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The Tenth Annual Honors Program Public Speaking Contest 2014

OPEN TOPICS-in Informative and Persuasive speaking-

(In observance of Ferris States involvement in THE AMERICAN

DEMOCRACY PROJECT civic engagement themes are highly

Encouraged!)

Criteria and Rules:

This contest is open to all Ferris State Honors students currently enrolled in Comh 121intro to Public Address. Speeches should run 6-8 minutes with visuals encouraged butnot mandatory. The speeches will be either informative or persuasive on any topic ofcontemporary interest. (Due to FSUs commitment to the Carnegie Foundation PoliticalEngagement Project and the American Democracy Project, topics focusing on anyaspect of political or civic engagement are encouraged, but not mandatory.The speeches themselves can be easily adapted from the honors sections speechprojects).

Each honors section will elect the top two speeches from their class to represent theirclass in the preliminaries, or professors will tap students to participate. Any honorsstudent currently enrolled in Comh 121 can nominate themselves and are free to enter

as well.

Preliminaries will be scheduled from 6-7PM on Tues. Nov. 18 in rooms in the StarrBuilding. (Rooms will be announced in classes). In four preliminary rounds the topspeaker will be selected in each round to advance to the finals in Science 102 at 7:30PMon Nov. 18th.

Finals will be judged by a distinguished judging panel and the speaker awards will be:

$90. Gift certificate for first prize; runners up will each receive a $20. Gift

certificate.

Dress: business casualVisuals and powerpoint are allowed and encouraged-but students shouldallow for possible powerpoint/computer issues and have a plan B!Good luck!

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Honors Public Speaking contest Entry Form

Entry Form:

Name_________________________

Student ID number_________________________

Phone contact and e-mail address______________

Comh. 121 Professor________________________

Entry forms will be delivered by your Communication Professor to Dr. PattensFaculty Mailbox.

Questions can be directed to: Dr. Patten 112 Johnson Hall x3621

A note on dress and visuals: Professional or business casual dress is encouraged;Visuals are permitted, overheads, posters, powerpoint-but have a PLAN B! (powerpoint isnotorious for malfunctioning-so run your major screens on transparencies if possible

with paper backup-the rooms will have either a document projector or an old fashionedoverhead-so bring both!)

A note on judging: judges will be Ferris communication professors as well as staff andadministrators with experience in communication. All will use the standard rubric-but

judges are free to interpret the rubric in terms of their own judging philosophy. All

judges rulings are final. We will make every attempt to ensure you are not judged byyour own professor.

GOOD LUCK!

Entry Deadline: Mon. Nov. 10th 5PM