Overall in Online Performance:

• Blocking is an essential tool to help move the performance along. However, in an online world, make sure the camera is propped in a favoring fashion.
• make sure you are always on frame

Speech IEs

• Clean and polish performances go a long way.
• Articulation is a must (make sure your mic is picking your voice crisp and clean)
• Character(s) should all be unique and well developed.
• Make sure all characters are differentiable
• Big fan of innovative blocking or performances.
• All blocking should be meaningful and purposeful
• Make sure your intro says the importance of the piece.
• Use time wisely, nothing too short, and definitely nothing over time.
• I'm okay with mature content as far as it is done with professionalism and matureness.
• NO insensitive or appropriating content
• If you use the binder as a prop, make sure it is clean and clear.
• Proper binder tech.

L.P. and Public Speaking:

• Clean and Polish performances
• If you are able to use body points or speaking triangles, do so.
• Be Creative with road maps and A.G. ( Extemp, Impromptu, etc.)
• If you have visual aids (V.A.s), you are familiar with them.
• Make sure sources are cited completely, with the date and where from.
• creativity and outline are a big plus (O.O.)
• Try to stay away from Cookie-cutter, overdone topics.

For policy generally, I am looking for stock issues and how they uphold arguments. For PF and LD mostly how they present each of their cases and uphold their side. For speeches, it is mostly the delivery, the passion, and overall how well they are able to portray or convey their piece. For congress I am more or so looking for how many times someone speaks, this allows me to truly see how well they speak and how they present themselves.

Speech Events:

What are your stylistic preferences for extemp? How much evidence do you prefer? Any preference for virtual delivery?: properly structure your speech, quality over quantity for evidence (6 is a good number for me, but of course more is ok), no preference for virtual delivery - speaker's choice

What are your stylistic preferences for Oratory/Info? How much evidence do you prefer? Any preference for virtual delivery? - just persuade me and leave me with some realistic solutions. solutions that are not even possible for me to enact will be considered less than ones that I can actually do something about. I don't have the ability to change the entire educational system, so please don't tell me to.

Any unique thoughts on teasers/introductions for Interpretation events? intros are important

Any preferences with respect to blocking, movement, etc. in a virtual world? speaker's choice

What are your thoughts on character work? need to be realistic, I want to hear their story, not you pretending to, make it real

How do you feel about author's intent and appropriateness of a piece? For example: an HI of Miracle Worker (author's intent) or a student performing mature material or using curse words (appropriateness)? High school tournament = high school appropriateness. This isn't college yet.