Do you want to organize a contest in which your participants speak in public? Or are you a school teacher who wants children to overcome their fear of public speaking?
Well, here are 2 cool public speaking activities that I’m a fan of.
public speaking activities 1
on the face
In Volte Face, you are first given a theme. You have to start talking about it right away! But there is a catch. You MUST talk FOR the subject for 30 seconds. Then a buzzer sounds. Then you speak AGAINST the subject for 30 seconds. Then a buzzer sounds again. Speak FOR the subject again for 30 seconds. And then you speak AGAINST the subject again for 30 seconds!
Not only does Volte Face provide awesome public speaking practice, it actually makes ANYONE listening to you laugh and laugh! You see, you’re saying something for 30 seconds and then you say the EXACT opposite for 30 seconds π
Now to make it more interesting, let me do a Volte Face for you. I will speak spontaneously as I would speak on stage. That will give you a REAL idea of ββVolte Face. π
My theme is: “I hate my final exams. :)”
BEGINNING!
Final exams are the most pathetic things ever discovered. Suddenly you have to gobble up so much text and vomit it up. Session tests are much better. And the worst thing is that I ALWAYS forget if I’m asleep or awake during my final exams, because everything is a blur. If the final exams were a mosquito, he would immediately kill it by hitting it with his hands. To hell with final exams…
30 seconds up!
Whoever said the heroine was ecstatic was kidding. Nothing beats the joy of being in the middle of final exams. Oh, the pleasure of raiding things at night! If there were no final terms, who would study? I remember my travels through the fairy tale lands of transformers and generators in my first year. And yes, the final terms are much better than the classes: you can write and the professors have to shut up and move. It’s better that they talk and you shut up, right? Oh my final terms are great π
30 seconds up!
But final exams are scary because…
π Oh, Volte Face is fun. π Try it.
And when you do, here are some cool themes you can use:
The ecstasy of devouring newspapers in toilets
Monday morning is a blessing.
I love bed bugs.
π
What arrangements do you need for Volte Face?
2 things: a microphone and someone timing and ringing a buzzer after 30 seconds. Or that someone can clap if there is no buzzer. π
public speaking activities 2
impromptu speech
Maybe you already know.
You give the speaker a topic and give them a minute to think about it. Then, after he finishes his minute of thinking, he should talk non-stop for 2 more minutes on the topic. That is all.
I think it’s a wonderful way to let go of any fear of public speaking. After all, you’re right in front of an audience and you have to think of things to say on the spot!
An impromptu where you laugh is even better. π So here are some topics.
Einstein, Newton and I went out yesterday.
I carry Drunk I am not God.
I’m fine, well almost. π
..And then he lowered the pumpkin.
The world is a parallelepiped.
I was so shy that I didn’t start talking until I was a year and a half old.
π
What arrangements do you need for an extempore?
Well, a microphone and a guy ringing the bell. This guy first rings the bell after a minute to tell the speaker to speak. Then he rings it after 2 minutes to tell the speaker to stop talking.
Why not try these two public speaking activities today? I mean, just for fun? π