{"id":811,"date":"2019-01-20T19:10:16","date_gmt":"2019-01-20T13:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gavel.cmb.ac.lk\/?p=811"},"modified":"2023-07-01T17:29:44","modified_gmt":"2023-07-01T11:59:44","slug":"enliven19-speech-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gavel.cmb.ac.lk\/?p=811","title":{"rendered":"Contest Rules and Regulations &#8211; Humorous Speech &#8211; ENLIVEN 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Contest Rules and Regulations (Humorous Speech Contest) \u2013 Preliminaries<\/h1>\n<p><strong>The preliminary round will comprise only of\u00a0prepared humorous speeches. Each contestant is allowed to give a prepared speech according to the following rules. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Eligibility\n<ul>\n<li>Senior Category\n<ul>\n<li>The contestant may have\u00a0no age limit.<\/li>\n<li>He\/she may represent any local University (Private or State), institute, school leavers, working people.<\/li>\n<li>Toastmasters are\u00a0not allowed\u00a0to compete.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Junior Category\n<ul>\n<li>The contestant must be a school student. (They will be required to submit a valid document as proof they are current students of that school.)<\/li>\n<li>Toastmasters are not allowed to compete.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>Language\n<ul>\n<li>All speeches must be done in\u00a0English\u00a0(No dialogues or any phrases can be expressed in other languages i.e. Sinhala, Tamil)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Speech Timings\n<ul>\n<li>Speech should be between\u00a05 to 7 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>The speaker will be\u00a0<em>disqualified <\/em>if the speech falls short of 4 minutes 30 seconds or it exceeds 7 minutes 30 seconds.<\/li>\n<li>A\u00a0green\u00a0signal\/card will be displayed at the 5th minute and remain displayed for one minute.<\/li>\n<li>A\u00a0yellow\/amber\u00a0signal\/card will be displayed at the 6th minute and remain displayed for one minute.<\/li>\n<li>A\u00a0red\u00a0signal\/card will be displayed at the 7th minute and will remain on until the conclusion of the speech<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<blockquote><p>IMPORTANT:<\/p>\n<p><em>The red card will be kept displayed on until a speaker finishes his\/her speech. There will be no indication made to the contestant, in the event of disqualification.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It is the responsibility of the speaker to finish a speech during the allotted time period as indicated above.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>Selection of topics\n<ul>\n<li>Contestants are free to speak on any topic of his\/her choice apart from those which discriminate a particular section of a community or are purely politically motivated.<\/li>\n<li>Originality must be maintained in all speeches. Any quoted, paraphrased, or referenced content must be so identified during the speech presentation<\/li>\n<li>Contestants are allowed to present the same speech content for all rounds.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Use of Electronic Devices\n<ul>\n<li>The use of electronic devices and other electronic aids including visuals, slide projectors and charts will not be permitted. Contestants are allowed to use other handheld props for the speech.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Dress Code\n<ul>\n<li>All participants must be dressed in\u00a0formal attire<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Judge\u2019s Decision\n<ul>\n<li>If a situation arises where 2 or more contestants have an equal number of points, the Tie-breaking judge will be involved in making the final decision.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Protests and Disqualifications\n<ul>\n<li>Protests are limited to eligibility and originality and shall only be lodged by voting judges and contestants. Any protest shall be lodged with the chief judge and\/or contest chair prior to the announcement of the winner.<\/li>\n<li>Before a contestant can be disqualified on the basis of originality, the contestants must be given an opportunity to respond to the voting judges. The majority of the voting judges must concur in the decision to disqualify.<\/li>\n<li>The contest chair can disqualify a contestant on the basis of eligibility<\/li>\n<li>Decision of the judges will be final.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>NOTE:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>20 contestants from each category will be selected from the preliminaries to compete at the semifinals of \u201cenliven 2019\u201d (humorous speech contest)<\/li>\n<li>No reserves will be selected.<\/li>\n<li>All contestants must switch off their mobile phones, timing devices and other electronic devices upon entering the contest premises<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Speech Evaluation Criteria<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speeches will be evaluated and judged on the basis of the following criteria.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Speech Content (55%)\n<ul>\n<li>Speech Development \u2013 Structure, organization and support material<\/li>\n<li>Effectiveness \u00a0\u00a0\u2013 Achievement of purpose, interest and reception<\/li>\n<li>Speech value \u00a0\u00a0\u2013 Ideas, logic and originality of thoughts.<\/li>\n<li>Audie<span style=\"font-size:0px; color:#ff0000;\">\ufeff<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodcialis.com\/\">\u7280\u5229\u58eb<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span>nce response \u2013 attentiveness, laughter, interest and reception.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Speech Delivery (30%)\n<ul>\n<li>Physical \u00a0\u00a0\u2013 Appearance, body language and speaking area<\/li>\n<li>Manner \u00a0\u00a0\u2013 Directness, assurance and enthusiasm.<\/li>\n<li>Voice \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2013 Flexibility and volume.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Language (15%)\n<ul>\n<li>Appropriateness \u2013 To speech purpose and to audience.<\/li>\n<li>Correctness \u00a0\u00a0\u2013 Grammar, pronunciation and word selection.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol><\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contest Rules and Regulations (Humorous Speech Contest) \u2013 Preliminaries The preliminary round will comprise only of\u00a0prepared humorous speeches. Each contestant is allowed to give a prepared speech according to the following rules. \u00a0 Eligibility Senior Category The contestant may have\u00a0no age limit. He\/she may represent any local University (Private or State), institute, school leavers, working [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":804,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gavel.cmb.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gavel.cmb.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gavel.cmb.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavel.cmb.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavel.cmb.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=811"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavel.cmb.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3786,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavel.cmb.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811\/revisions\/3786"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavel.cmb.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gavel.cmb.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavel.cmb.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavel.cmb.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}