ContestFeb 2004. I-Laugh is happy to Present... The 'Trainer with Byte'
Contest
Or a Comic, Punster, Toastmaster, Public Speaker playing at being a trainer. The Contest itself is simple. Use the 'SOURCE QUOTE' provided by us below (any ONE of the 3 choices) and build a 5 minute speech around it. Your speech must be as entertaining/humorous as possible without losing focus that it's prime objective is to train/teach an audience of your choice on any subject, again of your choice. For example you could use Extract 1 to teach a group of Game Development Engineers Time Management or maybe a set of 11th Standard students Differential Calculus. How ? I have no idea ! That's where you come in. You figure out the best use of the SOURCE QUOTES... and set up your speech accordingly. Your speech must be actually delivered (over a telephone and recorded and judged by us.) So grab your cup of JAVA and start SCRIPTING. If you think starting later will give you more TESTING TIME... you're right! So, what are you waiting for - a REBOOT ;/? Details of the Contest ... a) The Source Quotes (The Extracts) 1. Across the aisle from Yossarian was Dunbar, and
next to Dunbar was the artillery captain with whom Yossarian had stopped
playing chess. The captain was a good chess player, and the games were
always interesting. Yossarian had stopped playing chess with him because
the games were so interesting they were foolish.
2. `Come, there's no use in crying like that!' said
Alice to herself, rather sharply; `I advise you to leave off this
minute!' She generally gave herself very good advice, (though she very
seldom followed it), and sometimes she scolded herself so severely as to
bring tears into her eyes; and once she remembered trying to box her own
ears for having cheated herself in a game of croquet she was playing
against herself, for this curious child was very fond of pretending to
be two people.
3. "What a doctor wants," I said, "is practice. He shall have me. He will get more practice out of me than out of seventeen hundred of your ordinary, commonplace patients, with only one or two diseases each." So I went straight up and saw him, and he said: "Well, what's the matter with you?" I said: "I
will not take up your time, dear boy, with telling you what is the
matter with me. Life is brief, and you might pass away before I had
finished. But I will tell you what is NOT the matter with me. I have not
got housemaid's knee. Why I have not got housemaid's knee, I cannot tell
you; but the fact remains that I have not got it. Everything else,
however, I HAVE got." b) How to Take Part - As a start you need to do 2 things. 1. Send a mail to 64841-subscribe@zinester.com This will subscribe you to I-Laugh - our weekly discussion newsletter. This is a must as results will be declared in I-Laugh only. You would want to find out if you won or not, wouldn't you ? 2. When you have your speech ready send a mail to contest@workinghumor.com In return we will send you a form with some questions asking you your name, qualifications, the audience you are addressing etc. Also we will send you, depending on your location either a toll free telephone number in the US or a telephone number in Bangalore, India where you can call and deliver your speech. Fill the form and return it. Call
the number and deliver your speech. That's it ! c) Rules of the Contest - 1. The telephones are set to accept 5 minutes only. So you'll have finish off in less than 5. Sorry, but you can't overshoot even by a few seconds. 2. No offensive language please. It would mean automatic disqualification. (Also don't blame us if our phones beeps back at you ;) 3. Last Date for receipt of entries is 20th March 2004. 4. All entries become the property of GifTech Corp. and will not be returned. 5. Great Point by The Doc! This contest is restricted to English entries only. (Because learning a new language is not in our judges' current plans. ;) 6.
The Decision of our judges (whether you like it or not) will be final. d) The Judges - J.D Lentz (The Doc) and Dan Seidman The Doc is an educator, having worked at every grade level from 7th grade through post-graduate. He has been a department chair, Assistant Principal, seven times Teacher-of-The Year, nine times Favorite Teacher chosen by students, a Mentor Teacher, a Master Teacher, and an Advising Teacher on Professional Growth and Conduct. The Doc along with Gunjan runs the most interesting and irregular newsletter (and perennially under-construction site) www.jestinliterature.com Dan Seidman is among the top-twelve sales coaches in the US today and the author of The Death of 20th Century Selling: 50 Hilarious Sales Blunders and How You can Profit from Them. Dan has been involved with sales training and management since 1987. He has also trained and is certified by Dr. Edward deBono, the leading creativity strategist. Dan runs the award winning website www.salesautopsy.com More about Doc More about Dan e) Judging Criteria - In brief ... 1. Opening and Conclusion f) Results The results should be announced on 1st April, 2004. No we're not making April Fools out of you. April Fool's Days is very important to I-Laugh. Believe it or not it was on 1st April, 2001 that I-Laugh was launched and so this would be our third birthday. If we manage to keep our Birthday Spirits to reasonable limits we should have the results out on that day ... If not as soon as the hangover floats away ! The Prizes are neither surprises nor Sir Prizes. Humble they are and here's their list ... 1. Tom Antion's Wake-em Up (ebook worth approx $20) 2. Say it Like Shakespeare (ebook worth approx 14$) 3. Shel Silverstein's Where the Sidewalk Ends (Audio Cassette worth approx 10$ incl. shipping) 4. Dave Barry is not taking this Sitting Down (ebook worth approx 10$) 5. Five One-Dollar Poetic ebooks by Chacha Joe 6. Batty Balls and other Wicket Wit by Chacha Joe and Gunjan (ebook worth approx $50000000.00) (Or instead of all the above you could take 50$ in cash (payable through PAYPAL) and pick your own stuff.) 6. Proud Mention in I-Laugh which goes out to more than 5000 subscribers including HR professionals/Trainers/Educators etc. 7. More Publicity in Press Releases, and result declaration announcements to several groups and associations with which we'll be working closely. (Although for this contest we don't have a second/third or any consolation prizes all entries which the judges find worthy will get publicity to the best of the organizers' noise making ability.) Brought to you by ...
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