Calgary Sunrise Toastmasters Club
Speech
Contests 101
Trust Toastmasters to turn anything into a contest!
Why
Go To Speech Contests?
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Even if you don't want to enter the contests, you can still help
at any of these events.
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We need people to act as judges, to count ballots, to time the
speeches, and so on.
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You can also probably learn a lot just by listening to the
speeches and evaluations.
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You will also meet many members from other Toastmasters clubs.
Speech
Contest Dates
Each set of speech contests follows this sequence:
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Calgary Sunrise Club Speech Contests
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Area 48 Speech Contests
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Division J Speech Contests
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District 42 Speech Contests at the Spring Convention or the Fall
Conference
The "International
Speech Contest" continues on for 2 more levels:
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Region IV Speech Contests at the Regional Convention each year
in June
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The world-wide Speech Contests at the Toastmasters International
Convention each year in August
From the Club to the District level, we hold
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2 speech contests in the Spring (International and Evaluation)
and
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2 in the Fall (Humorous and Table Topics).
Types
of Speech Contests
International
Speech Contest (Spring, through to August)
The "International
Speech Contest" is held to choose the best speaker. It is called this because it goes all the way
to the "World Championship of Public Speaking" at the Toastmasters
International Convention each year in August.
To enter this contest, you must have done at least 6 speeches from the
basic "Communication & Leadership" manual.
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Each contestant delivers a speech on any topic.
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The speech must be 5 to 7 minutes long.
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It must be original.
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The judges select the best speaker.
Evaluation
Contest (Spring)
The Evaluation Contest
is held to choose the best speech evaluator.
Any member in good standing can enter this contest.
Here's how it works:
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A 5 to 7 minute "Test Speech" is given.
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All the evaluation contestants listen to the same speech and
make whatever notes they want.
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After the speech, the evaluation contestants have 5 minutes to
prepare their evaluations.
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The evaluation contestants come back into the contest room one
at a time, and deliver their evaluations.
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Note: Each contestant
will not hear any other evaluations before his or her own, but can stay to hear
all the following evaluations.
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Evaluations must be 2 to 3 minutes long.
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The judges select the best evaluator.
Humorous
Speech Contest (Fall)
The Humorous Speech
Contest is held to choose the best humorous speaker. Any member in good standing can enter this
contest.
Each contestant delivers a speech on any topic.
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The speech must be 5 to 7 minutes long.
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It must be original, and it must have a theme. That is, it cannot be a collection of
one-liners like a night club routine.
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The judges select the best speaker.
Table
Topics Contest (Fall)
The Table Topics Contest is
held to choose the best impromptu speaker.
Any member in good standing can enter this contest.
Here's how it works:
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All the contestants except the first one leave the contest room.
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The contestants come back into the contest room one at a time.
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The contest toastmaster reads the topic to each contestant
TWICE. It must be read verbatim so each
contestant gets exactly the same topic.
The topic must be general in nature so no special knowledge is needed.
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Note: Each contestant
will not hear any other speeches before his or her own, but can stay to hear
all the following speeches.
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Impromptu speeches must be 2 minutes long.
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The judges select the best impromptu speaker.
Calgary
Sunrise Toastmasters
Club Number: 6620
District: 42
Division J, Area 48
Charter Date: June 1,
1987
Last
Update: January 26, 2011