Tiffany, the chair of the International Speech Contest segment, began the meeting by welcoming everyone and explaining how the contest would run. Speakers had 5-7 minutes to give a completely original prepared speech.
The first contestant, Clark, gave a speech about the benefits of collaborative teamwork in getting work done. Jocelyne, the second speaker, gave a speech about her mentor's lasting influence in her life.
Tiffany concluded the Speech contest segment by interviewing both contestants while the judges scores were collected and tallied.
After a quick break, Pearl, the second chair of the meeting began the Evaluation Contest Segment. With a brief overview of the contest procedures, she called on the target speaker. Amel, the target speaker, gave a 5-7 minute speech titled "Follow your Heart: Don't Close your Eyes."
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| Amel, the target speaker at the Evaluation Contest. |
After the speech, contestants were given a few minutes outside the meeting room to prepares their evaluation remarks while Pearl interviewed Amel about the content of her speech and her reasons for being a target speaker.
The contestants- Kenny and Parimal- were then called in one after the other and gave their 2-3 minute evaluations of the speech. After the contestants were interviewed it was time to announce the winners.
For the International Speech Contest, Jocelyne won first place with Clark coming in second.
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| Jocelyne, the first place winner of the International Speech contest with Area Governors Rajan and Odecca and Club President Bhushan. |
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| Clark, the second place winner of the International Speech contest with Area Governors Rajan and Odecca and Club President Bhushan. |
For the Evaluation Contest, Parimal won first place with Kenny coming in second.
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| Parimal, the first place winner of the Evaluation contest with Area Governors Rajan and Odecca and Club President Bhushan. |
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| Kenny, the second place winner of the Evaluation contest with Area Governors Rajan and Odecca and Club President Bhushan. |
Both Jocelyne and Parimal will represent the club at the Area Contest on March 12.
