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Public address events involve the performance of an originally written speech covering a specific topic or issue. Audio and visual aids are permitted for use in all public address events. Performers are heavily encouraged to integrate multiple sources into their speech. All events in this category have a 10-minute time limit. Persuasive Speaking
Public Forum debates tend to focus on current events issues and require debaters to defend either the status quo or a specified change to the status quo. [46] [47]: 1–8 Big Questions is a 1v1, 2v1, or 2v2 style of debate with a year-round topic related to morality, religion, and science.
It was one of the first international competitions to individually rank high school-level students in debating and public speaking. [3] The tournament was founded the same year as the World Schools Debating Championships to respond to the desire for an equivalent competition for public speaking at the international level.
Separate breaks are announced for the English-as-a-second language (ESL) and English-as-a-foreign language (EFL) team competitions, for the individual public speaking competition, and the "World Masters" tournament which is participated in by judges (most of whom are no longer students) representing the countries where they studied or of which ...
The public speaking events are typically memorized speeches that can be on any topic the competitor desires. Typically, the same speech is used for the entire competitive season but may not be used in more than one season. [3] For the public speaking events, they are performed with the purpose to use information to relate a message to an audience.
Since 2015, only students registered at an American college or university may compete in playoff rounds and be made National Champion, but students from foreign schools can still compete. Before 2015, foreign schools were allowed to compete in playoffs, resulting in a 2012 championship where separate tournament champions and national champions ...
The Interstate Oratory Association is the oldest public speaking organization within the United States. Founded in 1874, the IOA has held a contest for the top persuasive speakers represented from each state. Here, the 1913 IOA contest was hosted by Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky on June 9, 1913.
After 2007, it was discontinued as APDA had shortened debating tournaments and discontinued public speaking as a regular event at US tournaments. No individual ever repeated as North American Public Speaking Champion. McGill University and the University of Ottawa each had three public speaking champions, the most of any university.