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ACT Rostrum Speaking Competitions for 2011

Phillip Rostrum Club is conducting the Speaker of the Year (SoY) Competition for the Arthur Phillips Trophy and the New Speaker of the Year (NSoY) Competition for the Colin Johns Trophy in 2011.

The theme for both competitions this year is "Speak Up".

The Final of the New Speaker of the Year will be held during Woden Club's meeting at the Southern Cross Club, Corinna Street, Phillip on the evening of Wednesday 6 July 2011 commencing at 7.30pm. The winner will progress to the final of the Speaker of the Year competition.

The Final of the Speaker of the Year will be held at the ACT Zone's Annual Dinner which this year takes place at the Murrumbateman Country Inn on the evening of Saturday 23 July 2011.

Speakers will deliver a prepared speech on the theme "Speak Up" for eight minutes. There will also be an impromptu speech for three minutes, with the topic selected from a list provided immediately before speaking. The winner of the NSoY will also automatically progress to the Final of the SoY at the Annual Dinner in July.

Entries for both competitions have closed.

The winner of this year’s Speaker of the Year competition will represent ACT in the Sidney Wicks competition to be held at the national convention in Adelaide from 8-9 October 2011.

Please direct any queries to Ron Hibberson at ron.hibberson@bigpond.com, or by phone on 6288 8709 after hours.

About Rostrum

Rostrum is a non-profit organisation for people who want to improve themselves in the practice of effective speaking and meeting management.

Rostrum can help you develop your self management and leadership skills, either as an officer of your Club or beyond the Club level.

A typical Club program will cover: debates; professional presentations (including formal, electronic, demonstrations, interactive, impromptu); public speaking; interview skills; meeting procedure; chairmanship; and much more.

You can learn effective communication in a friendly supporting atmosphere from people who know what you want.

Rostrum in the ACT

The ACT Zone includes Canberra, Queanbeyan, Cooma and Yass there are currently 7 Rostrum clubs within the ACT zone. A syllabus of club events is published twice yearly and provided to members. The ACT Dais publishes an ACT newsletter called Rostrum Recorder which covers local news events.

The organisation of Rostrum

The basic unit of Rostrum is the club

Club membership is usually limited to ensure each member is provided frequent opportunities to practise public speaking and chairmanship
Club officers (President, Secretary, Critics, Dais representatives) are elected regularly (usually 6 monthly or annually)

In each State or Territory, Rostrum is controlled by a committee called a Dais, consisting of elected representatives from each club in the particular zone

The ACT Dais meets quarterly
Dais representatives are elected for a term of 2 years.
Clubs are entitled to a maximum of 2 representatives (depending on the size of the club).
The Dais Executive Committee (link), is elected annually.