AREA 16
A Select Distinguished Area of Division "C" District 47
   Area Governor - Scott Hoehn II, ACG, CL
"This C.O.G. Wheel is Spinning!"

The Great Clubs of Area 16

Court Muse - Orlando
Florida Hospital - Orlando
 Mayflower - Winter Park
MSL - Winter Park
Orlando Conquerors

South Lake - Clermont
 Turnpike Toasters
Crummer @ Rollins - Winter Park
 Say It Again (BoA) - Orlando
 Club Orange - Orlando

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TOASTMASTERS SPEECH CONTESTS!!!

KNOW THE UPCOMING DATES BEFORE COMMITTING TO A CONTEST.  Before you decide to compete in a contest, find out when all the upcoming contests will take place to ensure they do not conflict with your schedule.  MANY times the best speakers never make it to the next level of competition because they forgot about a family vacation or business meeting that occurred on the same date.  Therefore, the best representative of Clubs, Areas, Divisions, Districts and Regions are NOT always the ones competing at the next competition.  Check your schedule and PLAN to go ALL THE WAY!  You deserve it!

HAVE A PLAN "B" - Be SURE your Second Place Winners at each and every level attend the subsequent contest.  Many times plans have changed at the very last moment which prevented a First Place Winner from attending.  Without the second place winner, they were no longer represented.

The International Speech Contest is the only contest of the four annual contests (Humorous, Evaluation, Table Topics and International) that goes beyond the District level.  Winners from District 47 will compete in the Region 8 Contest and hopefully will progress to the International Contest.  The winner of that contest will hold the title of World Champion of Public Speaking.

The International Contest is also the only one that has a prerequisite that a member must have at least SIX manual speeches complete before competing.  The only exception to this, is regarding newly Chartered Clubs, where the six manual speech requirement is waived.  All other contests (Table Topics, Humor, etc) do not have any prerequisites other than to be a paid member of a Toastmasters Club that is also in good standing.

The subject of the International Speech Contest is up to you, but it should be one of universal interest (motivational, inspiring, etc).  You can use humor and every other technique you’ve learned in Toastmasters to make it effective.  The best (winning) speeches seem to be those that take you on an emotional roller coaster from joy, to struggle (overcoming some sort of hardship/life lesson, etc) back to joy again.  It can be about your own life or someone else’s.  As David Brook (World Champion) says “To make a point… tell a story”. 

All Speech Contests Follow This Progression:

1st Competition is at the Club Level, where eligible club members compete for First Place.
2nd Competition is the Area Level where each Club's winners compete with other winners within their Area.
3rd Competition is at the Division Level, where each Area's winners compete with other winners within their Division.
4th Level is at the District Level, where the Division winners compete with other winners within the District.

The International (World Championship) Speech Contest proceeds to Two More Levels:
5th Level is at the Regional Level, where the District winners compete with other winners within their Region.
Finally, the 6th Level is the International Level where all Regional winners compete for the World Championship of Public Speaking!

Speak UP!  And accept the challenge of the following annual Speech Contests.  Everyone WINS simply be joining in.

FALL CONTESTS:  HUMOROUS SPEECH CONTEST       EVALUATION CONTEST

SPRING CONTESTS:  INTERNATIONAL SPEECH CONTEST (World Championship)     TABLE TOPICS CONTEST

Conducting Quality Contest - Information presented by Alan Brents, ATMG/CL
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