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如何幫助會員在演講比賽中獲勝
　 　 　

Dear Leaders,
 名位領導先進：

There are 3 and half months from our 2009 Spring-Convention and speech contests which will be held on April 25-26 2009 in Kaohsiung City. According to the past experience, a complete and corrective pre-contest preparation is the only way to win the contests. In fact, most junior members still feel nervous and ignorant of the speech contests.

It's very difficult for them to obtain benefits from these speech contests in this situation. So, how to give them a suitable pre-contest guidance is becoming our leaders' responsibility.

本地區總會的年度春季大會及演講比賽，即將在四月二十五及二十六日舉行，至今只剩下三個半月而已。依據許多經驗顯示，充分及正確的賽前準備是致勝的唯一法則。事實上，很多會員對演講比賽的準備既害怕又陌生，根本無法從比賽過程 中獲得好處。

因此，如何在重要的賽前給予會員適當的指導，是各位領導的重要任務。 

A sentence said that “a coach is unnecessary a good winner, but a contestant without a good coach will be difficult to win.” For this reason, I'll present some data or information for your reference. I also hope that you will offer your idea to combine together to become a complete one for our members' reference in the future. I believe that they will obtain many benefits from contest.

俗語說，敎練不一定是優勝的選手，但沒有教練的指導，選手將很難獲勝。為此，本人將已收集的資料提供給大家作參考，也盼望各位先進提供你們的寶貴經驗，將來整合成更完整的資料，使更多會友能 從充分及正確準備演講比賽中獲益。 

The following key points are my suggestion for the pre-contest preparation:
 以下是賽前我們領導者要注意的事情：
　
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Mental construction: let them know the meaning and benefits of the contest.
心理建設：告知演講比賽的意義及好處。
　 　
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Interval between 2 level contests: The ideal interval between 2 contests (in-club to Area contest or Area to Division contest) is 2 weeks. No more than 3 weeks or no less than 1 week is the best choice. So, the in-club speech contest this year is better to hold after March 15. We need to ensure members to have enough time to prepare their speech scripts which include pre-contest training programs (Speech contest, contest rules and judging training which may be provided by Club or Area).
 兩次比賽的理想間隔時間：以二週為宜，不少於一週，也不要多於三週。因此，今年的會內比賽宜在三月中旬前舉行就可以了。讓會員在農曆年後有一個多月的 時間準備，包括為我們為會員舉辦的一些“賽前訓練講習”。
　 　
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Pre-speech contest training workshop: Usually, the Club or Area, even Division, will hold a pre-contest training workshop to help members know how to prepare a script for their humorous or     international speech contests. 
 比賽前演講訓練講習會：每次比賽前舉辦這種講習，讓會員了解如何準備一篇幽黙演講稿或國際演講比賽之演講稿。
往年都有會內，區級及部級的講習，效果很好。建議春節後儘快舉行。
　 　
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How to hold a speech contest： -  a special information trains member to know the procedure and rule of conducting a successful speech contest: ( Area Governor's handbook, p. 60.).  For fulfilling the requirement of new CL Award and conducting a successful speech contest, I suggest that every club begin to organize 2 committees for the two speech contests (International speech and Table Topics contest) and nominate a contest-chair and some assistants to prepare the 2 contests. (See the attached file--Contest chairperson and master's address content)
 訓練如何準備及主持各級演講比賽：在區總監手冊第 60 頁有專章介紹主持演講比賽的程序及規則，使演講比賽具公平、公正且圓滿達成。為達到新領導手册主席職位的需求及指導一個成功的演講比賽，我建議各分會趕快成立二個演講比賽 委員會(即席及國際演講比賽委員會)並指派比賽主席各一位及助理若干位，詳閱考考資料後，進行演講比賽的籌劃工作。( 請參考附件 - 如何做好演講比賽及節目表 )
　 　
5. Speech contest rule and judge training: Knowing well the rules and yourself will easy to win the contest, so, it's our duty to train our members to know well about the contest rules and judging criteria. (See the attached file---Intl Speech Contest Rule)
 比賽規則及裁判規則訓練講習：知彼知己，百戰百勝，因此讓會員充分了解這些比賽及裁判規則，是我們領導幹部的責任。(請參考附件 - 國際演講比賽規則之綜合解釋及常見問題的探討 - 曾登刋於 2008 年秋季大會會刊。)
　 　
6. Key points of different speech contests:
各種演講比賽的要訣：
　 (1). Humorous speech contest: Understand well the meaning of humorous speech then you will have ability to add humor in your future speeches and make every speech more attractive. In fact, it is a skirmish of international speech contest.
幽黙演講比賽：要先了解幽默演講的意義及要訣，才能訓練出演講帶幽默的技巧，並應用於未來的任何演講中，使演講更出色引人。其實幽默演講是國際演講比賽(國台語演講比賽)的前 哨戰，任何人都不能錯過。(請參考附件 - 如何準備演講會幽默演講比賽的演講稿 ）。
　 　 　
　 (2). Evaluation speech contest:(See The basic evaluation form for speech contest)
 講評比賽：(請參考附件 - 講評記錄表及如何編寫一篇講評的建議表。)
　 　 　
　 (3). Table Topics speech contest:
 即席演講比賽：(請參考附件 - 如何成為優秀的即席演講人及即席問答的組織結構表。)
　 　 　
　 (4). International speech contest: Add some suitable humor and speech skills in every 4 kind of Speeches (Informing, entertaining, inspiring and persuading speeches) will make an excellent contest speech and win the contest. However, most winners will focus on the touching and inspiring or persuading stories, especial the personal success or life changing stories, and perform with humor to win the contest. International speech can be any kind of 4 different purpose speeches, but the humorous speech must be entertaining speech only.
 國際演講比賽 (國台語演講比賽)：四種目的的演講（即告知、 娛樂、激勵及說服性的演講）中，加入適當的幽黙成份及演技，皆可成為一篇傑出的演講而獲獎。但大部分的優勝者都着重於感動人心的激勵說服性演講，尤其是個人成功或人生轉變的感人故事，以幽默化方式演出，最易擄獲人心。而上述的幽默演講則純為 娛樂性演講而已。(請參考附件 - 幽默演講與具幽默式內涵的演講 - 曾登於 2006 年秋季大會手册。)
　 　 　

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Best
James Lin, DTM / LGET  2009