School of Media and Communication - Speech Writing Workshop

Speech Writing Workshop

Speech Writing It is obvious that making speeches is one of the most common but undervalued activities of chief executive officers, both in the private and public sectors. CEOs make speeches at AGMs, at board meetings, at company events, at dinners, and many times at invitations from outside.

Frequently, these speeches are focused on the company or organization or institution. At other times, the subject matter is anything from social to political issues. For politicians, the occasions for making speeches are even more, and frequently, more momentous.

As in a recent case where a Minister was seriously embarrassed by the poor quality of the draft, it is clear that more than the ability to put sentences together is required for a speech to be worth listening to.

Objectives

To instruct participants in the art and science of speech and speech writing
To optimize the skills of participants in the craft of speech writing
To inculcate moral and ethical values in the composition of speech
To impart the fundamentals of rhetoric-in-context
To impart best practice in the composition of speech from the stylistic point of view

Content

Rhetoric: principles and practice
Speech writing and speech making
Types of speech
The structure and components of a speech
Rhetorical techniques in speech composition
Language and Style in speech composition
Truth, Ethics and Morality in speech writing and speech making
Self-Management

For Whom

Presidential Assistants
Personal Assistants to Governors
Ministerial Assistants
Executive Assistants to CEOs of major corporations
Corporate Affairs/Communication Managers
Senior Managers
Public/Media Relations Managers
Executive Directors

Duration
5 days

Dates
May 17 - May 21, 2010

Fees
N180,000 per participant
(Fee covers all course materials, tea and lunch)

Venue
School of Media and Communication
Pan-African University,
2, Ahmed Onibudo Street, Victoria Island Campus,
Lagos.

Enquiries
Call Doris on 08058127207, 01-8967462 or Juliet on 08027484615

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