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Section 28
Concluding Commentary
Selected Readings, Bibliography/Authors/Instructors

Table of Contents | NCCAP/NCTRC CE Booklet

Concluding Commentary

This Manual and DVD contains every conceivable tip, tool, and technique I can think of to help you to become successful in recruiting volunteers to assist with you One-to-One and Small Group activities for your Low Functioning and Alzheimer’s residents, as well as your Group Activities.  Even if you only use two or three of the ideas in this course your Talk will probably be head and shoulders above the previous speaker the group has heard.  Agree?  I mean, as you have read these presentation skill have you not said to yourself, “Wow what a great idea!” Like using audience members’ names…  It is simple and effective and requires no skill beyond some forethought regarding weaving audience members names into your stories as if they were the resident.  Also, as you view the other DVD's in this Management Series and the Alzheimer's and Low Functioning Series, it will become abundantly clear to you that I constantly am applying these techniques in my seminars.   Now that you know the inside story, so to speak, regarding some of the speaking techniques I apply; it might be kind of fun to review some of those Alzheimer's and Low Functioning series DVD's from the point of view of evaluation for example my use of eye contact, i.e. "playing the corners", use of participant names, use of participants for role plays, continual use of stories to illustrate a point, professional attire, etc.

Or consider just the basic concept of explaining an activity via telling a story… explaining a second activity and telling second a story?  People love stories!  That is a sure-fire formula for success!  Or what about using a member of your audience to role play the part of a resident as you demonstrate, for example Shape Sorting, and tell your story.  Handouts… business cards… and closing with benefits quoting your current volunteers and on and on and on, the ideas you have just received are of course to numerous to enumerate here!  Also, if you would ever feel the itch to instruct seminars, you have all of the tools here in this course to give a top-notch presentation... and have people pay to hear you!

Good luck recruiting and have fun succeeding!

Bibliography

- Axtell, Roger E.; Do’s and Taboos of Public Speaking: How to Get Those Butterflies Flying in Formation; John Wiley & Sons, Inc.: New York; 1992
- Carnegie, Dale: The Quick & Easy Way to Effective Speaking; Pocket Books: New York; 1962
- Detz, Joan: It’s Not What You Say, It’s How You Say It; St. Martin’s Griffen: New York;  2000
- Hoff, Ron; Do Not Go Naked into Your Next Presentation; Andrews and McMeel: Kansas City; 1997
- Krannich PhD, Caryl Rae; 101 Secrets of Highly Effective Speakers: Controlling Fear, Commanding Attention; Impact Publications: Virginia; 2002.
- Naistadt, Ivy; Speak Without Fear; HarperCollins: New York; 2004
- Instructor: Catherine Zugel, LCSW