Information Pack for 2017 - 2018 Introduction The Rotary Youth Speaks Competition is a well-established and successful competition organised and promoted by Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland. It is a four stage competition which is designed to support and encourage the development of effective communication skills. Some stages may have more than one round. Aims This competition aims to offer young people: experience in speaking on a public platform as a member of a team an incentive to formulate ideas on topical subjects discipline in dealing with a topic in a limited time the opportunity of learning and practising high standards of expression, presentation and appearance impartial feedback and assessment of performance by experienced adjudicators Who can take part? The competition is open to schools and college communities including that are home educated and any other young people’s community organisations, for example, community RotaKids, community Interact, Scout Groups, Girl Guides. Each team will comprise of three students in full time education in two age groups: Intermediate 11 to 13 years Senior 14 to 17 years With the age qualifying date of 31 August 2017, it should be noted that some junior entrants may be 11, intermediate entrants 14 and senior entrants 18 at the time of some or all stages of the competitions (e.g. a competitor who is 17 on 31 August but turns 18 on 1 September is allowed to enter). Students should the competition organised by the local Rotary club through their respective group, as detailed above. Competitors, schools, colleges and other organisations can participate in a district that is outside of their boundary, but can only compete in one club or district. The Four Stages of the Competition Local Heats Organised by local Rotary clubs between September and December. Age group winners of local heats are entered into a district competition. District should be notified of club entries by 11th December 2017. Local Rotary Clubs can be found using the club finder in the top right hand corner of the Rotary website rotarygbi.org.
Judge’s Score Sheet Team Topic Member Aspect Marks Points to be considered Comments Score Chairperson Manages the meeting Delivery 5 Effective use of voice, clear enunciation, audibility, easy manner, natural gestures, expression of personality, humour in the right context. Control 10 Business-like, yet courteous handling of the meeting. Maintain a good atmosphere with a calm & courteous manner showing appropriate attention. Process 10 Welcome audience. Explain meeting structure. Introduce the team & the subject. Inform audience of relevance / expertise of Speaker to subject of speech. Act as a conduit for the question & seek clarification if required. Conclude the meeting. Speaker Presents and develops a topic and answers a question Delivery 10 Effective use of voice, clear enunciation, audibility, easy manner, natural gestures, expression of personality, humour in the right context. Impact on and ability to involve the audience. Show appropriate attention during the meeting. Subject 10 Content of the speech and 15 Introduction: Get the audience to want to listen to the talk. Body