Dear Friends of ProSkills Trainers,
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In this issue:
1. Reports of Recent Programmes
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1. Reports of Recent Programmes
Dare To Speak™ Public Speaking Programme for Secondary School Students
20 & 21 Nov 2009
@ Pusat Tuisyen Kurnia
It's been a year since we last conducted a public programme for students. Perhaps due to the accumulated interest over a long period of time, suddenly, it was like everybody wanted to register. In the end, we had 15 participants, exceeding our self-imposed limit of 10. However, we managed to arrange for another classroom to be made available in order to break the participants into 2 groups during the practical sessions. It turned out very well.
For each module, the "chief trainer" Azmi Shahrin gave the lecture/talk and then the participants broke into 2 groups - one group was handled by Azmi and the other by me (alternately). This shortened the waiting time for all the participants and we managed to have more rounds of speeches and practice. As a result, the participants learned very fast and everything was on schedule. However, the 2 groups were joined during the debate session at the end of the first day. The topic was "Women is the cause of all the problems in the world". Contrary to expectations, the girls had to propose while the guys had to oppose!
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 |  | They really enjoyed themselves... these photos were taken during the debate session... | |
Then came the time for the participants to show off their newfound talents to their parents. At the end of the second day, parents streamed in some bringing along other kids. The classroom was almost too small to hold everyone in. This added to the "heat".
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| Parents and participants all squeezed into this classroom! | |
Despite the inevitable "stress" caused by a large audience, the participants overcame all obstacles, presented their final speeches and received their certificates. We also gave away 3 main prizes and 2 consolation prizes for the best speakers. The parents were pleased. Some of them didn't know their son or daughter could speak the way they did!
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| 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize |
It was a satisfying experience. We hope to do more programmes in future.
Reported by Sandy Tan
Dare To Speak™ Public Speaking Programme for Executives & Professionals
6 & 7 November 2010
@ Crystal Crown Hotel, PJ
Due to the Deepavali holiday and long weekend, we didn't get many participants for this round. Despite the relatively large number of early registrations, eventually we had 6 people only including one person on holiday from Bahrain. Since we had paid in full to the hotel, I found a way to "rope in" my sister to attend the course.
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| We drew back the curtains to make the room brighter! | |
As expected, the small number was beneficial to the participants as each one received much personal attention. The trainer Azmi Shahrin was in his elements too. The course progressed smoothly.
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| Learn the basics - stop holding your notes and use your hands! | |
I guess the interesting thing this time was the larger number of speech topics to choose from and the passionate sharing by participants as they presented their respective speeches. As I was also roped in to speak, I shared about "my best holiday" to Sabah which I planned and managed myself from beginning to end, and during which I managed to see some fishes underwater and a huge Rafflesia flower. Who's to know, my sister selected the same topic and spoke about her trip to Alaska where she saw beautiful glaciers and exotic animals. (Obviously, the audience thought her trip was better than mine.) Another participant had a somewhat different experience in Sabah where he had to flee a hotel after being threatened by some natives with a parang. Anyway, the speech topics were only the means to an end, which was to allow us to apply all the public speaking techniques to good effect.
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| The other 6 participants | ||
We ended the class by watching a video of the most famous speech of all time - "I Have A Dream" by Marthin Luther King, Jr. Everyone was touched. All in all, the session was successful and achieved its objective. My sister said to the trianer: "I don't regret being forced to attend." I'm sure the rest also didn't regret. :)
Bonus photo:
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| My sis: No regrets! |
Reported by Sandy Tan
2-Day Dare To Speak™ Public Speaking Programme for Executives & Professionals
12 & 13 January 2011 (Wed & Thurs)
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
@ Crystal Crown Hotel, Jalan Utara, Petaling Jaya
Registration fee: RM 1,100 (early bird RM 900 by 21 Dec 10)
2-Day Speak Right!™ English Pronunciation Programme
15 & 16 January 2011 (Sat & Sun)
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
@ Qualine Edu Success, Sunway Mentari Business Centre
Registration fee: RM 800 (early bird RM 600 by 24 Dec 10)
1-Day The Complete Presenter™: Mastering PowerPoint &
Visual Aids - open to graduates of Dare To Speak™ only (6 places only)
26 February 2011 (Sat)
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
@ Qualine Edu Success, Sunway Mentari Business Centre
Registration fee: RM 700 (early bird RM 525 by 4 Feb 11)
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