Events
Toastmasters Open House 2022! —> more info
Speech competition —> Mina Kostova will be competing in the area contest.
Each year, thousands of Toastmasters compete in speech contests. Competitions begin at a club level, and winners can continue competing all the way through the area, division, and district levels. The International competition has two additional levels — semifinals and the World Championship of Public Speaking® *
- Fall Contests will include the Humorous Speech Contest and the Table Topic Contest.
- Spring Contests will include the International Speech Contest and the Evaluations Contest
Contest Schedule
Autum Competition Dates
September/October – Club Contests
October – Area Contents
November – Division Contests
Spring Competition Dates
February/March – Club Contests
April – Area Contents
May – Division Contests
District 108 Finals TBD
Speech contest details:
- Evaluation Contest – Contestants observe a 5 to 7 minute-long speech and have 2-3 minutes to give their evaluation. The best evaluation voted by the judges wins.
- Humorous Speech Contest – Contestants give a 5 to 7 minute-long funny speech. The subject for the Humorous Contest speech must be selected by the contestant. The best speaker voted by the judges wins.
- International Speech Contest – Contestants give a 5 to 7 minute-long speech on any topic. The best speaker voted by the judges wins.
- Table Topic Contest – Contestants give an impromptu on a topic chosen by the contest chair. The topic must be a reasonable length, must not require a detailed knowledge, and must lead to an opinion or conclusion. Contestants will receive no advance knowledge of the topic until they are introduced by the contest chair. The same topic is assigned to each speaker. The best speaker voted by the judges wins.
[*] Content taken from https://www.tmd29.org/events/contests/fall-2020-table-topics-humorous-speech-schedule/
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Past Events
- Tampere Toastmasters Open House 2022Would you like to… Then Toastmasters is for you! Come to our Open House and see the benefits of becoming a member of Tampere Toastmasters. March 17 … Continued
- Area B2 and B4 Humorous and Table topic contests 2021Today was our area B2&B4 Humorous and Table topics contests. What a day! We met in person! Invaluable experience.Tampere Toastmasters was represented by Jose Maria Perez-Macias who took the third … Continued
- Club Speech Contest October 2021How can people become better communicators in their daily life? Our Table topics contestants agreed on practice, crafting a message, listening actively (especially to your wife), and … Continued
- Tampere Toastmasters goes InternationalDo you dare to take a shot? Some weeks ago, two of our Tampere Toastmasters members went international! represented by Adriana Vasilache and Anna Männikko. In Toastmasters, … Continued
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