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幽默演講比賽主持人 話說5月9日本部門從公司總部搬到〝偏野地帶〞(詳見我那篇「公司喬遷之嘻一週記」)後，我不得不離開GEICO演講分會，四位GEICO演講分會的資深美女顧問(Jaci Pasley, Mary Ann Guerra, Mary Hall, Ida Jagg)喜甚於憂，借力使勁，借金之力於6月份在窮鄉僻壤的大倉庫成立了新的演講分會。新的分會是Tower Oaks Toastmasters Club，簡稱TOT，我也被四位資深美女顧問指派為TOT的會長，寄以重任，領導新會，發展會務，引導會員‧‧‧成立新的演講分會是有許多難能可貴的經驗，以後再詳記吧。 「國際演講協會」(Toastmasters International)〔註一〕每年舉行四場演講比賽，八、九月的演講比賽有二：即席演講比賽(table topic contest) 、幽默演講比賽(humorous speech contest)。即席演講比賽的參賽者，在聽完主持人的題目後(事先未知)，要即席發表1至2分鐘的演說；幽默演講比賽中，每位參賽者要發表5至7分鐘的幽默演說。去年8月31日，我參加了GEICO演講分會(GEICO Toastmasters Club)舉行的幽默演講比賽，4位參賽者，我贏得了第一名；在隨後的區域演講比賽(10/1)，3位參賽者中，我得了第二名。 說到即將來到的演講比賽，TOT豈能缺席？豈會缺席？我的演講比賽經驗，雖算不得了什麼，對TOT來說，却是一枝獨秀、經驗豐富。我先訂下日期：幽默演講比賽是8/24，即席演講比賽是9/7。幽默演講比賽主持人嚒？嗯，只好以身作則(lead by example)，自個〝身先士卒〞了，裁判長(Chief Judge)就有請四位資深美女顧問中的一位了，另外，動員了15人(八位是裁判)，一個蘿蔔一個坑，依任務填人塞位，一切籌劃妥當。 即席演講比賽主持人嚒？就是身為教育副會長(VP of Education)的Kim Randolph了，「Kim，您就看著、學著我的整個籌劃過程，两週後，如法泡製、依樣畫葫蘆唄！」如此，大俠我也就可以參賽即席演講比賽了啦！雖然，我未曾參加過即席演講比賽，倒是挺喜歡隨時隨地隨興胡扯淡。此比賽勿需準備(每天都在說話嘛)，接題後，隨想隨說，隨機應變，頗具臨場感、刺激性‧‧‧等我9/7比賽完後，再多加記實一番唄！ 比賽的主角是參賽者，其餘都是配角。我以主持人、會長的身份，鎖定標的人選，時而鼓舞(鼓舌如簧)、不時善誘(誘以自身經驗)、〝連呵帶哄〞，〝抓〞到了4位參賽者，4位耶！這可是參賽人數的極限了(比賽總時間僅1小時)。4位主角、英雄總該先行簡介一下：伊姆蘭 (Imran Quresh)是從巴基斯坦來的，是我工作上的好夥伴、好弟兄，我工作上幹啥〝雜務〞，例如，我籌組成立TOT演講分會，他第一個響應入會並協助〝抓〞會員；我為兒童醫院籌款 (Fundraising for the Children's Hospital)，也有他的身影在側，獻計規劃、跑腿勤動的‧‧‧他的演講題目是：「婚姻(Marriage)」。巴貝特 (Babette Mangani-Kashkett)是法國來的美女，迷人幽默，與我工作上也有來往，她的演講題目是：「英語是外語(English as a Foreign Language)」。高諾(Gaurav Bhasin)來自印度，年輕有為，個性主動積極，愛說話也愛說笑，他可是主動來參賽的，他的演講題目一打出來就引人發笑：「丈母娘(Mother-in-Law)」。約瑟夫(Joseph Nanas)，生於泰國，長於菲律賓，有四分之一的華裔血統，會說極有限的中文，他的演講題目是：「武術和你內心的‧‧‧哇(Martial Arts and Your Inner … Whaaa)」 4位參賽者有三位是新會員，法國美女的會員資歷也不到一年，4位都是第一次参加演講比賽〔註二〕，稱他們是勇氣可嘉的英雄，並不為過。看倌可知，一般人的頭號恐懼為何？多項研究顯示，公開演講(public speaking)擊敗所有的「怕」，是人們的頭號恐懼，排名第二的是死亡。也就是說，如果某人去參加葬禮，他寧願躺在棺材內(當聽眾?!)也不願受邀上臺對著死人、面對活人公開發表追悼詞(do the eulogy)的。。。呵呵。 上週末，在某一僑社的聚會上，來賓有三、四百人，剪彩貴賓一字排開也近30人，受邀上臺致辭的中外貴賓(官員、議員、外交官、社團負責人等)，準時的、遲到的，加起來也有十多人，我與華府才女羅昭妤老師在觀眾席比鄰而坐，一邊傾聽中外貴賓的公開演講、一邊私評每位演講者的演講成效。說實在的，演講內容都是大同小異的外交辭令、禮貌客套，演講經驗的積累、技巧的優劣(如音量、臺風、肢體、表情等)，常常決定了觀眾內心的評比，這些偶爾需要代表單位或個人公開演講的貴賓們，能不多加留意、學習、演練嚒！ 好了，不閑扯淡了，就公佈TOT幽默演講比賽的冠軍吧，冠軍是‧‧‧(鼓滾聲起drum roll)‧‧‧約瑟夫！他的演講音量適中、臺風穩見、表情生動又活潑、肢體自然又誇張，當然他的演講內容，起承轉合環環相扣，故事幽默有趣徐徐而出，觀眾笑口吟吟笑聲不絕！ 《2011年9月2日於華府》 〔註一〕：「國際演講協會」(Toastmasters International)1924年在加州成立，它致力於推廣有效的口頭溝通至全球各地。近87年的發展，其分會遍及 全球113個國家、超過12,500個分會(例如，台灣有151個分會，中國有157個分會)、至少26萬名會員，在21世紀，其溝通教育的影響力仍在繼續茁壯成長。藉由協會的培訓方案/手冊，通過分會的定期開會(每週一次、每兩週一次、或每月一次)，會員們在「做中學習」的環境內，彼此互相幫助，學習溝通技巧、加強聽力訓練、發揮口語藝術、增進演講信心、培養領導潛能、促進自我實現。本地的演講分會發展蓬勃，馬里蘭州就有214個分會、維吉尼亞州有 307個分會、華府有 133個分會，欲尋找適合的演講分會、或了解更多有關「國際演講協會」的信息，請至網址www.toastmasters.org 〔註二〕：伊姆蘭(Imran Quresh)剛當爸爸，兒子剛滿月，準備講稿，心有餘時間不足，比賽前一天決定這回就不参賽了，我立即給他一個大賽攝影師的頭銜，相片都是他照的。 