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UBC Sauder Public Speaking Competition 2019W
Each year, UBC Sauder's best undergraduate orators compete for $2,500 in scholarships and the title of Public Speaking Champion.
The UBC Sauder Public Speaking Competition is an annual invitational event for which COMM 395 Business Communications instructors nominate their most capable students from the past 12 months. Selected participants compete in a preliminary knockout round by recording and submitting speeches for the judging committee. Short-listed finalists are then invited to compete in front of an audience, delivering both prepared and impromptu presentations.
The 2019 competition
In the 2019 competition, each finalist was asked to prepare a six minute presentation on the topic What’s the most sensible thing you’ve ever heard someone say? They were then tasked with giving a two to three minute impromptu address in response to the question Who or what do you love and what are you doing about it? The 2019 finalists included BComs Nicole Eastman, Gaby Fekete, Mitchell Guthrie, Simran Mander, and Olivia Su.
Simran Mander
What’s the most sensible thing you’ve ever heard someone say?
Nicole Eastman
What’s the most sensible thing you’ve ever heard someone say?
Gaby Fekete
What’s the most sensible thing you’ve ever heard someone say?
Mitchell Guthrie
What’s the most sensible thing you’ve ever heard someone say?
Olivia Su
What’s the most sensible thing you’ve ever heard someone say?
Simran Mander
Who or what do you love and what are you doing about it?
Nicole Eastman
Who or what do you love and what are you doing about it?
Gaby Fekete
Who or what do you love and what are you doing about it?
Mitchell Guthrie
Who or what do you love and what are you doing about it?
Olivia Su
Who or what do you love and what are you doing about it?
Previous competitions
And the 2019 Public Speaking Champion...
Mitchell Guthrie took top honours and a $1,500 scholarship, followed by runner-up Simran Mander who was awarded a $1,000 scholarship. Think you have what it takes to be the next Public Speaking Champion? Ask your COMM 395 instructor about the next competition!