Toastmasters Speech Contest - How to prepare

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
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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