This document discusses Toastmasters speech contests and provides tips for participation. It explains that contests help with learning, gaining a new audience, and personal growth. The main types of contests are evaluation, table topics, humorous, international and tall tales speeches. Eligibility requirements include club membership in good standing and completion of six speech projects. The document provides advice on various aspects of contests including content, delivery, evaluation criteria and overall tips. It emphasizes the importance of sticky content, unpredictable elements, credibility, concrete examples and storytelling.

1. Toastmaster Speech
Contests
Why and How?
By: Vinod Mehra

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3. Why Participate in Contest?

4. Why Contest
Club Needs you
Fast Track - Learning
New Audience
Stretch
Be Known, Popularity
Change (C v/s P)

5. How
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6. Contests ?
Evaluation
Table Topic
Humorous
International Speech*
Tall Tale

7. Contestant Eligibility
 Club in good standing
 Contestant in good standing
 Six projects completion
 (for International only)
 Exception – charter member of a
new club chartered since previous
July

8. Ineligible to Contest
 International officers, Director and
District officer candidates, IPDGs
 Educational Presenters of sessions at
the Area, Division and District
 Judges at any level of contests, still
competing

9. Points to remember
 If a contestant wins more
than one Club Speech
contest
he/she
may
represent only one of the
Clubs at the Area level.
 No
contestant
can
compete in more than one
Area Speech Contest even
if in different Divisions or
different Districts
Do not serve
Do not serve
as a judge if
as a judge if
you are still a
you are still a
contestant
contestant

10. Caveat - Tips
Not Audible
Not Visible
Timing devise not
visible
Dress Code
Microphone tucked
Wire Hanging

11. General - Tips
Conquer Stage – Space and Microphone
Props
110 words per minute?
Time ( - 45 seconds )
Find the Mentor** (Virtual/Physical)
Record – MP3 (Self Critic)
Attend the Judges Training
Study the Ballots

13. Total impact of your Message:
55% Visual
38% Tone and
7% words

14. Meryl Streep Makes Everything Sound More
Interesting
Video Clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=A8TSBw5JiWE

15. Content IS KING
(50%)
Delivery IS THE KEY(30%)
Speech development
(20%)
Physical (10%)
Effectiveness (15%)
Manner (10%
Voice (10%)
Speech value (15%)
Language(20%)
IS THE VEHICLE
Appropriateness (10%)
Correctness (10%)
International
Speech
Contest

16. Content IS KING
(55%)
Speech development (15%)
Effectiveness (10%)
Delivery (30%)
Physical (10%)
Voice (10%)
Manner (10%)
Speech value (15%)
Audience Response (15%)
Language (15%)
Appropriateness (10%)
Correctness (5%)
Humorous
Speech
Contest

17. Tips
 Original Content – No copy
 Craft Sticky Content
 Make it Universal
 Include Original Humor
 Rhyming*
 Rule of Three
 Pauses
 Make compatible Gesture and
Vocal variety
 Focus on delivery not winning

18. Content (55%)
Speech development
(30%)
Delivery (30%)
Physical (15%)
Voice (15%)
Effectiveness (25%)
Language (15%)
Table Topics
Speech
Contest

19. Tips for Table Topics Contest
 Listen to the Topic: ur Name –
Topic – Topic – ur Name
 It’s a mini speech – have an
OBC..losing
 Have a definite opinion & Closing
 Persuade, Inspire and Entertain
 Guerilla Opening/Closing
 Practice Topics (Abstract )

20. Analytical Quality
(40%)
Recommendations (30%)
Technique (15%)
Summation (15%)
Evaluation
Contest

21. Tips for Evaluation Contest
Make notes during the test
speech
Your choice of reference
material
Have
the
STAR
quality
(15:15:40:30)
Be Genuine and Motivating
Meaningful Suggestions – show
them

22. Overall Tips
Attend other Contest
YouTube
 Virtual Mentors
Power Posture
Sticky Content: SUCCES
 S imple





U npredictable
C redible
C oncrete
E motions
S tory

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24. Whether you think you can or think
you can’t – you are right.
Henry Ford