Speaking to Millennial Generation Audiences

SPEAKING TO MILLENNIAL GENERATION AUDIENCES

Darrell ColemanKey Club, U. of Utah Toastmaster Club, Faculty AdvisorAssistant Professor, Department of Management, David

Eccles School of Businessdarrell.coleman@business.utah.edu

801-541-6099

Today’s Objective

At the end of this workshop you should be able to

Identify Millennial characteristicso Overview an alignment method

and share tipsAdjust a speech that leverages their

characteristics

5) Q & A

Millennial Video – A Vision of Audience Members Today

http://news.aarp.org/UM/T.asp?A910.52851.4907.3.1559087“A Vision of Students Today”

TEAM WORK

What other characteristics might you develop after watching the video?

Team post on the Wiki

Their TalentsTeam

Technology

Diversity

Multitasking

Their Self Viewshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNMxqBqj-5k

Their Needs

Their Need to Achieve

INDIVIDUAL WORK

Using the handout, select a speech you want to give or have given and make adjustments based upon the varying characteristics.

Post changes to wiki???

ALTERNATIVE APPROACH

Make adjustments to your speech, then go to the handout and identify which characteristics you are leveraging. Like I did with Tips

QUESTIONS YOU WOULD LIKE TO ASK?

We raised them AND

can engage them!

Beginning Role Model

Student Choice – your issues (SP) Interaction – minimalistic lecturing; student

ideas (M – increased variety) Integrative thinking – time for you to think;

team work (SH; CONF; TEAM) Authentic – actual scenarios, specific actions,

directed outside the classroom (A) You can do this! (SP; CONF) Role model with research (Millennial traits) A recommendation (P)