Dear all,
Here is the video of Best Speaker of Meeting No.300.
I have to confess that I forgot to confirm the power of battery of my camera.
So I just recorded 4 minutes for his speech.
Luckily, Wayne offered his script before the meeting.
You can enjoy his story about his mistakes and
know the tips to prevent making the same mistakes in his script.
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Speech Project: C3 ( Get To The Point - 5 to 7 minutes )
Speech Title : 1 minute by Wayne Hsiao 2016/03/01(AMTC)
*.Objective:
●Select a speech topic and determine its general and specific purposes.
●Organize the speech in a manner that best achieves those purposes.
●Ensure the beginning, body, and conclusion reinforce the purposes.
●Project sincerity and conviction and control any nervousness you may feel.
●Strive not to use notes.
<Opening>
When is your last time to make a mistake?
I made many mistakes in my life , in my work , or even in our meeting here. But luckily, I am also a person who always easily forget what I had made before. So, today I want to make a confession about the mistake I made in our last meeting. Because I hope that I won't do the same thing again.
<Body>
In our last meeting , I was assigned to be the timer. And I made the wrong time report about Kevin's speech. Last time , Kevin presented his C6 speech and he spent 6' 49". So, according to time rules, he should have 7 minutes and 30 seconds allowance. Therefore, there is no doubt he is qualified. But I said "Everyone is qualified except Kevin Yang" in the timer report. It was really very awkward and embarrassed. But that was not only what I felt , but also what Kevin felt. Kevin is very nice and he accepted my apologies. And fortunately, this is not the only mistake I made last time.
After our meeting , Michael told me that he was confused about the time I raised the red sign. Because he also recorded his speech's time by himself. Suddenly, I understood why I said the wrong time report about Kevin's speech. Because I totally followed the wrong time rules. I followed the C1 time rules in the whole manual speech session. Remember, Kevin is C6 , Michael is C3 and David is C2. They all belonged to C2-C9 time rules. So , that means when they saw the red sign I raised , it was actually just 6 minutes but not 7 minutes. I stolen one minute from each of them. I knew this was a very serious problem because it would affect their speeches a lot. Especially to their conclusion part. I can say nothing except sorry.
<Conclusion>
Frankly, I wanted to keep this as a secret at first. Throw it away , burry it deeply and pretend nothing happened before. But I was afraid that maybe I will do the same thing again. And what can I do to prevent this happen again? Then , I got an idea from my company. In my company, my supervisor asks us to record the mistakes we made. About when, why and how much we loss. And we also have to report it in our regular meeting. Truth be told, it was really nervous to do so in front of your colleagues and boss. But I also found that it is really helpful to decrease the similar mistake occur again in a company. Hence, I think if I can tell you this matter. Maybe it will be helpful to me not to repeat the same thing again. Thank you. Toastmasters.
