BPW UK - Annual Public Speaking Competition
Since 1972, Business and Professional Women UK Ltd., has sponsored a Public Speaking Competition for young people aged from 15 to 17 years inclusive. In the past few years, working closely with the English Speaking Board, we have restructured the competition allowing boys as well as girls to enter. The competition is run very much as a public meeting in miniature with a team of three: chairperson, a speaker (who takes the floor with another team) and an expresser of thanks. A total of fifteen minutes is allowed for each team to 'present', with the teams choosing their own subjects of national or international importance, as long as they do not conflict with BPW or the ESB's aims.
Within the London Anglia South East region, there are local clubs at Billericay, Norwich and Colchester, all of which hold a club heat for the competition. The club heats take place around late October/ early November, with the regional heat in February/March of the next year, followed by a national final in March / April.
