Speech Events Paradigm

Extemp / OO / Informative

I am looking for confidence in my speaking competitors. If you don't believe it, how can you expect me to?

Extemp - make sure that you communicate the question and your answer! Everything in the middle should support that answer. Source citation at this level will be the difference between the ranks. You've all proven throughout the invitational season that you know how to do this, now we reward the best of the best.

OO - This is your chance to really shine. It is without a doubt my favorite event and I love hearing your stories. If you have a topic that has burned you in the past because of the level of sensitivity then I am definitely the judge that you want. These are subjects that are important to you, I am only here to judge your technical proficiency in delivering the message not the subject matter itself.

Informative - You've got the hardest job of all. How do you inform the audience about a subject that is important enough to speak on without getting passionate enough to slip into persuasiveness? Those that can sell me on the value of their topic while maintaining that balance of info/persuasion will be rewarded with the better ranks. Also, keep in mind that at this level of competition your visual aides can hurt you as much or even more than they can help you. A badly produced prop will hurt your ranking more that just going without will. Don't throw something in just for the sake of having it, the purpose of allowing visual aides is to enhance the message, not detract from it.

INTERP - I am probably not your guy here.

It isn't that I dislike the events, in fact I love watching a good interp round, the problem is that I am highly volatile in my rankings. What appeals to me one day might not on another. I hate that my mood of the moment has that kind of influence over my ballot but that's why I'm disclosing now. I am not well versed in the technical aspects of Oral Interp so I default to voting for the performer that best channels their characters, makes me believe in them, and the literature that connects with me emotionally.

TRIGGER ISSUES - Rape & Child Abuse

If your piece contains Rape scenes please do us both a favor and use a strike on me or at least a Pref level 4

In LD I am a tabula rossa traditional judge that decides on values, criterion, solid contentions, and warranting. Spreading and aggressiveness will lose speaker points.

In WSD, I am a tabula rossa judge in terms of reasoning. Spreading and aggressiveness will lose style points. RFDs are based on principle and practical substantives, reasoning, examples, evidence (where appropriate), models (where appropriate), burdens, weighing and clash.

In PF, I am a tabula rossa judge that decides on contentions that are brought through the round and contentions that are dropped (You have to argue whether they are critical or not). Rounds are based on reasoning and relevance of the evidence presented.