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Arizona
Global Messenger I
Beginner Global Messenger
Introductions
• Name
• Where are you from?
• How long in Special Olympics?
• Question: What is your favorite Special Olympics
memory?
Objectives of Workshop
• Learn about ALPs & Special Olympics
• Learn how to create a speech
• Deliver a 1-2 minute speech
• Prepare for future speaking opportunities
Athlete Leadership Programs
• Athlete Choice
• Meaningful positions: Global Messenger, Input
Councils, boards, committees, coach, official, fund-
raiser, volunteer
• Training for existing leadership
Your Role as a Global Messenger
• Understand Special Olympics
• Know the facts about Special Olympics
• Know different ways to provide information
• Educate and promote Special Olympics in a
knowledgeable and convincing manner
• Maintain contact with your Speech Coach
• Represent Special Olympics professionally
Your Role as Speech Coach
• 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
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.
What makes Special Olympics unique?
• 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, and have value
Special Olympics Facts
• For people with intellectual disabilities
• For athletes 8 years and older
• Worldwide – Programs in more than 170 countries
• Offers 32 official sports
• Year-round
• Sports training AND competition opportunities
• Team AND individual sports
• Unified sports
Special Olympics Facts
• Started in 1968
• Begun by Eunice Kennedy Shriver
• Summer and Winter World Games every four years
• 2015 World Summer Games – Los Angeles
• More than 4 million athletes worldwide
Global Messenger I
You deserve a break!
Special guest speaker
• Heather Himes
• Special Olympics Indiana Athlete
• ALPs University graduate
• Global Messenger and Introduction to ALPs
teacher
• ALPs coordinator for county
What’s wrong here?
Great presentations
• Smile! Be friendly and courteous
• Not too loud – not too long
• Know your audience
• Personal space
• Arrive on time
• Appropriate dress
• Tools – business card, brochure
You get only one chance to make a first impression!
Parts of a Speech
Opening
Body
Closing
Parts of a speech
• Who
• What
• When
• Where
• Why
• How
Parts of a speech - Opening
• Greet your audience
• Your name
• Purpose of your speech
Parts of a speech - Body
The FACTS
What do you want the audience to understand about Special Olympics?
Parts of a speech - Closing
• Ask for something
• Thank the audience
• Smile
• Ask for questions
Your “first” speech
Choose your subject
• Choose your audience
• Identify what you would like to tell them
• Write a 2-3 minute speech
• Practice speech
Welcome!
Special Olympics
Athlete Global
Messengers
Constructive feedback
• Name one thing you really liked about the
speech
• What is one thing that could be improved?
Handbook for Global Messengers
• Selling points
• Tool kit
• Facts and information
• Biography form
Evaluation
• What is one thing you learned from this workshop today?
• What will you do when you go home?
• Be sure to review the Global Messenger Handbook and the Handbook for Athlete Leadership with your speech coach
• Complete your practicum – 5 speeches to groups about Special Olympics