Graduate Global
Messenger Training
Date
Location
Trainer
Introductions
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Name
Where are you from?
How long in Special Olympics?
Question: What would you do with a room
full of money?
Objectives of Workshop
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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
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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
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Key Elements of the Philosophy
– All abilities can participate in sports,
can achieve, do have value
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Selling Points/the Brand
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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
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------- ---- ------- for -------- -------- with ------ -----------, giving them
continuing opportunities to ------- -------- -------,
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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
Joy
Courage
Competition
Sharing gifts, skills &
Friendship…
Children/Adults
Physical fitness
Year-round
Olympic-type
Sports Training
intellectual disabilities
What makes Special Olympics Unique?
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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
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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
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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
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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 101
Know 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
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Who
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What
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When
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Where
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Why
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How
Parts of a Speech
Opening
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Body
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Closing
Communication Skills
Traits 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 Speech
Why 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 Audiences
What is a target market?
Who are our target audiences?
 Sponsors
 Families
 Other Athletes
 Schools
 Service Clubs
 Who else?
Target Audiences
What 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
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Meet other families
The whole family has fun
Social activities
Family pride
Schools
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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 Speech
Humor
Technology
3 + minutes
Speak from personal experience
Be witty
Talk to Special Olympics staff about their goals
and how you can help through speaking
Targeted Speeches
Select 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?