Galactic Activity 21
Speaking competitions are a great way to develop your skills in designing, polishing and presenting a speech in a competitive environment. No matter where you finish, entering a speaking competition will develop your public speaking skills and confidence faster than any other activity.
Activity 21 – Enter a speaking competition
Duration: depends on the competition – usually 6-8 minutes
Applicable Streams: Personal challenge, comedy, humour, story telling, Leadership
Aim
In this activity you are aiming to:
Enter, prepare for and participate in a speaking competition
Objectives
To do this, you will need to keep the following objectives in mind:
- Enter a speaking competition
- Prepare your entry
- Participate with the intention of giving your best performance on the day
The Why…
Activities in a Rostrum Club setting are one thing, but levelling up and entering a competition above the club level is a real stretch – and that’s why you’re in Galactic – to stretch your skills as far as you can!
Where do I start?
The How
Specific guidelines on how to tackle this activity.
- Deliver something at competition level that addresses comp criteria in your Rostrum zone
- Completing this activity could be participating in the actual competition, or delivering a practice run in a Rostrum Club meeting.
- Enter a competition that will present a challenge to you in terms of the size of the audience or the competition criteria.
- Prepare the entry according to the criteria for that competition.
- Do the best you can on the day – which of course will be helped by as many practice runs as you can muster before the event.
Tips and traps
Guidelines for Program Director:
