FRIDAY, MAY 21
Registration Opens - First Timers
 & Credentials Sign up
   Guest Happy Hour 5-7p.m.
Early Bird Education Session
   "Factoring In The Funny Stuff"
Fun Night
Ice Cream Social
Hospitality Room

SATURDAY, May 22
No Host Continental Breakfast
Registration Opens 7AM
  First Timers & Credentials Reg.
  Parade Of Banners Lineup

OPENING CEREMONIES 8am
  Parade of Banners - Proclamations
Keynote Speaker - Cody Williams
Club Recognition & Awards
District Council Mtg - 9:45
Helen Blanchard, DTM
  - Past International President
   "One Score and Six"
   - Youth Leadership Showcase
    Lining the Past to the Future
Luncheon
C & L Award Winner:
  Jana Bommersbach - Individual Educational Awards

EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS
Session #1 - 2:15 Beth Boaz
Session #2 & #3 - 3:15
Peter Francis - Pat Gallagher

Session #4 & #5 - 4:15
Richard Moore - George Self
 Contestants & Judges Briefing
   Dignitary Line-Up

EVENING BANQUET
First Timers Awards
International Speech Contest
   Hospitality Room

SUNDAY, MAY 23
Interdenominational Worship
       Contestant & Judges briefing
District 3 Breakfast & Dreamship
    Program
Evaluation Speech Contest
Adjourn.

  "Creating a Dynamic Stage Presence"
Peter Francis
President, (his own company)

The following is a transcript of Peter's ideas, recorded as he spoke during his conference session by Julie Stephens



Peter: What makes someone a dynamic presenter? Be energetic. It draws people in. It adds life to speech. Tom Hopkins is a good example of a dynamic speaker. He is very practiced and professional. Les Brown is another example. He is very positive. When he was growing up, they thought he was uneducable.

• What can you do to be a dynamic speaker?
  Peter asked us to change the acronym TEAM in our handout to TIAM.
  TIAM stands for : Teach, Inspire (not expire :) , Motivate, Entertain.
  Ok, says Peter, as he realizes that the acronym should be: TIME *Laughter* The difference between inspire and motivate: inspire changes the mind. Motivate moves you to action.

"Dynamic speeches must include a call to action. Learn to listen to how other people present. Listen to their techniques. Listen to how they're speaking or motivating.

Now the "Five P's" He said he knows they are spelled right on the handout. :)


Passion: Care enough about something to speak about it.
Purpose: Why should people listen to you? It's not just because of all your titles, but something that you can give to your audience in exchange for their time.
Preparation: Every word should be in its proper place.
Practice: You can get by without practice, but to do a good speech, you must practice. Practice, practice, practice

The final P is Presentation: Touch their hearts and souls and feed their senses. Let them enjoy the white space so that the audience has time to absorb what you're saying.
Fundamentals: Mix up pace, vocal variety, move a little bit.... You have to get in touch with the audience.



Igniting the fire: FLAME : Friendly, fun (he's going to think about what the "f" is)
Learning styles: some people like lectures, some people like to participate You need to vary your style to include the whole audience.
He jumped ahead to S: self. You need to put yourself into speech, your soul
Back to the F which is Flow. Guide them to all parts of your speech. If your audience has to stop and think about what you just said, you've lost them.
Abject fear: You have a healthy respect for speaking.
M: Mix it up'
E: Engaging the audience, Emotion - Seeing faces light up and people nodding. Get them involved.
So, in review: Flow, Learning Styles, Abject Fear, Mix, Engaging Audience with Emotion, Self and Sincerity. It's about baby steps, Peter says. "Take it one step at a time."

An audience member adds: All this is great, but if the audience is distracted by your appearance, you lose them. Peter responds with: "The best gestures are ones that no one notices.

Peter concludes his session. *Lots of applause*

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Evaluation time. We are asked to provide a written evaluation of Peter's presentation.
Peter gets a certificate and a gift.
*more applause*

Thanks Peter!

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Spring Conference Front Cover | Peter's speech, a follow-up report