Whoooohooo!! It is SOTY time. We have been waiting for months for this opportunity to present ourselves on a platform where we can convey our thoughts and ideas to the people of the world. Speaker of the Year is a speaking competition where we have to go through several rounds for qualifying in the finals. Except that, a lot of people think that speaking competitions are really easy whereas they’re not.
We have been working vigorously, trying to find the idea and information nobody has and which will blow the minds of the people. Months ago a trainer from Maverick ventures came and told us the process about the competition. Well, after hearing that information and instructions, it looked pretty interesting. So, people from 6th 7th etc. participated in the competition.
Our teachers and people from the competition helped us in different ways. We were linked in their portal where we could share our information as well as we could go through several videos in the portal. This helped us a lot as we were now sure that everybody is on the same track, on which I am. In the end there was also a prize for the most responsive person on the portal. Also, our teacher-in charge made a classroom where we could have asked her questions and could browse through the videos and pictures. In the first round which was the group discussion, we had to discuss about our theme water. We were judged on our confidence, content and of course the speaking.
The second round was the personal interview in which we had to talk one-to-one to the person from speaker of the year. That was a really nice experience as we can share our ideas and thoughts to only one person and could share all the things you feel. They also tried to make speaker of the year a fun competition as we were dancing, singing, playing with the person from the competition. The third round was the speak- shoot where were supposed to make our speech which on water. After everyone was done we went back home, just waiting and so enthusiastic about the results. After a month, the results were announced. Some were happy, some were not but everyone enjoyed their journey.
For the people who got selected they were supposed to go for the last two rounds to Ghalib auditorium. Tons of people were there and we were kind of scared to know that we had to face so many of them. Just when the competition started we started to dance to the song which was played to forget the tension and enjoy the whole journey.
The first round was the panel discussion where 25 children, each panel were supposed to create their own opportunity and present their ideas. After that, one person from each panel was selected for the JAM round which was the final round. Just a minute round was a difficult one as we had to think in one minute and speak for one minute. After that the results were announced and the trophies were given. I think that the theme was a really nice one as water crisis is an issue that concerns each and every one of us. In the end, I would like to thank the people from speaker of the year for giving us that opportunity which hardly anyone gets.
