Azmi Shahrin @ Kementerian Kerja Raya

Azmi Shahrin recently taught Kursus Pengurusan Majlis Cemerlang at the Kementerian Kerja Raya on 10-11 Feb 2011. There were 64 participants. It was great fun and the participants can now manage events effectively.

Here are several photos from my album at https://picasaweb.google.com/azmishahrin6/KursusPengurusanMajlisCemerlangKementerianKerjaRaya1011Feb2011#

Azmi Shahrin012-9198557~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Learn and improve your Presentation Skills at ProSkills Trainers - www.ProSkillsTrainers.comCheck out my Collection of the Greatest Speeches ever - www.PublicSpeakingMagic.blogspot.comNever mind the posturing and just look ifour Malaysian leaders inspire you with their rhetorics - www.MalaysianRhetoric.blogspot.comJadilah ahli Kelab Pidato Perdana dan pelajari kaedah berpidato - www.PidatoPerdana.comLawat blog Kelab Pidato Perdana untukmembaca laporan aktiviti terkini kami -www.PidatoPerdana.blogspot.comCome and join Extol Toastmasters whichis probably the coziest ToastmastersClub in USJ, Subang Jaya & Sunway - www.toastmasters.wikia.com/wiki/Extol_Toastmasters_ClubRead about activities from ToastmastersClubs in KL, PJ and the rest of the worldin www.ToastmastersNewz.blogspot.com Visit the Division W Blog atwww.divw.blogspot.com & see what we did in the 2007/2008 termOther places where I belong :)facebook - www.facebook.com/people/Azmi_Shahrin/561612498multiply - www.xfactor21a.multiply.comYouTube - www.youtube.com/xfactor21aPicasa Photo Album - www.picasaweb.google.co.uk/AzmiShahrinwww.picasaweb.google.co.uk/AzmiShahrin1www.picasaweb.google.co.uk/AzmiShahrin2www.picasaweb.google.co.uk/AzmiShahrin3

23 Public Speaking Secrets Gleaned from the Greats

Azmi Shahrin found this great tip at 23 Public Speaking Secrets Gleaned from the Greats

February 1st, 2011

Whether you're giving a report in a college classroom, or delivering a speech to thousands, public speaking is an important skill to master. Everyone has their favorite tips, including picturing the audience naked, but no one says it better than great speakers themselves. Read on to find out how 23 great public speakers learned how to do such a great job.

