Member Speech: My Funny Valentine

Advanced Manual: The Professional Speaker, "Speak to Entertain"
Speech Title: My Funny Valentine
Author & Speaker: Dan Mukendi
Speech done at EasySpeakers Toastmaster Club
Evaluation by: Group evaluation led by Yonus Kaka
Time 15-20 minutes
(c) Author, 2006

Speech structure:
Topic: Making every day valentine's day - Relationships
Intro: Frank sinatra singing "My funny valentine"
Body: Nice, everyday
+ Unconditional Love and Acceptance.
+ Learning
+ No rights, only priviledges
Closing: make each day valentine's day. Last part of "My funny valentine" song

Objectives:

• Entertain the audience through the use of humor drawn from personal experience and from other material that you have personalised
• Deliver the speech in a way that makes the humor effective
• Establish personal rapport with your audience for maximum impact

Evaluation Feedback:
Time taken - 16.30 minutes.
Opening effective.
The use of song was good.
The song well selected, song represent valentine
Outline a bit disjointed... not everybody got the pub joke.
Didn't see the link at first.
Great timing with the joke (by those who got it)
The speaker appeared relaxed and clear
the jokes where well placed.
The ending worked well.
Movement was distracting at first.
Limited area... could have been utilised better.
Good information, the research showed.

posted by Speech Quest @ 3:37 PM