Comments on: Public Speaking Success: Speaking to Groups of Children http://blog.jvf.com/2009/08/13/public-speaking-success-speaking-to-groups-of-children/ Achieving Fast Results through Powerful Communication Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:01:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Lisa Braithwaite http://blog.jvf.com/2009/08/13/public-speaking-success-speaking-to-groups-of-children/comment-page-1/#comment-1483 Lisa Braithwaite Sat, 29 Aug 2009 16:46:19 +0000 http://blog.jvf.com/?p=780#comment-1483 Speaking to high school and middle school students is how I taught myself to be an effective speaker! Engaging an audience, authenticity, dealing with hecklers... so many aspects of public speaking are more intense and critical when speaking to kids. I disagree with one thing: I rarely had a teenager removed for heckling (and many of my audiences were in continuation and probation schools -- not the most willing audience). Most of the time, I was able to convince the heckler that I really wanted to hear his opinion, as long as he was willing to be respectful. Sometimes they just don't know the appropriate way to say what they want to say. Or I would use humor (not humiliation) to show the heckler that I could take it. Sometimes it's just a test! Many or most hecklers just want to be heard, whether teenager or adult. I always take them seriously and treat them as though they really have something to say. Speaking to high school and middle school students is how I taught myself to be an effective speaker! Engaging an audience, authenticity, dealing with hecklers… so many aspects of public speaking are more intense and critical when speaking to kids.

I disagree with one thing: I rarely had a teenager removed for heckling (and many of my audiences were in continuation and probation schools — not the most willing audience). Most of the time, I was able to convince the heckler that I really wanted to hear his opinion, as long as he was willing to be respectful. Sometimes they just don’t know the appropriate way to say what they want to say.

Or I would use humor (not humiliation) to show the heckler that I could take it. Sometimes it’s just a test!

Many or most hecklers just want to be heard, whether teenager or adult. I always take them seriously and treat them as though they really have something to say.

]]> By: Public Speaking Tips and Techniques [2009-08-29] http://blog.jvf.com/2009/08/13/public-speaking-success-speaking-to-groups-of-children/comment-page-1/#comment-1479 Public Speaking Tips and Techniques [2009-08-29] Sat, 29 Aug 2009 07:04:45 +0000 http://blog.jvf.com/?p=780#comment-1479 [...] Feudo provides numerous tips for how to speak effectively to children, [...] [...] Feudo provides numerous tips for how to speak effectively to children, [...]

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