1. Be persistent and practice: "All the great speakers were bad speakers at first." -Ralph Waldo Emerson
2. Know your purpose: "You shouldn't give a public speech unless you want to make something happen." -Tom Peters
3. Be a real person: "If you have enthusiasm and excitement, if you show your humanity up there, that's when the audience starts to warm up." -Richard LaGravenese
4. Believe in your message: "If you believe in something, you can talk about it. All my life I have been very, very shy. To get in front of a crowd drives me nuts, but I have a message to deliver." -Jack LaLanne
5. Offer a moving speech that sticks with your audience: "Have a unifying theme tethered to a powerful, inspirational story." -Ken Starr
6. Seek our your most difficult audience member: "Engage the lowest common denominator, someone with a negative attitude or who can't concentrate. If I can engage that person, everyone else with fall like a domino." -Erin Gruwell
7. Don't bore your audience with unnecessary data — deliver a simple message: "I speak at nursery schools; benefactors ask me to speak for Earth Day. It is invariably the most challenging presentation I ever give, but I force myself to do that because it really forces me to get down and think [about] the basic message and how can I communicate it as simply as possible." -Allen Hershkowitz
8. Speak for your audience, not yourself: "The single most important thing you can do is put yourself in other people's heads and hearts. I think about what they truly need, not what I want to talk about. Whatever size the group, whether five or 5,000 people, you have to at least try to imagine what each of those individuals are there for. -Tony Robbins
9. Use humor appropriately: "Never make any jokes in the morning. They're absolutely deadly. No one has gotten their full dose of caffeine." -Dick Rudder
10. Resist the urge to speed through, and get attention by speaking slowly.: "Slow down, especially at the beginning of a speech. You'll get the audience's attention by pausing." -Bob Kerrey
11. Consider how you can entertain your audience: "There is always risk with being funny and controversial that the audience will miss your message, but I think there is a better chance they'll hear it if you are entertaining." -Scott McNealy
12. Never underestimate the power of eye contact: "When I'm preaching, I'm not speaking to 800 people–I'm trying to speak to each person individually," he says. "I move from west to east, making contact with people for a second or two. If there's someone who seems disengaged, I'll keep coming back in hopes of reaching them. But you have to be very careful: If you're talking about, say, adultery, you don't want the person you are looking at thinking that you've found them out!" -Rev. Kieran Harrington
13. Warm up with one on one conversation first: "If you are the type that gets frightened or intimidated by speaking to large groups, it doesn't hurt to speak to a couple people in the audience before you start your speech." -Kate White
14. Always be prepared ahead of time: "I have the speech nailed two weeks before I have to give it. I don't go out with a written speech, but with eight to 10 line connectors [transitions between points I want to make]." -Glenn Rothman
15. Avoid using jargon, and never assume your audience knows your topic: "Too many speeches are either too dense or too dull, particularly in the corporate sphere. Use examples that include dialogue–two people talking to each other in their own spoken language. Don't assume your audience knows your topic. Never fall into jargon." -Floyd Abrams
16. Have a "front page news" message: "Step one: Literally write the headline you want a newspaper to carry as if your speech were going to make front-page news. If you can't, your message is too complicated, too boring or too vague to impress anyone. Step two: Be substantive. Make a strong prediction, take a controversial stand or deliver a keen insight–but back it up with facts and research. Step three: Be entertaining. Use anecdotes and self-deprecating humor to connect with the crowd. Step four: Don't speak too long. Even a good speech loses people after at most, 40 minutes." -Ari Fleischer
17. Dream about your speech at night: "The night before a speech, I go over my notes right before I go to sleep. There's almost something magical about it. You remember the words in a dreamlike state and it helps your brain absorb the material." -Sally Koslow
18. Remember to have soul in your speaking: "I believe that one always does himself and his audience an injustice when he speaks merely for the sake of speaking. I do not believe that one should speak unless, deep down in his heart, he feels convinced that he has a message to deliver. When one feels, from the bottom of his feet to the top of his head, that he has something to say that is going to help some individual or some cause, then let him say it; and in delivering his message I do not believe that many of the artificial rules of elocution can, under such circumstances, help him very much. Although there are certain things, such as pauses, breathing, and pitch of voice, that are very important, none of these can take the place of soul in an address. When I have an address to deliver, I like to forget all about the rules for the proper use of the English language, and all about rhetoric and that sort of thing, and I like to make the audience forget all about these things, too." -Booker T. Washington
19. Repeat yourself without sounding repetitive: "Say the same things over in different ways, especially when you are trying to sell something. When I would teach law, I did this as an educational tool, but it's also a sales tool. It will make an imprint that people will remember." -Judge Maria Lopez
20. Choose your words carefully: "Never say anything about yourself you do not want to come true." -Brian Tracy
21. Consider the unknown first: "A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying." – G. K. Chesterton
22. Know that it's an honor to be asked to speak: "Compliment the audience. Every invitation to speak is a compliment and an honor to you, so you better recognize that starting off." -Dr. Robert H. Schuller
23. Mean what you say, and be careful not to overspeak: "Little said is soon amended. There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one." -Baltasar Gracian

Azmi Shahrin012-9198557~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Learn and improve your Presentation Skills at ProSkills Trainers - www.ProSkillsTrainers.comwww.ProSkillsTrainers.blogspot.comwww.presentationskills-kl.blogspot.comwww.PresentationSkills.mywww.PublicSpeaking.myCheck out my Collection of the Greatest Speeches ever - www.PublicSpeakingMagic.blogspot.comNever mind the posturing and just look ifour Malaysian leaders inspire you with their rhetorics - www.MalaysianRhetoric.blogspot.comJadilah ahli Kelab Pidato Perdana dan pelajari kaedah berpidato - www.PidatoPerdana.comLawat blog Kelab Pidato Perdana untukmembaca laporan aktiviti terkini kami -www.PidatoPerdana.blogspot.comCome and join Extol Toastmasters whichis probably the coziest ToastmastersClub in USJ, Subang Jaya & Sunway - www.toastmasters.wikia.com/wiki/Extol_Toastmasters_ClubRead about activities from ToastmastersClubs in KL, PJ and the rest of the worldin www.ToastmastersNewz.blogspot.com Visit the Division W Blog atwww.divw.blogspot.com & see what we did in the 2007/2008 termOther places where I belong :)facebook - www.facebook.com/people/Azmi_Shahrin/561612498multiply - www.xfactor21a.multiply.comYouTube - www.youtube.com/xfactor21aPicasa Photo Album - www.picasaweb.google.co.uk/AzmiShahrinwww.picasaweb.google.co.uk/AzmiShahrin1www.picasaweb.google.co.uk/AzmiShahrin2www.picasaweb.google.co.uk/AzmiShahrin3

ProSkills News #025

2 February 2011
 
Dear Friends of ProSkills Trainers,

 

Wishing all the Chinese Gong Xi Fa Cai and the others Happy Holidays!
 
