Division B Contest - Part One of Three - The Target Speech

Division B Contest - Oct 17 at Wescorp in San Dimas



Well, I won! On to the District F contest in Fullerton on Nov. 14th. This first part will give information on the target speech. The second part on my mental process during the target speech and the 5 minutes all the evaluation contestants were given to organize their presentation. The third part is a video taping of my award-winning evaluation.



Part One: The Target Speech



Title: One for the Road



Presenter: Nigel



Props: 2 beer bottles, a silver colored goblet and a Power Point presentation given on an overhead above the speaking area.



Nigel opened his speech in a relaxed manner talking of going to the pub. There he talked about conversations which always involved drinking. His opening slide displayed his speech title. He then showed a picture of his pub, the King's Arms and then made a joke about Royal Body parts being the names of pubs, with the Queen's Chest and the Prince's Head pubs close by.



He then talked about a fateful night with 4 of his friends and at closing the call for a last round. Nigel spurring his mates on with a query of "One for the Road". He changed the tone of his presentation when he talked of his 4 friends ending up in a fatal car crash. To underscore his point he showed a picture of the car wreck. He then talked about his guilt about urging his friends on taking "One for the Road".



Nigel then transitioned into the story of Candy Lightner, who due to her daughter's tragic death from a drunk driver, established M.A.D.D. He then talked that in spite of the progress, there are still over 16,000 alcohol-related deaths in this country. To make that statistic more impactful he said that was the equivalent of 40 jumbo jets crashing. He then posed the question the difference in response to the deaths happening if in 40 jumbo jets versus the same number of deaths due to alchohol.



He then ended his speech by saying he joined Toastmasters recently because he wanted to do something about the guilt he has carried for over 30 years due to his perceived part in his 4 friends deaths.