Toastmasters 2016

This time our task was to evaluate the three best performances at the competition TOASTMASTERS 2016.

First perfomance:

Aaron Beverly, "Leave a lasting memory using as few words as possible and strive with every fiver of your being to avoid being the type of person who rambles on and on with no end in sign more likely than not causing most listeners to sit and think to themselves oh my goodness can somebody please make this stop".

1. Speech content:

Organization: 20

Support: 15

Cohesion: 10

2. Speech Delivery:

Vocal presentation: 15

Physical presentation: 19

3. General Effectiveness

Amount of time used: 8 minutes

Adherence to time requirements: 4

Creativity: 4

Total points: 87

Second perfomance:

Josephine Lee, "I Will Be There".

1. Speech content:

Organization: 20
Support: 15
Cohesion: 10

2. Speech Delivery:

Vocal presentation: 20
Physical presentation: 17

3. General Effectiveness

Amount of time used: 8 minutes
Adherence to time requirements: 4
Creativity: 4

Total points: 90

Third perfomance:

Darren Tay, "Outsmart, Outlast".

1. Speech content:

Organization: 20
Support: 15
Cohesion: 10

2. Speech Delivery:

Vocal presentation: 20
Physical presentation: 20

3. General Effectiveness

Amount of time used: 8 minutes
Adherence to time requirements: 4
Creativity: 10

Total points: 99
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According to these charts my leaderboard looks this way:

1. Darren Tay

2. Aaron Beverly

3. Josephine Lee

I really liked the presentation of Darren Tay, because his presentation of information and the topic of the speech are very close to me. Throughout the speech, I was fascinated by his confident voice, his sense of humor and his attitude to difficult life situations. I learned that he became the winner of this contest, and I think that he won it deservedly!

Darren Tay walked onstage in a sleek black suit, paused to look at the audience, then promptly pulled a pair of white Calvin Klein briefs from his pocket! He stepped into the undergarment and stretched it around his waist, where it remained for the next 8 minutes. The unique prop was part of a speech about bullying that propelled Tay to victory over nine other finalists from across the world.

The speaker in his speech discussed a very popular topic - about bullying at school, that sometimes there are so critical moments in life that you do not want to get out of bed, go somewhere and do business. Listening to his stories from his life, you understand that such problems can be dealt with, you just have to believe in yourself (I immediately remembered a post about motivation).

Have you watched these performances? Which of them did you like best?