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SFK Intercollegiate Arts Competition

Public Speaking | SFK

Mon, 30 Mar 2026
18:00 - 21:00

🤩🎤 Hold onto your speaking hats because it's time for none other than Public Speaking!!! 🎤🤩

 

Brought to you by the fantastic Mary White SFK Representative Team, this event is all about unleashing your verbal prowess through prepared and impromptu speech.

 

💚 Who: All On-Campus UNE Students

⏰ When: Monday 30th March, 6pm -

📍 Where: The Bistro, UNE

🍕 Free Food Available

🍻 Bistro Bar Open for Service

 

Feel the adrenaline as each team throws their best contender into the ring, abiding by the following rules.
👉 Prepared speakers will be given a set list of topics and will need to choose one of these topics to base their speech around.
👉 Prepared speakers should aim to speak for 5 minutes with warning bells at 4, 4.5, & 5 minutes.
👉 Impromptu speakers will each be given their topic on the night with 1 minute of preparation time.
👉 Impromptu speakers should aim to speak for 2 minutes, with warning bells at 1.5, 2, & 2.5 minutes.

 

Every speech will then be judged on the following categories:
✅ 20% Speech Development (Structure, Organisation, Support Material)
✅ 15% Effectiveness (Achieved Purpose, Interest, Reception)
✅15% Speech Value (Ideas, Logic, Original Thought)
✅ 10% Physical (Appearance, Body Language)
✅ 10% Voice (Flexibility, Volume)
✅ 10% Manner (Directness, Assurance, Enthusiasm)
✅ 10% Appropriateness (To speech purpose & audience)
✅ 10% Correctness (Grammar, Pronunciation, Word Selection)

 

For further information, reach out to your team's SFK representative.

Schedule

6:00 pm
Doors Open
6:30 pm
Event Starts
7:30 pm
Brief Intermission
8:30 pm
Event Concludes
9:00 pm
Venue Closes
The Bistro, UNE
Armidale NSW 2350, Australia

New South Wales, Australia

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