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Speech Contests  

Speech contests are an educational and entertaining part of the Toastmasters experience for those members who choose to participate. Each year, over thousands of members worldwide compete across a range of contest categories, with one eventually being crowned at the International Convention as the World Champion of Public Speaking.

 

Because we are an undistricted club, we only compete in the Video Speech Contest. This contest does not advance beyond the club level (Speech Contests).

 

Contest Resources

If you are organising or participating in a contest, World Headquarters provides a range of resources to assist you with your role on the day.

  • Speech Contest Rulebook – this is the official reference document for any member organising, or participating in, speech contests. Be sure to download the latest version as the rules get updated every year.
  • Speech Contest FAQs – these contain answers to commonly asked questions about speech contests.
  • Speech Contest Tutorials – these contain useful information about how to organise a speech contest, the responsibilities of the various roles, and how to be an effective contest judge.
  • Speech Contest Resources – this is where you can find the latest versions of all speech contest forms and certificates.

Other Online Speech Contest Resources

TWB Resources

 

Contestants

There can be anywhere between 1 and 10 contestants, if there are more than 10 then there will have to be a second competition day.

To compete in the Video Speech Contest you have to:

Speech Contestant Profile form

Video speeches are recorded. The winner will be the club winner. The recording of the entire winning speech and introduction will be sent to World Headquarters, videospeechcontest@toastmasters.org before 5 p.m. Mountain Time, March 31. World Headquarters will choose an overall video speech winner from all the online clubs (2020-2021 Speech Contest Rulebook, p.19).

 

Judges

"At each level of a Toastmasters speech contest, a specified number of voting judges and officials are required. At club contests, a contest chair, chief judge, at least five (5) voting judges, a tiebreaking judge, two (2) counters, and two (2) timers are appointed, unless impractical." (2020-2021 Speech Contest Rulebook, p.9).

To be a judge at the Video Speech Contest you have to:

How to Be an Effective Contest Judge

To fulfil your role as either judge or tiebreaking judge download and use:

*Video Speeches follow the International Speech Contest rules. 

 

Timers

  • Make sure you have Green, Yellow and Red timing backgrounds (Toastmasters International - Timer Zoom Backgrounds)
  • There will be 2 Timers. One will be timing and have their video on with timing cards during the Contest (cover camera, so that timing background covers entire screen and is clearly visible). The 2nd timer will be timing in the background.
  • How to Be an Effective Online Contest Timer – to assist members serving in timer roles for online contests.
  • Make sure you have the Speech Contest Time Record Sheet and Instructions for Timers ready to complete. *Both timers record the time on the timer’s sheet and submit it to the Chief Judge.

 

Tally Counters

  • Make sure you have the Counter's Tally Sheet ready to complete (to count the judges ballots and submit to the Chief Judge). 
  • There will be 2 Counters.

 

Sergeant At Arms / Usher / Zoom Master

 

Contest Chair

 

Chief Judge

 

 

Protests

Only voting judges and/or contestants may lodge a protests. A protest must be lodged with the chief judge and/or contest chairman before the results of the contest are announced. Protests are serious matters and must be handled promptly, efficiently and fairly.

There are three reasons judges and contestants may lodge a protest; eligibility, originality, and reference to another contestant’s speech.

Eligibility is checked before the contest starts (all contestant must be paid members of the club). 

Originality: "Twenty-five percent or less of the speech may be devoted to quoting, paraphrasing, or referencing another person’s content. Any quoted, paraphrased, or referenced content must be so identified during the speech" (2020-2021 Speech Contest Rulebook, p.9). If judges deem that the speech is not original then they may protest via their ballot form.

Lastly, speakers may not reference another contestants speech, such as the person's speech before theirs.

The protest will be discussed by the judges. "The contestant must be given an opportunity to respond to the voting judges. A majority of the voting judges must concur in the decision to disqualify." All decisions of the judges are final. (2020-2021 Speech Contest Rulebook, p.15).

