TRAINING AND ACCREDITATION PROGRAMMES

A 'Master' training manual which is a comprehensive guide to speaking and presentation is available for all members.

The manual also contains 21 practical 'projects' to provide experience in a variety of different speaking situations including the 'leading' of club meetings and the 'evaluation' of other speakers.

Other projects include:

• Speech to entertain
• Speech to persuade
• Speech using visual aids
• Storytelling
• Book review

Evaluation

Each speaker at a meeting is normally assigned an 'evaluator' who will provide a realistic assessment of the speech together with helpful suggestions for improvement.

The whole concept is to support eacher and to gain greater understanding of speaking techniques from analysing the work of fellow club menbers. The General Evaluator provides an overall assessment of the meeting. Of course, evaluations are themselves a speaking opportunity and should be delivered as a 'structured speech.

Accreditation

The POWERtalk International accreditation programme is a system of qualifications based on 5 courses;

• Effective Communicator (EC)
• Proficient Communicator (PC)
• Skilled Communicator (S.C.)
• Accomplished Communicator (A.C.)
• Distinguished Communicator (D.C.)

Competitions

All clubs participate in the annual speech contest which progresses though club, national and international levels.

There is a very popular writing contest with sections for fiction, non-fiction and poetry.

Speech Contest Judge Certification

Club members may apply for ITC Speech Contest Judge certification once all necessary criteria are met. Candidates are assessed at the annual NZ Region ITC Speech Contest Final.

POWERtalk International Corporate Trainer

The Corporate Trainer Programme offers a pathway towards professional training. It can be used to train on behalf of ITC or as a career option.