Judging Criteria

Inspirational Speech (100 pts)  

Storytelling (30 pts)

• Powerful personal story
• Vivid and descriptive
• Entertaining
• Relevant learnings from story

Universal Message (25 pts)

• Powerful and meaningful message
• Strong moral to the story
• Great learnings
• Message worth sharing

Emotional Connection (15 pts)

• Inspiring and Impactful
• Resonates, passionate, heart touching
• Ability to connect the audience emotionally to their speech

Presentation (10 pts)

• Vocal variety
• Body Language and performance
• Powerful and commanding

Uniqueness (10 pts)

• Creativity
• Innovative
• The “It” Factor

Language (10 pts)

• Compelling use of language
• Powerful word selection

Timing Criteria 

Qualifier Round

Speeches should be 3-4 minutes.​​

Disqualification: Any video longer than 4 minutes and 31 seconds will be disqualified

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Online Competition 

Time will not be shown.
Disqualification: Anything more than 4 minutes and 46 seconds will be disqualified

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