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State Youth Speakers Tournament
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Place TBD
NATIONAL INVITATIONAL YOUTH SPEAKERS TOURNAMENT
June 19, 2009
Covington, Louisiana |
| What is the Youth Speakers Tournament? |
The Kentucky Youth Speakers Tournament is a ministry of the Youth Ministry Department. If a church does not have a discipleship ministry, students may participate in the tournament with the help of an adult church member. Speakers in the tournament are judged on composition and delivery of their speeches.
Youth Speakers Tournament demands serious time and effort, but the pay-off is tremendous! It is exciting to watch the spiritual growth that occurs as youth go through the process of researching, studying, and preparing his/her speech. Encourage youth to pray for God’s guidance as they choose a speech topic and consider how to develop it.
Today’s speakers will be more prepared to stand for Christ and their Christian beliefs. Evidence of this will be seen as they interact with others at church, at school, at work, and in their communities. What a joy it is to see teenagers develop the skills and have the desire to share their faith with others in a way that people can hear and understand.
| State Awards and Scholarships |
The first place winner will represent the Kentucky Baptist Convention at the National Invitational Youth Speakers Tournament in Covington, Louisiana. The Youth Ministry Department will provide participation fees, award banquet costs for the winner and two parent(s) or leader(s), and up to $500.00 in travel costs. (NOTE: Should the state winner be unable to participate in the national tournament, the second place winner will be invited to participate
Campbellsville University, The University of the Cumberlands, and Georgetown College will give scholarships worth up to $3,600.00 total to the state winner and runner-up. These scholarships will be applied toward tuition upon enrollment. As long as they continue at the college and meet the required grade point average, the scholarships will be renewed each semester for a total of four years.
Church Tournament: Plans and preparation for youth participation in the Speakers Tournament are to be made jointly by the Discipleship Training Director and the youth leadership. Each association determines how many participants the church can send to the associational tournament.
Associational Tournament: The associational event is to be held by April 9, 2009 for those participating the State Tournament. It is to be held at the time and place designated by the Associational Discipleship Training Director and/or council. The Associational Discipleship Training youth consultant or someone appointed by him is responsible for conducting the tournament. Each association can send three participants to the state tournament. The Associational Discipleship Training Director or someone appointed by them is responsible for registering the name and information on-line by April 15th 2009.
State Tournament: The Kentucky Youth Speakers Tournament will be April 25. Morning preliminary tournaments will select participants for the final Tournament to be held on Saturday afternoon. The Kentucky representative and alternate will be selected at that time.
National Tournament: The state winner will represent Kentucky in Covington, Louisiana June 19, 2009.
| Guidelines for Participants |
- Each speaker must compose his/her own speech. Re-search should include the Bible and other sources. With proper credit, it is permissible to use quotations from any source. In the written speech, quoted material should be footnoted [or contain a “Works Cited” page. When the speech is delivered, the speaker should indicate that the material used is being quoted, but he/she is not required to give the complete source of the quotation.
- Each speaker is required to present a typed (double-spaced) manuscript of his/her speech to the Bible Drill caller of each district tournament.
- Each speaker will have four to six minutes. Speeches shorter or longer will be penalized two points per 10 seconds (up to 10 points) for failure to stay within the time allotment.
- Speakers will be judged on the basis of 100 points. Content/composition will count 50 percent, and de-livery will count 50 percent.
- A speaker is disqualified only for such major reasons as not being of the eligible age, using a speech that is not his own, or not being a member of a Southern Baptist Church.
- Using notes is discouraged and will be taken into consideration by the judges.
- You may choose from one of the following topics:
- Do You Live What You Say You Believe?
- Being Certain in a World of no Absolutes
- My Space or His Space
- Why Should I Be A Church Member?
- The Bible: My Compass for Life
- One Woman, One Man, Two Rings and a Preacher
- Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
- My World, My Witness
- Promises Made, Promises Kept
- Words: Tools for Destruction or Construction
- Modest Is Hottest—What Modesty Means to Me
- Forgiveness Means Being Able to Start Over
- Tolerance—How much is too much?
- Family Matters
Some tips for preparation:
- Well in advance, thoughtfully choose your subject. Consider the audience. Will they be interested in the subject? What will they know about the subject? What will be their attitude toward the subject?
- Observe and talk with others.
- Consult your church, school, and public libraries for resource material. Several resources should be used.
- Determine your aim or objective. Do you want to interest, inform, convince, or persuade? Select words that express exactly what you mean. Include quotations, questions, illustrations, comparisons, and contrasts.
- Read extensively before you begin the construction of your speech. Take notes on what you read. (Caution: Think about the subject before you start reading, or you will be overwhelmed with more ideas than you can use.)
- In one sentence, state the main purpose or idea.
- Outline your speech. Ask yourself questions about the subject. These questions could form the outline of your speech. Consider the introduction, the body, and the conclusion.
- Ask your pastor, speech, or English teacher to read/listen to your speech and make suggestions.
- Practice your speech until you say it with confidence and with natural expression.
Helpful Hints For A Successful Speech:
- Get plenty of rest the night before the speech.
- Drink plenty of water to avoid dehydration, and eat a nutritious meal that day.
- Assume a relaxed, but upright posture and use only hand gestures and facial expressions that are natural.
- Appear calm and relaxed. Avoid nervous mannerisms (hands in pockets, twisting hands, shifting weight from one foot to the other, and so forth).
- Maintain eye contact with the audience.
- Speak up loudly enough for the audience to hear you.
- Speak slowly enough so that the audience can comfortably comprehend your speech.
- Articulate each word clearly, but don’t over enunciate where words come out sounding odd.
- Present the speech fluently and confidently.
- Enjoy yourself! This is a special time for you to share what God has put on your heart.
| Judging the Youth Speakers Tournament |
There should be three judges for the Youth Speakers Tournament.
Content/composition and delivery are the two categories used by the judges as a basis for judging the speakers. Participants will be scored on the following 10 areas on a scale of 1 to 10: (2=poor; 10=excellent). Participants will be penalized 2 points per 10 seconds for failure to stay within time allotment. Points will be deducted for inappropriate dress only as the event coordinator instructs the judges.
Click here for a copy of the score sheet.
CONTENT/COMPOSITION (50%)
1. Originality/Related to Subject. Does the speech deal with the subject? Does the speech seem to reflect the participant’s own convictions? Does the speech give evidence of original and creative thinking by the participant?
2. Organization/Logical Sequencing. Is the content arranged in such a way that the audience has no difficulty in following the speech? Is the speech designed to develop the content in an orderly way?
3. Structure/Grammar. Does the participant use complete sentences, and are the sentences grammatically correct?
4. Purpose Accomplished. Does the speech do what it is intended to do as evidenced by the subject and content?
5. Use of Resources and Proper Credit. Are a variety of good sources used? When using resources, do they reflect an adequate understanding of the various facets of the subject? Are resources used in a way that add strength to the content of the speech? Does the delivered speech indicate that the material used is being quoted?
DELIVERY (50%)
1. Eye Contact with Audience. Does the speaker maintain eye contact with audience? Does he/she look at people in all sections of the audience?
2. Articulate and Expressive Voice. Does the speaker speak with good energy and enunciate clearly? Does the speaker speak with directness and sincerity? Is the speech convincing and understandable?
3. Poise and Confidence. Does the speaker appear to be composed and at ease? Does the speaker appear to believe in himself and his message? Does he/she speak with passion?
4. Posture/Movement/Gesturing. Does the speaker have good posture and appropriate body movement? Are hand and arm movements effective? Does the speaker use appropriate facial expressions.
5. Delivered from Memory. Does the speaker rely on notes? Does the speaker require prompting? (Speakers do not need to deliver speech word-for-word.) |
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