Speech Projects

What are these speech projects good for?

This manual contains projects to rehearse public speaking, meeting facilitation and other communication skills. The projects include speech assignments, exercises and blueprints for workshops.

How to use the material?

1. Find a supportive environment to speak, e.g. a course or a speaking club meeting.
2. Give the speech for one of the projects.
3. Collect feedback by someone who has read the project description.

The Projects

Easy Speech Projects

• Things You like
• Introduce Yourself
• Present an Article

Speaking Basics

• Speech Structure
• Speech Purpose
• Rhetorical Devices
• Giving Speech Evaluations

Meeting Facilitation

• Icebreaker Activities
• Chairperson
• Impromptu Speech Moderator
  • Ideas for Impromptu Speeches
• Timer
• Filling Word Counter
• Word Watcher
• Listener

Speech Projects for Data Scientists

• The Lightning Talk
• The Live Demo
• The Educational Session
• Selling an Idea
• The Project Presentation

Workshops

• Speech Evaluation Workshop
• Harvesting Ideas and Knowledge
• Building Multi-cultural Awareness

Other

• List of Speaking Clubs in Berlin
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Workout: Critical Questions
• Contributing

Authors

Jörg Würster, Barbara Strauß, Harald von Treuenfels, Jasmin Touati, Raimo Graf, Sascha Goldmann, Schorsch Tschürtz, Armando Cristofori, Barbara Bosch, Magdalena Rother, Ulrike Münzner and Kristian Rother. Edited by Kristian Rother.

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