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In this issue:
1. Reports of Recent Programmes
2. Upcoming Programmes in February & March 2011
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1. Reports of Recent Programmes

 

Dare To Speak™ Public Speaking Programme for Executives & Professionals
12 & 13 Jan 2011
@ Shah's Village Hotel, PJ

This was our 13th session since we started running this course in January 2009. Again, I faced some difficulties in obtaining a sufficient number of participants. Ten days before the class, we had 3 participants only! However, cancellation or postponement was not an option. Some last minute action saved the day. In the end, we had 8 participants. Since it was too late to book our usual hotel, we ended up at Shah's Village, which was not too bad!

Inside and immediately outside the training room

The next challenge was I fell sick! As a result, I couldn't pay full attention to the proceedings. Anyway, the class was good and progressed as usual. The small number of participants helped. It was fun too. In the first round of practice, the participants had to choose a character (real life or fictional, dead or alive) and introduce himself/herself as if he/she were that person. I discovered that the participants admired a range of interesting people, some of whom I had never heard of (due to my lack of general knowledge).

	Clockwise from top left: Hillary Clinton, Michelle Obama, Rapunzel, Tony Fernandes, Eryka Badu, Carol Burnett, Lexi Gray, Sawada

And so during many rounds of practices with simple yet interesting topics, the participants were directly coached by the trainer to apply more and more of the public speaking skills till finally they could put everything together.

On the second day, I had to leave after lunch. The trainer concluded the session nicely. Some of the participants later sms-ed me to say that the course was beneficial and that they would recommend it to their friends. I hope it works so that the future rounds will be easier for me to organize. A note of appreciation to the trainer and all participants!

Bonus photo:

Trying my best to be upbeat despite not feeling well

Reported by Sandy Tan

Speak Right!™ English Pronunciation Programme
15 & 16 Jan 2011
@ Qualine Edu Success, Sunway

This was our first attempt to resurrect this programme after not having conducted it at all last year (not as a public programme). The catalyst was 2 firm registrations that came in early. In order not to disappoint those who registered, we had to round up more people to make this session a reality. In the end, I manage to get 6 more people to attend including our 3 Associate Trainers. This course was to be part of their training as a trainer!

Conducive training venue

The class commenced as usual with participants reading a passage and having the reading recorded. Then the trainer Azmi Shahrin took the participants through each module starting with the plosives, moving on to the "schwa" and others. Some of the participants were quite incredulous that they had been doing the wrong thing all this time!

For lunch, we walked a short distance to OldTown White Coffee on both days. It was a welcome break for the mouth and the tongue.

Eat first, we continue later...

We managed to cover the entire syllabus. The only disappointment was that the sound system in the training room didn't work and the participants couldn't watch and compare their "before" and "after" videos on the spot. The videos would be made available to them after the class. In any case, it was clear that everyone made progress.

In my closing speech, I remarked that even if the participants didn't get everything right immediately, at least they were now aware of their past errors. This would go a long way because much progress could then be achieved subconsciously.

Bonus photo:

Awareness is key

Reported by Sandy Tan

 

2. Upcoming Programmes in February & March 2011

1-Day The Complete Presenter™: Mastering PowerPoint &
Visual Aids - open to graduates of Dare To Speak™ only (6 places only)

   27 February 2011 (Sun)
   9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
   @ Qualine Edu Success, Sunway Mentari Business Centre
   Registration fee: RM 700 (early bird RM 525 by 5 Feb 11)

2-Day Dare To Speak™ Public Speaking Programme for Executives & Professionals

   12 & 13 March 2011 (Sat & Sun)
   9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
   @ Crystal Crown Hotel, Jalan Utara, Petaling Jaya
   Registration fee: RM 1,100 (early bird RM 900 by 18 Feb 11)

2-Day Dare To Speak™ Public Speaking Programme for Secondary School Students

   19 & 20 March 2011 (Sat & Sun, school holidays)
   9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
   @ Pusat Tuisyen Kurnia, Aman Suria (near Kelana Jaya)
   Registration fee: RM 600 (early bird RM 450 by 25 Feb 11)

Pls contact me if you're interested to register...
 

Thank you very much for your support!!

 

Yours Sincerely,

Sandy Tan
Manager cum Training Consultant
ProSkills Trainers
012-3508844

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Learn and improve your 
Presentation Skills at 
ProSkills Trainers - 
www.ProSkillsTrainers.com
www.ProSkillsTrainers.blogspot.com
www.PresentationSkills.my
www.PublicSpeaking.my

Check out my Collection of 
the Greatest Speeches ever - 
www.PublicSpeakingMagic.blogspot.com

Never mind the posturing and just look if
our Malaysian leaders inspire you 
with their rhetorics - 
www.MalaysianRhetoric.blogspot.com

Jadilah ahli Kelab Pidato Perdana 
dan pelajari kaedah berpidato - 
www.PidatoPerdana.com

Lawat blog Kelab Pidato Perdana untuk
membaca laporan aktiviti terkini kami -
www.PidatoPerdana.blogspot.com



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