 

 

World Champions of Public Speaking (WCPS) Videos and List of Winners 

 

Toastmasters (2021) - 1st place - Verity Price - A Great Read (6th women to ever win)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k24vGzEjePo

 

Toastmasters (2020) - 1st place  - Mike Carr - The Librarian and Mrs. Montgomery

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA7awoBxBxc

 

Toastmasters (2019) - 1st place - Aaron Beverley - An Unbelievable Story

https://youtu.be/xmj1LBJu_Ss

 

Toastmasters (2018) - 1st place - Ramona J. Smith - Still Standing (5th women to ever win)

https://youtu.be/7Tev43VNRIc

 

Toastmasters (2017) - 1st place - Manoj Vasudevan (D80) - Bend Less, Pull More

https://youtu.be/VolzokBR-WE

 

Toastmasters (2016) - 1st place - Darren Tay Wen Jie - Outsmart; Outlast

https://youtu.be/v26CcifgEq4

 

Toastmasters (2015) - 1st place - Mohammad Qahtani - The Power of Words

https://youtu.be/qasE4ecA57Y

 

Toastmasters (2014) - 1st place - Dananjaya Hettiarachchi - I See Something

https://youtu.be/bbz2boNSeL0

 

Toastmasters (2013) - 1st place - Presiyan Vasilev - Changed by a Tire

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY-gjk1Wfp0

 

Toastmasters (2012) - 1st place - Ryan Avery - Trust is a Must

https://youtu.be/ReE7-X70iPU

 

Toastmasters (2011) - 1st place - Jock Elliott - Just So Lucky

https://youtu.be/m0a_EcZyQts

 

Toastmasters (2010) - 1st place - David Henderson - The Aviators


Toastmasters (2009) - 1st place - Mark Hunter - A Sink Full of Green Tomateos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owVknp7NQVQ


Toastmasters (2008) - 1st place - LaShunda Rundles - Speak! (4th women to ever win)

https://fb.watch/7mH6XBF_cT/


Toastmasters (2007) - 1st place - Vikas Jhingran - The Swami's Question

https://fb.watch/5o9nhuWmsL/

  

Toastmasters (2006) - 1st place - Edward Hearn - Bounce Back

 

Toastmasters (2005) - 1st place - Lance Miller - The Ultimate Question

https://youtu.be/uYVXNafMxgo

 

Toastmasters (2004) - 1st place - Randy Harvey - Lessons From Fat Dad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddjNwIFba84

 

Toastmasters (2003) - 1st place - Jim Key - Never Too Late

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54Ck5V495dA

 

Toastmasters (2002) - 1st place - Dwayne Smith - Music in the Key of Life

https://youtu.be/RuPzBOpK6Wc

 

Toastmasters (2001) - 1st place - Darren LaCroix - Ouch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puSUnj3gf_Y

 

Toastmasters (2000) - 1st place - Ed Tate - One of Those Days

 

Toastmasters (1999) - 1st place - Craig Valentine - A Key to Fulfillment

https://fb.watch/5mP-3DpH7j/

 

Toastmasters (1998) - 1st place - Brett Rutledge - My Little World

 

Toastmasters (1997) - 1st place - Willie Jones - A Warm Boot

https://youtu.be/vwL4LnvDwF0

 

Toastmasters (1996) - 1st place - David Nottage - Get Up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx3vmGDXgks

 

Toastmasters (1995) - 1st place - Mark Brown - A Second Chance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vn8sjKcSVpo

 

Toastmasters (1994) - 1st place - Morgan McArthur - Stuck To A Bucket

 

Toastmasters (1993) - 1st place - Otis Williams Jr. - It's Possible

 

Toastmasters (1992) - 1st place - Dana LaMon - Take a Chance (A blind man)

 

Toastmasters (1991) - 1st place - David Ross - The Train's Still Rollin'

https://youtu.be/9SMBRa8EnAs

  

Toastmasters (1990) - 1st place - David Brooks - Silver Bullets

 

Toastmasters (1989) - 1st place - Don Johnson - A Many-Splendored Thing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0dLR0_nUyM

 

Toastmasters (1988) - 1st place - Jerry Starke - Please Don't Walk on Mother's Roses

 

Toastmasters (1987) - 1st place - Harold Patterson - The Pain Passes

https://youtu.be/qEkKCdStM1c

  

Toastmasters (1986) - 1st place - M. Arabella Bengson - We Can Be Pygmalion (3rd women to ever win)

https://youtu.be/Gdc8a8Tef-M

 

Women weren’t eligible to compete in the event until 1973, the year that women were officially allowed to become members of Toastmasters.

 

Toastmasters’ first official World Championship of Public Speaking was in 1938.

 

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