The JCI World Public Speaking Championship
The JCI World Public Speaking Championship offers members a unique opportunity to exercise and showcase their abilities and to share ideas on important local, national or global issues. A speech competition requires a special kind of public speaking, challenging participants to express creative ideas in a clear and captivating manner.
Public speaking is a critical skill of a leader who can motivate people toward positive change. Every well-prepared speech should have an introduction that captures the attention of the audience, a body featuring the speaker’s message, and a powerful conclusion summarizing the speaker’s arguments.
The competition gives every participant a way to express their thoughts to others in an exciting and challenging way. National Public Speaking contest winners compete at the JCI Area Conferences. The winner from each JCI Conference is then expected to represent his or her Area in the final round of the JCI World Public Speaking Championship at the 2012 JCI World Congress to be held in Taipei, Taiwain.
Registration deadlines for the JCI Area Conferences:
- Curitiba, Brazil: April 2
- Casablanca, Morocco: April 23
- Hong Kong: May 7
- Braunshweig, Germany: May 14
*Registration will open approximately one month before the deadline
In 2012, the topics will be chosen by the organizers of each competition. Topics will be locally, nationally or regionally relevant, dependent on what level of competition is taking place.
The 2012 JCI Area Conference topics were voted on by members from each area. The topics for each Conference are as follows:
- JCI Conference of the Americas: Education is the foundation of society.
- JCI Africa and the Middle East Conference: Education is the foundation of society.
- JCI Asia-Pacific Conference: Young people have a role in determining the future of communities, countries and the world at large.
- JCI European Conference: Education is the foundation of society.