〔註三〕：TOT會議議程 Tower Oaks Toastmasters Club, #1860576 District 36 - Division C - Area 33 HUMOROUS SPEECH CONTEST August 24, 2011 Call to Order: Leslie Eure, TM, SAA Club Business: Henry Boone, TM, Secretary Contest Master: Ching-Sung Chin, ATM-B/CL, President Chief Judge: Mary Ann Guerra, DTM, PDG 8 Judges Speech Contestants Babette Mangani-Kashkett, “English as a Foreign Language” Gaurav Bhasin, “Mother-in-Law” Joseph Nanas, “Martial Arts and Your Inner … Whaaa!” Timer: Jing Chen, TM Ballot Counters: Tom Hart, TM Contestant Interviews: Contest Master Announcement of Winners: Kim Randolph, CTM, VP-Education 〔註四〕：TOT幽默演講比賽會議紀錄‧‧‧每回會議紀錄都是負責的秘書 Henry Boone所寫。 From: Boone, Henry Sent: Friday, August 26, 2011 2:31 PM To: TOT-Members Subject: TOT Meeting Minutes for 2011 Aug 24 If you missed the meeting, you missed an extremely entertaining event as it was our first annual Humorous Speech contest and all of the speeches were sidesplitting. We had fourteen Tower Oaks Toastmasters, two GEICO Toastmasters (our club mentors), and three guests in attendance. Leslie Eure (our club Sergeant at Arms) opened the meeting. For club business, Henry Boone (our club secretary) brought forward the motion to reduce the semi-annual club fees from $5.00 to $4.00 to reduce the impact from the semi-annual Toastmasters International dues increase (from $27.00 to $36.00). This would also make the semi-annual amount paid by each member a nice round $40.00. Thirteen of the Tower Oaks Toastmaster’s club voted affirmatively on the motion and, thusly, passed it. Ching-Sung Chin (our club president) was our Contest Master and he explained the rules to the contestants. Ching-Sung then introduced the Chief Judge for the contest (GEICO’s Mary Ann Guerra) who explained the rules to other judges and to the timer. The Contest Master was then given control of the meeting and introduced the first of three absolutely hilarious speakers. Regarding all of the speeches, they were all well developed, well delivered, and absolutely hilarious. We certainly have some talent in this club. As this was a contest, I don’t feel it would be proper to try to give an overview of each speech. Therefore I’m only going to give the speaker’s name and the title of the speech. Our first contestant was Babette Mangani-Kashkett (our club treasure) and her speech was titled “English as a Foreign Language”. Our second contestant was Gaurav Bhasin and his speech was titled “Mother-in-Law”. Our third contestant was Joseph Nanas and his speech was titled “Martial Arts and Your Inner … Whaaa!”. After all of the speeches were delivered and the laughter died-down, the ballots were counted and the timing report was reviewed to reveal the winner of the contest. Kim Randolph (our club VPE) had the honor of announcing the winner of the first annual Tower Oaks Toastmaster’s Humorous Speech contest. The congratulations went to Joseph Nanas. Before dismissing the meeting, Kim reminded everyone of our next meeting (07 Sept) which will also be the Table Topics contest. As usual, the meeting will be in the Tower Oaks Conference Room 1. I hope to see you at next meeting. If possible, bring along a friend. BTW: Here’s the link to the schedule:\\GP94089\Toastmasters\TOTScheduling.xls [相片2：裁判們專心評分] [相片3：冠軍約瑟夫]
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