So, as part of my role as an mentor for FameLab academy (here and here), I went back down to Pates to work with their school finalists
on their FameLab academy speeches before their final on Monday. We had an hour
over lunch, and I had heard that they really wanted to rehearse more than
anything else. 7 of the 10 finalists were able to make it, and so we went
through each of them in turn. After they had done their 3 minutes, I asked the
other students to give them feedback on the parts they should keep and the bits
they should change.
Not only was I very impressed by the quality of the pieces,
but also the excellent feedback that they were able to give each other. I
admitted afterwards that I had seen worse competitors in the real FameLab
competition, and these guys still had a week to go!
After we had been through the group, with topics ranging
from dreams to erasers, I stressed the point that FameLab is about your
audience learning something new. We then went through the talks as a group,
discussing what we had learnt from them. The speaker would then know what
impression they were leaving their audience with, and whether that was what
they had intended for them to take away. All of the students were clear enough
that this was the case, which was good to see.
I wish them all luck for their school final on Monday. I go
to judge at St Edwards on the 12th Feb, and if they are as good as
the group at Pates, then I'm in for a challenging afternoon!
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