Discuss leadership qualities desired by the small animal care industry

Objective 1.01

Leadership Qualities• Integrity: honesty• Courage: willing to go forward under

difficult conditions• Management: using people,

resources and processes to reach a goal

Leadership Qualities

• Unselfishness: placing the desires and welfare of others above yourself• Loyalty: reliable support for an

individual, group or cause• Enthusiasm: energy to do a job and

the inspiration to encourage others

Leadership Qualities• Plan: think through, determine

procedures• Knowledge: awareness,

understanding• Tact: saying or doing the right thing

without offending

Components of Instructional Program

• SAE- provides opportunities to explore interests and to gain work experiences• Classroom instruction: studying and

learning subject matter in the classroom

Components of Instructional Program

• Laboratory Instruction: learning by demonstrations and practice in shops, greenhouses, nurseries, and other settings• FFA: club or organization that

develops leadership and citizenship skills includes CDE’s

FFA

• Communication skills are developed through speaking career development events, such as public speaking, creed, parliamentary procedure, extemporaneous speaking, agricultural sales and poultry, dairy, and livestock oral reasons

Cooperative Extension Service

• Educational agency of USDA and part of the university system• Sponsors 4-H clubs to enhance

personal development and provide skill development for agricultural youth

Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts• Provide excellent leadership

development• Focus on the out-of-doors and

natural resources skills• Recognition through merit badge

system

Use public speaking techniques to deliver a speech

Objective 1.02

Types of speeches• To inform: gives knowledge or

information to audiences• To persuade: convinces people to

believe or do something• To integrate: pep talks, welcome

speeches, introductions

Types of speeches• Prepared: speech is written and

learned• Extemporaneous: speech with little

or no preparation

Variables to consider with speeches

• Purpose of the speech: Why are you giving the speech?

• Audience: What group is hearing the speech?

• Occasion: What is the event?• Content: What is in the speech?• Composition: How is the speech written

and organized?

Oral delivery variables• Voice: pitch, quality, articulation,

pronunciation, force• Stage presence: appearance, poise,

attitude, confidence, ease before audience, personality, posture

Oral delivery variables

• Power of expression: fluency, sincerity, emphasis, directness, communicative ability, conveyance of thought and meaning

• Response to questions: accurate, ability to think quickly

• General effect: interesting, understandable, convincing, pleasing, holds attention

Delivering a Speech: Outline • Introduction is the first part of the

speech–Used to create interest and get the

audience’s attention–Sets the stage for the speech

Delivering a Speech: Outline• Body of the speech–Contains most of the content–Largest content and longest part of a

speech

Delivering a Speech: Outline• Conclusion brings the speech focus

back to the audience before closing–Sum up the speech–Repeat the major points

Application: Give a speech• Apply the information learned including types of

speeches and variables to consider especially the audience and the occasion.

• Topics chosen for a speech should be of interest to the audience where the speech will be given

• A good speech takes into consideration the needs of the audience and the reason the speech should be important to the audience