The Diamond in Your Speech

I am a co-author for a book on public speaking. 

It took me almost five months to complete my first draft. After four scrutinies, the manuscript is now being reviewed. Since I have some time on my hands, I began creating the first set of poster ads which I'm releasing from today. 

It’s a modest advertising push on all our social media platforms to get the word out that “The Diamond in Your Speech” will very soon become available. These posters will hopefully, generate buzz for the book.  

Simon Gibson, World Speech Day founder has agreed to write a Foreword for the book and CV+ are taking charge of the marketing. Meaning, this has become a WSD project.

The Al Aqsa Teens @ WSD 2021 World Children's Day

I was privileged to have met Ghada Abdalrahman (left) last month. 

And not only that but she kindly introduced me to students of Al Aqsa Integrated School in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – where she is a tutor. 

What’s great was that after I had told her about World Speech Day – she went out to get me six registrations for WSD 2021 World Children’s Day.

The teens come from six different countries, i.e. India, Uzbekistan, Iraq, Nigeria, Egypt and Jordan:

I must confess that all of them were articulate and even better, convincing with their speeches. Besides, their topics were interesting too. Truly, I enjoyed their speeches. 

Thank you, Ghada! 

Indeed, we would love to have them and others participate in World Speech Day events in 2022.

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Indonesians @ WSD 2021 World Children's Day

CV+ participated in the English Conversation Club activities led by Erna Widiati, a fellow WSD member from Indonesia. 

It's good that we are able to support them. Both Cyril and I can unreservedly tell you that we thoroughly enjoyed the sessions!

We have Erna (right) to thank for because through her, we had nine members who participated in our WSD 2021 World Children’s Day on Saturday. 

These kids come from all over the country such as Pangkal Pinang, Tanjung Pandan, Batam, Kota Bekasi and Jakarta: 

On a separate note, we had a tenth Indonesian participant from Kuta Utara in Bali:

 

Thank you, Indonesia!

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Cuteness Overload

World Speech Day is always a revelation. 

And WSD 2021 World Children’s Day is no different. This time around, we had really very young participants. Three 3-year-olds and yet, they are more than ready to speak. 

For a cuteness overload, check them out here:

 

As always, we saw a good mix of speakers and they embraced a diverse range of topics from mental health, climate emergency and the Covid pandemic to poverty, gender equality and acts of kindness. 

Indeed, speech is power: speech is to convince, to convert, to compel. 

And methinks, only World Speech Day provides the stage for everybody and anybody to speak. Unexpected voices that come together to educate, to elucidate, to enlighten.

WSD 2021 World Children's Day is This Saturday!

Our maiden WSD 2021 World Children's Day this Saturday has attracted 78 participants in total and they come from eleven countries (Malaysia included):

We are very thankful that many have helped us promote this World Speech Day event and having said that, there are a few individuals who need to be singled out for special mention because they went the extra, extra mile: Rosalie Vera Ong, Vivien Chok, Dr. Zahra Moharrer, Melissa Lissete, Jenny Aristosa, Erna Widiati, Ghada Abdalrahman and Thanuja Kunasekaran. 

On behalf of World Speech Day and CV+, thank you ALL!

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WSD 2021 WCD Registration Dockets #061-#078

Registration for WSD 2021 World Children’s Day is now closed – and we add another eighteen sign-ups to the previous list – giving us a total of 78 registrations todate. 

Herewith are our fifth batch of dockets, numbered from #061 to #078: 

We’re really looking forward to this World Speech Day event!

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Meet Our 10 Participants of WSD 2021 World Children's Day

This is the final batch of posters that have been released since Friday last week to promote WSD 2021 World Children's Day on November 20:

Don't delay. There is still time to register.

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