Speech Videos
Watching winning speeches on youtube is the best way to figure out how to write a winning speech for NCFCA. These are some of the speeches that were the most helpful to me understanding each category.
Platform
Informative
First place Nationals “The History of English” 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EQiG43nuaQ
Thomas Stewart “Artificial Intelligence” 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VrEftiBBCA&t=52s
Sophie Schenkel “Cross-Cultural Communication” 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGWPwzn-TYc&feature=youtu.be
Persuasive
Jacob Johnson “Optimism” 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyvxbyZSBZM
Aubrey Parke, on the Founders, emptiness of political activism, and Christianity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=265sVpVXksE
Digital Presentation
Jala Boyer “La Bella Principessa” 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20pcB-sX0K0
After Dinner
Cody Dedon "Keep on the Sunny Side" 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6gt9LE0SQo
Drew Magness After Dinner “Birds Aren’t Real” 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93C3EVrX-Qc
Cassy James 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oP_869dhMk
My Favorite
This speech is from a category that isn't an option this year, but it is my favorite platform speech I have ever seen. It can teach you a lot about how to write a good platform, whatever the category.
Biographical Narrative "The Goering Brothers" 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRS0-ls2mHE&t=2s
Interp
Duo Interpretation
Johnson/Johnson “Moses Was a Basket Case” 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0mqlcS-ZU4
Crory/Crory “The Summer of the Monkeys” 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYzagbIff-U
Frauenholtz/Hoghaug “Fawlty Towers: Communications Problems” 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0k4NEGP_Rs
Clayton/Clayton “Cheaper by the Dozen” 2010 National
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDzUFg5cLVk
Open Interpretation
Addi Hambrick “Steel Magnolias” 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjhV__TQMO4
Original:
Lily Corley “Long Crackers” 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiOLuasQNjc
Biblical Thematic
Semi Finalist Nationals “Pride” 2019
Limited Prep
Impromptu
First Place Nationals “Happiness is good health and a bad memory” 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rF5mN5p1N78
Samuel Matthews “Aim high in your career but stay humble in your heart” 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpCGkLm-KDA
Apologetics
Caitlin Chenault “If God understands my humanity and sin nature better than I do, why does he still hold me accountable for things I cannot help doing?” 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rp1dGUKFQtY
Aubrey Parke, “What is the purpose of man?”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4yjNjMBAKY
Extemporaneous
Drew Magness “What is the US mainland’s responsibility for recovery in Puerto Rico?” 2018