Your Club's International Speech Contests and Evaluation Contests

How familiar are you with the District 13 Calendar?  It's the best way to keep up with what is going on around District 13.

For instance, did you know that all the clubs in District 13 should have their International Speech and Evaluation Contests completed by February 28th?

That means if you are your club's VP of Education you should already be informing your members to start working on their contest speeches and ordering your contest materials.

You'll need to order Item 1169 for the International Speech Contest and Item 1169E for your Evaluation Contest.  You also need to arrange a Model Speaker for your Evaluation Contest - try to find someone outside of your club as your model speaker to give your contestants a fresh speaker to evaluate.

Your certificates of participation (Item 510D) , prizes and/or trophies are not included in your contest packs so be sure to make arrangements for those as well.  If you club's budget can't support purchasing trophies be creative.  Even a nice First, Second or Third place certificate is a great display of recognition.  Just don't let your winners OR participants go home empty handed.

Not sure of the rules?  Tadaaa!

Need help encouraging your members to enter the contests?  I found this article in Toastmaster's magazine, Manner of Speaking: The Real Prize, to be very effective.

Okay, you're all set!  Have a great contest and don't forget to share your results with your Area Governor.  They will be arranging the next stop for your winning speaker's contest.