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Tips for Ice-breaker?

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Has anyone got any tips when delivering an ice-breaker?
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yea my tip is don't worry about it its only 2 minutes of your life

just be confident and don't fidget around like a ferrett
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Be relaxed, clear and confient
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Leave one port sail the Ice Breaker at about 15 knots till you get to the next port where you deliver it
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just talk shite for two min thats wot i did ended telling me to shut up and sit down because i just went on a random rant about skydiving . plus when i have red devils selection next year i have to do a 15 min one which im sure they wont want babbling poo poo bout skydiving for 15 min so think i might talk about my fav pastime which is jellybabies ....... did you know that each coulor jellybaby has a name and a different personality yup thats right :o
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If your really nervous you could plan what you want to say before hand and mermorise it, could help...though not every one may be listening, i mean it does get boring after a while.

Or worse come to worse rhyme of your favorite chat up lines and say you got confused about what type of ice breaker it was :D
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Your ACIO/AFCO should give you a list of the topics to cover on your Ice Breaker?
Practise infront of your friends and parents till your confident with it.
Search through my posts, Im certain I have put the list up on here before!
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sky ninja steve wrote:just talk shite for two min thats wot i did ended telling me to shut up and sit down because i just went on a random rant about skydiving . plus when i have red devils selection next year i have to do a 15 min one which im sure they wont want babbling poo poo bout skydiving for 15 min so think i might talk about my fav pastime which is jellybabies ....... did you know that each coulor jellybaby has a name and a different personality yup thats right :o
this made me laugh mate lol dont you have to cover the topics they give you then ? i have got to go on 29th oct .
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im just gona wing it and try not to say errr or ummmm to much
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chest out, hands behind your back, Def not in your pockets or moving about wildly. Speak clearly and loudly and dont try and rush it or you will have to chat more in the same time period. Try and keep eye contact with your audience or if you cant, try focusing on 1 point. its worse than having roving eyes or looking down.

Be confident, your talking about yourself and your reasons you cant give a wrong answer. Try not to say err or umm or the like too much. Its not a pass or fail on what you say its the way you say it that counts.
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Do not over rehearse it!!!! you will sound like an idiot.
Learn the bullet points ie headings, then just fill in the gaps.
Relax and enjoy it, how often have you had the chance to talk yourself up in front of an audience.
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MSI64 wrote: how often have you had the chance to talk yourself up in front of an audience.
I did that once.....Ended up playing Henry the Fifth in high school :roll:
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Just don't worry about it. By the time you do it you will have had plenty of time to get chatting with other lads so it won't feel like you're talking to complete strangers. The 2 minutes will fly by. Even if you only say a little about each bullet point, 2 minutes is barely enough. I could've talked for ages, myself is my fave subject :D
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be confident, don't hold back...say what you think...it's easy!
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Re: Tips for Ice-breaker?

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how long is the ice breaker at selection?......recently passed interview with office manager at careers office (waitin for date to go to selection) and he said something about talkin for 10 mins..

Thanks for any replys

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