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Stage Time: Speech Competitors Must Hear This Rock Star's Brilliance

Sponge ArticlesBy Darren LaCroix 8 Comments

It is that time of year again when eighty-one of the top speech competitors from around the world prepare for the biggest speech of their lives. They are the semi-finalists competing in this year’s World Championship of Public Speaking. There are also thousands of speech competitors who are licking their wounds wondering where they went…

Ask Darren: “Did you have 3 speeches that you were working on from the beginning?”

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For each of the top three levels of the contest you must have a different speech. There are judges who have outlines of your previous speeches to ensure that you are not using prior material. Many serious competitors work on all three speeches from the start. But I prefer to focus on one speech at…