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Goals and Rules What do you hope to accomplish today?
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Let Your Voice Be HeardBest Buddies Ambassador Training
Welcome!
Goals and RulesWhat do you hope to accomplish today?
What is the Ambassador Program?
SELF ADVOCACY• The action of representing
oneself or one's views or interests
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SHARING YOUR STORY
• speech writing• conversational advocacy• spoken word, song, dance• art
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VOLUNTEERISM• the use or involvement of
volunteer labor, especially in community service
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What does self advocacy mean to you?
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The W's of Self Advocacy:
• Who?• What?• Where?• When?• Why
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Keep Your Eye on the Prize
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Let Your Voice be Heard
Reading vs Delivering a SpeechWhat's the difference?
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What are the downfalls of reading?
• Harder to connect with your audience
• Looking down will affect your vocal projection
• Reading will limit your vocal variety making it harder for the audience to connect
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What can help you deliver?• Add line breaks to help remind you to
pause• Use large fonts and spacing to make it
easier to find your spot• Use ellipsis (...) to pause in a sentence• Use italics, bold, underline, highlighter
& punctuation to give extra emphasis
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What does it mean to EDIT?
LET'S EDIT!• Add/Remove information• Add punctuation for emphasis• Double check grammar• Does your speech flow?• Are you keeping your eye on the
prize?cc: lacla21 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/32718011@N08
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Presentation Tips• Eye Contact• Speed• Volume• Hand Gestures• Utilizing pauses
Remember all of the skills we learned today!Now, it's your turn!
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Congratulations!
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THANK YOU!