Five tips from behind the scenes of some powerful speeches by young people.
You can read my parting blog for Restless Development, the global agency for youth-led development, here.
Have you been thrown in the deep end and asked to speak at an event tomorrow? Did they ‘want to get the perspective of someone young like you’ but offered no steer other than ‘just be yourself’? Or maybe you’re like me, and you’ve been asked by that young person to help them speak in front of people they suspect might not really be listening?
These are some extracts from spine-tingling speeches I’ve heard from young activists and some tips I’ve been privileged to learn from them……..