Thomas S Foley TOC NITOC Bid Memorial Forensics Tournament

2021 — NSDA Campus, WA/US

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Bloomberg Presents: Political Impromptu

Event Description:

This event is modeled after real political debate/press conferences. In the words of the event’s creator, Mr. Sam Normington, “Candidates in a political election, have a general idea on what they will be speaking about, and have time to prepare evidence and notes for the topics that may come up, but they don't know what will actually be asked.” As in impromptu and extemp, in this event, each speaker will be given three possible topics. The topics will be given to the speaker in the preparation room. Students may prepare on the topics using the same types of materials as are allowed in extemp and may prepare one note card on each topic. Unlike traditional impromptu or extemp, the speaker will not know which topic will be used until s/he is called to speak. At that time, the judge will select one of the three topics and the competitor must speak on that topic. Thus, the competitor must be prepared to speak on any of the three topics. After the judge has selected the topic, the competitor will have one minute to review his/her notes. Topic areas are selected from current events and will involve political issues. The competitor may use his/her note card during the speech.

The time limit for the speech is 7 minutes, including the one minute of preparation time. Time signals must be given. (Open division only.)