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