icebreaker
Posted: Sun 06 Apr, 2008 10:34 pm
Can anybody give me advice on what to include in the icebreaker? It would be greatly appreciated.
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Posted: Mon 07 Apr, 2008 10:19 am
Take plenty of Woollies
Posted: Mon 07 Apr, 2008 10:55 am
When i went to pirbright i had to do just a 3 min talk, so it should be easy talking about yourself. You could just say it like this:
Introduce yourself, name, age and where your from and include who you live with.
Hobbies
Why i want to join the army, try to include why that particular regiment aswell.
Finish off with saying thankyou to the instructors and staff whos looked after you.
And i think thats about it
Introduce yourself, name, age and where your from and include who you live with.
Hobbies
Why i want to join the army, try to include why that particular regiment aswell.
Finish off with saying thankyou to the instructors and staff whos looked after you.
And i think thats about it
Posted: Mon 07 Apr, 2008 11:54 am
only took 20 secs to read that!,any more advice 
Posted: Mon 07 Apr, 2008 12:28 pm
Just elaborate on the above from Bakes (You're not expecting us to supply a verbatim piece for you to memorise are you? )
The bumph and leaflets you get from the AFCIO give plenty of buzz-words that are useful when you put a few notes together. Look at the 'personal challenges' and wanting to be part of a close team. Looking forward to the training aspect and opportunity to develop personal skills and fitness is another standard sentence to mention. Keeping it informal helps when you stand up to give your spiel... Unless you're used to speaking in front of people, some lads might freeze up at the thought.
They're not out to catch you out... But DO make sure you practise what you want to say so you don't end up looking a muppet. First impressions 'n all that!
Mention hobbies by all means........ as long as they're your 'standard hobbies' or unusual but sporty. (Kite surfing?? Moto-cross?) Or unusual but non-geeky....
Letting everyone know you're a Trekkie, a cross-dresser, or collect miniature dolls from foreign lands might not be a good move so early in your career
).......Why i want to join the army, try to include why that particular regiment aswell.
The bumph and leaflets you get from the AFCIO give plenty of buzz-words that are useful when you put a few notes together. Look at the 'personal challenges' and wanting to be part of a close team. Looking forward to the training aspect and opportunity to develop personal skills and fitness is another standard sentence to mention. Keeping it informal helps when you stand up to give your spiel... Unless you're used to speaking in front of people, some lads might freeze up at the thought.
They're not out to catch you out... But DO make sure you practise what you want to say so you don't end up looking a muppet. First impressions 'n all that!
Mention hobbies by all means........ as long as they're your 'standard hobbies' or unusual but sporty. (Kite surfing?? Moto-cross?) Or unusual but non-geeky....
Letting everyone know you're a Trekkie, a cross-dresser, or collect miniature dolls from foreign lands might not be a good move so early in your career
Posted: Mon 07 Apr, 2008 1:46 pm
billS wrote:
Whats your IQ?
Posted: Mon 07 Apr, 2008 2:16 pm
Speak slower than you read.......billS wrote:
Posted: Mon 07 Apr, 2008 3:22 pm
,be better after a few of the previous Posted: Mon 07 Apr, 2008 4:39 pm
Well if you are off to lichfield, you will have a clip board with things you will need to talk about listed on it.
Talk only last's about 2-3 minutes so if you cant fill that time you must have a pritty boring life
They score you out of 5 if im right.
Talk only last's about 2-3 minutes so if you cant fill that time you must have a pritty boring life
They score you out of 5 if im right.
Posted: Mon 07 Apr, 2008 4:49 pm
how many if your wrong then? Posted: Tue 08 Apr, 2008 8:07 pm
More of the same mate, if you just say who you are, what your into, where you life, who with, which unit you wish to join and why you'll more than likely find your 2-3 minutes will be up after that.
Just make sure you speak slightly slower than you would normally, then you can think about what your going to say rather than stop-starting.
It's nothing to worry about mate, when I did mine there was an A3 board with points on which to speak to help you out as well.
RSC is easy mate, I spent most of my time laughing at the little girl comments a lot of the guys were making "whoa if you thought yesterday was hard, wait till you do today!" one guy said to a new comer and "that 1.5 was REALLY hilly, they said it'd be flat!
" I tried not to, but just couldn't help myself from laughing
Skeav
Just make sure you speak slightly slower than you would normally, then you can think about what your going to say rather than stop-starting.
It's nothing to worry about mate, when I did mine there was an A3 board with points on which to speak to help you out as well.
RSC is easy mate, I spent most of my time laughing at the little girl comments a lot of the guys were making "whoa if you thought yesterday was hard, wait till you do today!" one guy said to a new comer and "that 1.5 was REALLY hilly, they said it'd be flat!
" I tried not to, but just couldn't help myself from laughing Skeav
Posted: Wed 04 Jun, 2008 4:34 am
Don't forget to include jokes!
Posted: Wed 04 Jun, 2008 2:40 pm
yeah good point about the jokes! when i done mine i finished by sticking my fingers in my ears, closing my eyes tightly then proceeded to stamp my right foot around the ground - making a grimacing face as i done so. I then asked the audience ' Whats this?? ' to which they replied 'Er dunno'...
'Irish minesweeper' says I...BOOM BOOM
'Irish minesweeper' says I...BOOM BOOM