- -----, ------, ---
---------- ---- ----- -------- other Special Olympics athletes and the community.
The Mission of Special Olympics
The mission of Special Olympics is to provide year-round sports training and
athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and
adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical
fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills,
and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community.
Mission Statement: Voting
Children/Adults Children/Adults
Competition Competition
Olympic-type Olympic-type
Sharing gifts, skills & Sharing gifts, skills & Friendship…Friendship…
Year-round Year-round
intellectual disabilitiesintellectual disabilities
Courage Courage
Physical fitness Physical fitness
Joy Joy
Sports TrainingSports Training
What makes Special Olympics Unique?
• No charge to athletes• Awards for all• Advancement to higher levels of
competition• All ability levels• Divisioning
All abilities can participate in sports, can achieve, & have value
Special Olympics Facts• For people with intellectual disabilities• For athletes 8 years and older• Worldwide – Programs in over 150
countries• Offers 26 official sports• Year-round• Sports training AND competition
opportunities• Team AND individual sports
The Mission of Special Olympics
Describe what the Mission means to you …
Role of a Global Messenger Be attentive during the workshop Understand Special Olympics Learn ways to provide information Prepare and Practice a 3 to 5 minute speech Demonstrate the ability to give a public
speech Maintain contact with mentor and Special
Olympics staff Represent Special Olympics professionally
Role of the mentor Know the athlete Understand Special Olympics Provide support as needed Commit to working with the athlete Allow the Global Messengers to express
themselves Provide constructive feedback Stay in touch with Special Olympics staff Represent Special Olympics professionally
Presentations 101Know your audience
Appropriate appearance
Tools for Talks
Winning Behavior
Speech Coach Cues
The Five W’s and H
Speech Structure
The Five W’s & H Who What When Where
Why How
Parts of a Speech
Opening
Body
Closing
Communication SkillsTraits of a successful communicator Listener Know the audience Know the topic Know your goal Other strategies?
The telephone game - Communication is 6% WHAT you say and 94% HOW you say it…
Preparing for a SpeechWhy should I give a speech? To tell people about Special Olympics
What type of speech will I give? Informative – Persuasive – Recruitment –
Introduction
Who am I talking to? Target Markets
Target AudiencesWhat is a target market?
Who are our target audiences? Sponsors Families
Other Athletes Schools
Service Clubs Who else?
Target AudiencesWhat are the benefits of Special
Olympics for each group?
It’s your job to sell Special Olympics to this target market…
Sponsors
Corporations Business decisions
Individuals Personal decisions
Families Meet other families The whole family has fun Social activities Family pride
Schools Recognition of school and students Character education through volunteer
opportunities Opportunities for students to coach Unified sports Improve physical fitness & sports skills
Other Athletes
What would you say to a potential athlete??
Enhancing your SpeechHumorTechnology3 + minutes Speak from personal experienceBe wittyTalk to Special Olympics staff about their goals
and how you can help through speaking
Targeted SpeechesSelect your target audience
Write a speech
Practice your speech
Turn up the Volume
Practice speaking while watching your speech coach for cues on
being louder or softer
Evaluation
What is one thing you learned today from this workshop?
What will you do when you go home?
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