Miami Speech Institute
July 26 - August 1, Summer 2009
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The Miami Speech Institute is open to anyone over the age of 14 with a desire to improve their skills in competitive speaking over the summer. The Institute will cover Public Speaking, Limited Preparation and Oral Interpretation events. In addition to skills lectures like “Outlining Speeches” and “Cutting Interp Pieces” we have lectures on issues such as “Professionalism and Attire”, “The Value of Nonverbals” and “Tournament Etiquette”.
The Miami Speech Institute also offers students access to King Library, with over 3.5 million titles available. Miami orders over 100 new titles just for the speech institute every year. The Institute is worthwhile for forensics competitors just in the availability of scripts and research resources alone.
While we work hard, we also play hard. “Sundae Sunday”, “Board Game Night”, “Improvisation Night”, “Picnic in the Park”, and “Magnificent Movie Night” are just some of the activities we have planned for the summer's Institute.
Staff
The staff for the Miami Speech Institute will be pulled from a combination of outstanding high school coaches who will serve as the primary content contributors, Miami Speech Team Members who will serve as coaches and assist the high school coaches. Coaches from the Miami Speech Team will also be on hand and doing whatever is needed of us, from coaching to presenting to making photocopies and making sure the institute runs smoothly. We are committed to a student to staff ratio of 5 to 1 to ensure that each student get individual attention.