“Don’t Stand By, Stand Up” Drake Leach

Performance by Drake Leach of Grapevine High School (TX) at the 2016 National Speech and Debate Association’s National Championship Tournament. Scripts: “Gunplay” – Frank Higgins “Beauty Mark” – Craig Shafer “Is There...

Selecting a Topic

The thought of speaking in front of an audience is frightening. For some, one of the most common reasons people give for their fear is that they are concerned they won’t know enough about the topic, but it’s exceptionally rare that anybody would be asked...

Categorizing Impromptu Topics

Your first time doing impromptu can be a little intimidating. It is common to feel overwhelmed when presented with random topics. What if you don’t know what any of them mean? Fortunately there are some pretty simple tricks that you can use to easily generate speech...
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