Ben Carson Social Club (Malawi Polytechnic)

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Students of public speaking continually ask, "How can I overcome self-consciousness and the fear that paralyzes me before an audience?"Did you ever notice in looking from a train window that some horses feed near the track and never even pause to look up at the thundering cars, while just ahead at the next railroad crossing a farmer's wife will be nervously trying to quiet her scared horse as the train goes by?How would you cure a horse that is afraid of cars—graze him in a back-woods lot where he would never see steam-engines or automobiles, or drive or pasture him where he would frequently see the machines?Apply horse-sense to ridding yourself of self-consciousness and fear: face an audience as frequently as you can, and you will soon stop shying. You can never attain freedom from stage-fright by reading a treatise. A book may give you excellent suggestions on how best to conduct yourself in the water, but sooner or later you must get wet, perhaps even strangle and be "half scared to death." There are a great many "wetless"bathing suits worn at the seashore, but no one ever learns to swim in them. To plunge is the only way.
Dale Carnegie,The Art of Public Speaking

Lets not forget to be at the American Corner next to the Polytechnic Library today at 12:15. Please bring a friend

That was on Friday, lunch hour. As the debate heated up on the motion:-"Should the Government Continue to Subsidize School Fees for Students at the University of Malawi?" Waw! it was awesome. Participation was marvelous. Big Up! to the teams.

That was on Friday, lunch hour. As the debate heated up on the motion:-"Should the Government Continue to Subsidize School Fees for Students at the University of Malawi?" Waw! it was awesome. Participation was marvelous. Big Up! to the teams.

15 mins. American Corner Polytechnic

Fantastic video on using 2-minute power poses to change your confidence. https://www.ted.com/talks/amy_cuddy_your_body_language_shapes_who_you_are?language=en -1243910

Your body language shapes who you are Body language affects how others see us, but it may also change how we see ourselves. Social psychologist Amy Cuddy shows how “power posing” -- standing in a posture of confidence, even when we don’t feel confident -- can affect testosterone and cortisol levels in the brain, and might even have an i…

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The American Corner-Blantyre through U.S. Embassy has organized Jazz Music festival. The event will take place on Saturday, 16th April, 2016 at the Polytechnic Open Theatre, starting at 1:30 pm and ending at 4:00 pm. His Worship the Mayor of Blantyre City, Mr Noel Chalamanda, will be the Guest of Honor.

The festival is part of Jazz Month celebrations which take place every year in April, in the United States. Our program is particularly aimed at motivating Malawians to appreciate the history of jazz music and how it has impacted on American and Malawian cultures. The event will also help the youth to appreciate and preserve cultural heritage.

The program will start with a quiz competition, where members of the audience will have a chance to win bags, drink bottles and writing materials. This will be followed by musical performances and presentations of American and Malawian Jazz facilitated by U.S. Peace Corps volunteer Nikolai Reitz and renowned Malawian musicians (Wenham Chechamba, Waliko Makhala, and Ben Michael Mankhamba)

You are all invited.

The afternoon of 8th April, 2016, it was all about different personal definitions of "success" members learned a lot and had fun. Foster Mandala a.k.a "Thrive" led an open discussion on "Success as a Lifestyle". Keep fire burning Ben Carson Social club!!!!

On 1st April, 2016 a YALI 2016 Fellow- Ms Glory Muva share her lessons with 32 members of Ben Carson Social club, which she had learned from the training she underwent. Her presentation include: Attributes of a leader, authentic leadership, and ladder of Accountability & leadership. Prior to the Fellow’s Talk, participants had an icebreaker-a “thought exercise”, in which two random nouns were given to each individual to make a sensible two-minute’s story connecting those nouns. This exercise aimed at practicing impromptu public speaking.

Participants learned a lot, they had fun, there was good interaction between participants and the Fellow. Kind regards to all.