Communication Skills Workshop Speech Analysis 2015 Toastmasters World Champion of Public Speaking Winning Speech by MOHAMMED QAHTANI The power of words" Every Wednesday 10PM Eastern Time Virtual classroom https://zoom.us/j/8782712588 Speak to Lead, LLC. http://speaktolead.us Contact Coach Mike at 703-606-0270 or mnie88@gmail.com
Workshop Schedule 1. A as in Apple 5/7/15 10:00 PM EST 2. th as in thank and th as in those 5/14/15 10:00 PM EST 3. V vs W: e.g., very well; farewell 5/21/15 10:00 PM EST 4. dg: e.g., measure, treasure, or casual 6/4/15 10:00 PM EST 5. l vs n: e.g., labor vs neighbor 6/11/15 10:00 PM EST 6. Intonation: musicality in American English 7. r-controlled vowels: e.g., Girl; Word; World 8. linking: e.g., good day; a lot of; because of it 6/18/15 10:00 PM EST 6/25/15 10:00 PM EST 7/1/15 10:00 PM EST (Wednesday given the July 4th Holiday) 9. Z: e.g., president; business 7/9/15 10:00 PM EST 10. Dropped sound: e.g., camera; favorite 7/16/15 10:00 PM EST Speak to Lead, LLC. http://speaktolead.us Contact Coach Mike at 703-606-0270 or mnie88@gmail.com 2
Workshop Schedule 11. The American "t"- Recently; Clinton; Internet 7/30/15 10:00 PM EST 12. Vowel "OU" as in about, round, Brown 8/20/15 10:00 PM EST 13. Nasalize your sound - as in Banana, Amanda, Round 8/27/15 10:00 PM EST 14. Word Stress - as in classroom vs large room 9/3/15 10:00 PM EST 15. Weak form - as in big man; handbag 9/10/15 10:00 PM EST 16. Staircase Method 9/17/15 10:00 PM EST 17. Thought Group Method 9/24/15 10:00 PM EST 18. Pitch and Pace Method 10/1/15 10:00 PM EST 19. American "L" as in Yellow, Billion; Ability 10/8/15 10:00 PM EST 20. Reduced Sound - Like it, like him, like her, and like them 10/15/15 10:00 PM EST http://www.cinfoshare.org/services/communications/accent-reduction 3
Workshop Schedule 21. Ben Franklin Approach X 22. Vowel O as in Boss, Hot X 23. Long Vowels vs Short Vowels x 24. Read a Great Letter (Zuckerberg) x 25. Read a Great Letter 2 (Zuckerberg) X 26. American Schwa as in Beautiful, California X 27. Equal Opportunity for Education 1/13/2016 28. I have a dream speech analysis 1/20/2016 29. How to order a Starbucks Coffee 1/27/2016 30. Anti-Affirmative Actions 2/3/2016 4
Workshop Schedule 31. Long, Complicated words 2/10/2016 32. Support Peter Liang 2/17/2016 33. Support Peter Liang Second Wave 2/24/2016 34. Support Hydrologist, Sherry Chen 3/2/2016 35. Republican Presidential Candidates 3/9/2016 36. TED talk -Three Things I Learned While My Plane Crashed 5/11/2016 37. TED Talk - Eight Secrets of Success 5/18/2016 38. TED talk -Stacey Kramer: The best gift I ever survived 5/25/2016 39. Laura Trice: Remember to say thank you 6/1/2016 40. Matt Cutts: Try something new for 30 days 6/8/2016 5
Workshop Schedule 41. Adora Svitak: What adults can learn from kids (Part 1) 42. Adora Svitak: What adults can learn from kids (Part 2) 6/15/2016 6/22/2016 43. David Cameron Speech after Brexit 6/29/2016 44. Sam Berns: My philosophy for a happy life (part 1) 45. Sam Berns: My philosophy for a happy life (part 2) 46. Charlie Todd: The shared experience of absurdity (Part 1) 47. Donald J. Trump: RNC Acceptance Speech 2016 (1) 7/6/2016 7/13/2016 7/20/2016 7/27/2016 48. Donald J. Trump: Ashburn Rally Speech 2016 8/3/2016 6
Workshop Schedule 49. TED s Secrete to Great Public Speaking 8/10/16 50. Your body language shapes who you are by Amy Cuddy 51. Joe Wong at Radio-Television Correspondents Association Dinner 52. Outsmart; Outlast by Darren Tay, 2016 Toastmasters of World Champion of Public Speaking 53. The power of words by MOHAMMED QAHTANI, 2015 Toastmasters of World Champion of Public Speaking 8/17/16 8/24/16 8/31/16 9/7/16 7
Powerful Lines Words when said and articulated in the right way can change someone s mind You are a big boy now I am busy now It s clear that a single word could have saved this life Your mouth can spit venom or it can mend a broken soul. 8
Speech Techniques Dramatic entrance and exit Start lighting a cigarette End with breaking a cigarette Keep a theme The power of words Words can change life and alter belief I m busy, was the single sentence that broke the Camel s back. Story telling Four year old boy drawing Scientist presenting climate changing Nassar who loved his father but lost himself 9
Body language Speech Techniques Prop: lighting a cigarette; and look around the auditorium Turning it into a metaphor for Lower himself down: you are a big boy now Drawing on the wall and shrug the shoulder Mimic a boring scientist Pick up a phone and call his dad Drinking a shot: If the one person in the world that I care about the most doesn t care then Emergency room 10
Vocal variety Speech Techniques I m busy, was the single sentence that broke the Camel s back say it the wrong words and [phhhh] it s gone, hey, hey, hey! Are you stupid? scolding tone Mimic Indian accent on global warming If you are a person as a role model. If you re a person has been admired anything you see could be believed, anything you utter could be taken as truth Please tell me you are proud father.. [emotional] Clear, [phhh] User humor Smoking what? if I put a snicker bar, nobody would say anything I use these arguments even though I just made them up. [and looking funny; pause] two of them started smoking. He did it again.. 11
Speech Techniques Dialogue with the audience Sharing personal details boy and father Making yourself vulnerable smoking Reading the energy of everyone in the crowd Asks rhetorical questions to the audience: Do you know that You have the power to bring someone from the slums of life Have you ever wondered why Use alteration and echo Words have power, words are power, words could be your power Analogy to bring someone from the slums of life Your mouth can spit venom or it can mend a broken soul 12
Speech Transcript 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i27y4mm9p-8 Source: LYBIO.net [Pretending To Consider Lighting Up A Cigarette] What? Are you all think smoking kills? Let me tell you something. Do you know that the amount of people dying from diabetes are three times as many people dying from smoking. Yet, if I put a snicker bar, nobody would say anything. Do you know that the leading cause of lung cancer? Is not actually a cigarette, it s your DNA. You could smoke for years and nothing will ever happen to you. This whole war against smoking is just to restrict the farming of tobacco. Mr. Contest Chair, fellow Toastmasters and guest, I use these arguments even though I just made them up. [audience: laughing] With a group of friends and the results five of them believed what I said, two of them started smoking. Words when said and articulated in the right way can change someone s mind. They can alter someone s belief. 13
Speech Transcript 1 You have the power to bring someone from the slums of life and make a successful person out of them or destroy someone s happiness using only your words. Does that seem a bit too good to be true? A simple choice of word can make a difference between someone accepting or denying your message. You can have a very beautiful thing to say, but say it the wrong words and [phhhh] it s gone. I have a son who is four, and he had this bad habit of writing on the walls with crayons. And one evening I walked into his room and he s going at it, just writing and drawing and so on. And I said, hey, hey, hey! Are you stupid? Don t you ever do that again? And guess what happened. He did it again. Nobody likes to be threatened. Nobody likes to be intimidated. His pride will not allow it. He did it again just to spite me. A week later, I walked into his room and again, he s going at it and this time, he was even looking at me just. 14
Speech Transcript 1 Okay, I came down, I said sweetie, come here. Don t do that, you re a big boy now. And he never did it again, because his pride wants him to be the big boy. Have you ever wondered why nobody cares about global warming? Even though it s a very serious issue, it could kill all of us, because when you go home and you flip on the TV and you see a scientist try to talk about global warming, it go something like this. [Nerd Voice:] Ladies and gentlemen, as you can see from the graphs, that the statistics here for 2014, it shows the water level is rising. This uh table shows that the [mono-dioxic] level and the third ozone layer, is at an alarming position. The message never get across, but most importantly, if you are a person as a role model. If you re a person has been admired anything you see could be believed, anything you utter could be taken as truth. My friend Nassar, he loved his father. Idealized father, he would do anything to make him happy, but his father was the kind of person who was not easy to impress and year after year Nasser tried and his father s like no 15
Speech Transcript 1 First year in college, Nasser have got straight A s and he thought to himself this is it, this what will finally make my dad proud. He picked up the phone, he called his dad, dad, I got straight A s. Are you proud? Please tell me you are proud father. Yeah, listen son, I have to call you back, I m busy. I m busy, was the single sentence that broke the Camel s back. And he started drinking, doing drugs, hanging out with the wrong crowd. Nassar why? Why are you throwing your life away? If the one person in the world that I care about the most doesn t care then, then why should I. And one evening I got the phone call, Nassar is in the emergency room, drug overdose. I rushed to that hospital. I saw him on that bed and I saw that machine go beep, beep, beeeeep. And I saw doctors try to bring him back to life. Clear, [phhh] clear [phhh], clear [phhh], it s clear that a single word could have saved this life. Words have power, words are power, words could be your power. You can change a life, inspire your nation and make up this world a beautiful place. Isn t that what we all want it? Isn t that why we are all in this whole? Your mouth can spit venom or it can mend a broken soul. Ladies and gentlemen, let that be our goal. Contest Chair. 16
Speak to Lead, LLC Coach Mike s Bio 教练 Mike 拥有 19 年美国知名公司经验 ( 包括 13 年以上领导层经验 ( 四大会计师事务所及美国联邦金融监管机构 ), 持有特许金融师 (CFA) 和注册会计师 (CPA) 执照, 工商管理硕士 (MBA, Smith School) Mike 是 Toastmasters 的成员 Toastmasters 是一个专门培养沟通和领导能力的国际组织, 在全球 116 个国家拥有分支机构 Mike 拥有 Distinguished Toastmasters ( DTM ) 称号 Mike 在 Washington, DC 地区的 Toastmasters 演讲 ( 励志, 幽默及即兴演讲 ) 比赛中取得过冠亚军的成绩 Coached immigrants, professionals and youths in pubic speaking, critical listening, and social intelligence for over five years Accent Reduction, Public Speaking, Job Interview and Soft Skills Training (Fee based, one-to-one coaching) (703) 606-0270 / mnie88@gmail.com / mnie0002 on WeChat Coach Mike's website at: http://speaktolead.us Prior weeks workshops can be found at http://www.cinfoshare.org/services/communications/accent-reduction 17