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Humourous Speech Contest

Humourous Speech Contest. … everything you wanted to know but were too afraid to ask. Why Have it?. One of 4 contests International Evaluation Humourous Table Topics Part of the reason you joined Toastmasters Personal Growth. Humourous Speech Contest. The Rules. Who Can Compete.

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Humourous Speech Contest

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  1. Humourous Speech Contest … everything you wanted to know but were too afraid to ask

  2. Why Have it? • One of 4 contests • International • Evaluation • Humourous • Table Topics • Part of the reason you joined Toastmasters • Personal Growth Humourous Speech Contest

  3. The Rules • Who Can Compete Humourous Speech Contest

  4. The Rules • Who Can Compete • Club must be of good standing Humourous Speech Contest

  5. The Rules • Who Can Compete • Club must be of good standing • District officers ineligible • Judges in other contests at same level ineligible • Multiple club members can only represent 1 club • Member must be of good standing • Complete the required form • Be here in person Humourous Speech Contest

  6. The Rules • The Speech Itself • Avoid objectionable material • More than 4min 30, less than 7 min 30 • Must be original • Follow BME rule Humourous Speech Contest

  7. The Rules • Judging Criteria • Content – 50% • Speech development, effectiveness, value, audience response • Delivery – 30% • Physical voice manner • Language – 20% • Appropriateness, correctness Humourous Speech Contest

  8. The Rewards • A certificate • Details published on the web site • Honour of representing Northrise in area contest • Personal Rewards Humourous Speech Contest

  9. The Rules • More details published on the web site http://www.toastmasters.org/fupload/media/IntlSpeechContestRules.pdf Humourous Speech Contest

  10. Who Can Do It • Anyone – just takes umph • Last years winner was on 3rd, runner up on 4th • Can do it as part of a manual speech • Newbies or • Old Codgers Humourous Speech Contest

  11. Tips to Get You Started • Remember the judging criteria • "Content" = 50% "Delivery" = 30% "Language" = 20% • Don’t follow the Cunard principle • Tell a story • Humour is for your audience – not you • It’s all in the timing – so rehearse Humourous Speech Contest

  12. Themes that work • Do the opposite • Tongue in cheek approach • Play it straight • But to the extreme • Recount a story • The Bill Cosby approach Humourous Speech Contest

  13. Themes that work • Play with words • Jeremy’s classics • Discover the Seed of Truth • Make it a great speech – and be frivolous Humourous Speech Contest

  14. More Tips • Don’t Step on the Laughter • Laughter is good - count … to 6-7 • Rule of Three • Make it a great speech – and be frivolous • Save the best for last • The rule of recency Humourous Speech Contest

  15. Using Humour Vary the Jokes and humour • Physical humour • malaprops • spoonerisms • exaggeration • put-downs, • sarcasm, • oxymorons • irony and others. Humourous Speech Contest

  16. Final Pointers • Watch the clock • Build time in for the audience • Test & Measure Humourous Speech Contest

  17. Final Pointers • Watch the clock • Build time in for the audience • Test & Measure • Go For GOLD & • J D I Humourous Speech Contest

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