Issue 0010 July 2011- January 2012

Polysh’d Speakers Newsletter

Congratulations!

Look for us online! Polysh’d Speakers @ csupomona.edu/~tmc

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10 Tips for Public Speaking • Know your material. Pick a topic you are interested in. Know more about it than

you include in your speech. Use humor, personal stories and conversational language – that way you won’t easily forget what to say.

• Practice. Practice. Practice! Rehearse out loud with all equipment you plan on

using. Revise as necessary. Work to control filler words; Practice, pause and breathe. Practice with a timer and allow time for the unexpected.

• Know the audience. Greet some of the audience members as they arrive. It’s easier to speak to a group of friends than to strangers.

• Know the room. Arrive early, walk around the speaking area and practice using the microphone and any visual aids.

• Relax. Begin by addressing the audience. It buys you time and calms your nerves. Pause, smile and count to three before saying anything. ("One one-thousand, two one-thousand, three one-thousand. Pause. Begin.) Transform nervous energy into enthusiasm.

• Visualize yourself giving your speech. Imagine yourself speaking, your voice loud, clear and confident. Visualize the audience clapping – it will boost your confidence.

• Realize that people want you to succeed. Audiences want you to be interesting, stimulating, informative and entertaining. They’re rooting for you.

• Don’t apologize for any nervousness or problem – the audience probably never noticed it.

• Concentrate on the message – not the medium. Focus your attention away from your own anxieties and concentrate on your message and your audience.

• Gain experience. Mainly, your speech should represent you — as an authority and as a person. Experience builds confidence, which is the key to effective speaking. A Toastmasters club can provide the experience you need in a safe and friendly environment.

*Toastmasters International

A speech is poetry: cadence, rhythm, imagery, sweep! A speech reminds us that words, like children, have the power to make dance the dullest beanbag of a heart.

~Peggy Noonan, author-Wall Street Journal

~ Achievements ~

Villanueva, Loretta A. received Competent Communicator (CC) Award (11/15/2011) Sui Cheung received Competent Leadership (CL) Award (10/13/2011) Cecilia Huang received Competent Leadership (CL) Award (10/13/2011) Patty Mutz received Competent Communicator (CC) Award (09/07/2011)

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Polysh’d Speakers Newsletter July 2011- January 2012

Polysh’d Speakers celebrates 2 first place awards.

The winner was SPEECHLESS!

~ Club Officers ~ President

Cecilia Huang

Vice President Education

Vicky Siongco

Vice President Membership

Layal Kodeih

Vice President Public Relations

Sarah Nemo

“Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel.”

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882 American philosopher)

Secretary

Larissa Kupferschmidt

Treasurer

Joy Tafarella

Sergeant at Arms

Loretta Roth

Past President

Anh Chen

Web Master

Anh Chen

“Cecilia Huang and Lee Anne Ma were AMAZING COACHES! I felt like a boxer in a fight between rounds! Thanks to Polysh’d Speakers for helping me win these babies for our campus club!” Loretta “Rhett” Villanueva - Polysh’d Speaker @ CalPoly Pomona

Way to Go!!