Graduate Global Messenger Training

DateLocationTrainer

Introductions

Name Where are you from? How long in Special Olympics? Question: What would you do with a room

full of money?

Objectives of Workshop Learn about ALPs & Special Olympics Learn more about speaking techniques Focus your speech on a specific target

market Train & empower Global Messengers to

give more speeches Encourage Global Messengers to seek

speaking opportunities

Athlete Leadership Programs Athlete Choice

Meaningful positions Training for existing leadership

Training Available: Global Messenger

Governance Athletes as Volunteers

(Coaches & Officials)

Your Role as a Representative

What is your most important role as a

representative of Special Olympics?– Educate/Promote in an articulate,

knowledgeable, convincing manner– Know the facts about Special

Olympics

At the Tip of your Tongue

Key Elements of the Philosophy– All abilities can participate in sports,

can achieve, do have value Selling Points/the Brand

– Special Olympics changes lives– Special Olympics inspires all– Special Olympics creates heroes– Special Olympics celebrates

differences Mission

The Mission of Special Olympics

The mission of Special Olympics is to provide ---- ----- ------ -------- and

-------- ----------- in a variety of ------- ---- ------- for -------- ---

------ with ------ -----------, giving them continuing opportunities to ------- -------- -------,

----------- -------, ---------- --- and participate in a ------- -- -----, ------, ---

---------- ---- ----- -------- other Special Olympics athletes and the community.

The Mission of Special Olympics

The mission of Special Olympics is to provide year-round sports training and

athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and

adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical

fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills,

and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community.

Mission Statement: Voting

Children/Adults Children/Adults

Competition Competition

Olympic-type Olympic-type

Sharing gifts, skills & Sharing gifts, skills & Friendship…Friendship…

Year-round Year-round

intellectual disabilitiesintellectual disabilities

Courage Courage

Physical fitness Physical fitness

Joy Joy

Sports TrainingSports Training

What makes Special Olympics Unique?

• No charge to athletes• Awards for all• Advancement to higher levels of

competition• All ability levels• Divisioning

All abilities can participate in sports, can achieve, & have value

Special Olympics Facts• For people with intellectual disabilities• For athletes 8 years and older• Worldwide – Programs in over 150

countries• Offers 26 official sports• Year-round• Sports training AND competition

opportunities• Team AND individual sports

The Mission of Special Olympics

Describe what the Mission means to you …

Role of a Global Messenger Be attentive during the workshop Understand Special Olympics Learn ways to provide information Prepare and Practice a 3 to 5 minute speech Demonstrate the ability to give a public

speech Maintain contact with mentor and Special

Olympics staff Represent Special Olympics professionally

Role of the mentor Know the athlete Understand Special Olympics Provide support as needed Commit to working with the athlete Allow the Global Messengers to express

themselves Provide constructive feedback Stay in touch with Special Olympics staff Represent Special Olympics professionally

Presentations 101Know your audience

Appropriate appearance

Tools for Talks

Winning Behavior

Speech Coach Cues

The Five W’s and H

Speech Structure

The Five W’s & H Who What When Where

Why How

Parts of a Speech

Opening

Body

Closing

Communication SkillsTraits of a successful communicator Listener Know the audience Know the topic Know your goal Other strategies?

The telephone game - Communication is 6% WHAT you say and 94% HOW you say it…

Preparing for a SpeechWhy should I give a speech? To tell people about Special Olympics

What type of speech will I give? Informative – Persuasive – Recruitment –

Introduction

Who am I talking to? Target Markets

Target AudiencesWhat is a target market?

Who are our target audiences? Sponsors Families

Other Athletes Schools

Service Clubs Who else?

Target AudiencesWhat are the benefits of Special

Olympics for each group?

It’s your job to sell Special Olympics to this target market…

Sponsors

Corporations Business decisions

Individuals Personal decisions

Families Meet other families The whole family has fun Social activities Family pride

Schools Recognition of school and students Character education through volunteer

opportunities Opportunities for students to coach Unified sports Improve physical fitness & sports skills

Other Athletes

What would you say to a potential athlete??

Enhancing your SpeechHumorTechnology3 + minutes Speak from personal experienceBe wittyTalk to Special Olympics staff about their goals

and how you can help through speaking

Targeted SpeechesSelect your target audience

Write a speech

Practice your speech

Turn up the Volume

Practice speaking while watching your speech coach for cues on

being louder or softer

Evaluation

What is one thing you learned today from this workshop?

What will you do when you go home?