Club Speech Contest - March 27th

International Speech - 5 to 7 minutes:

Any topic at all, so long as it is original, and can be funny, serious, or whatever, and it must be original. The reason this contest is called "International Speech" instead of "General Speech" or "Miscellaneous Speech" is because it's the only one of the five contests that goes as far as the World level. Each August, winners from the eight Regions and the overseas clubs (9 contestants in all) compete at the World Convention in the World Championship of Public Speaking.



Evaluation - 2 to 3 minutes:
A target speaker gives a speech which all the evaluation contestants are to evaluate. The contestants are taken from the room and given five minutes to prepare their speeches and make notes. Then, their notes are taken away and they are brought back into the room one by one (at which time the contestant gets his notes back) to deliver their oral evaluation of the target speech. Since no contestant hears what another said about the target speech, the judges can compare the analytical abilities of the contestants.



Who gets to compete?
Any member in good standing (i.e. you have paid your dues) can compete when the contests come around -- except for current District and International officers and candidates for same -- except for the International Speech Contest. To compete in the International Speech Contest, you must have given at least six manual speeches towards your CTM. The sixth speech can be the one given for the club contest. This requirement is intended to prevent professional speakers from joining Toastmasters out of the blue solely to compete toward the World Championship of Public Speaking. District and International officers are barred so the judges won't be swayed by their titles.