EliteSpeak Membership

$109.00
Price: $109.00

EliteSpeak provides any serious competitor with the opportunity for greatness. There’s more than enough advice and insight here to take the average performer to the next level and beyond. Far and away, this is the strongest forensics offering available.

Experts

The distinction between good and phenomenal often lies within the small details embedded within a performance. Identification and execution of these details require tactics and techniques refined over years of competition.

But what if you could see forensics through the perspective of a top Nationals finalist or seasoned veteran in your category?  What if you could bypass those years of trial, error and tedious fine-tuning in order to fast track your way to success?

Elite Speak is a first-of-its-kind service offering competitors the opportunity to learn from the nation’s top performers and gain this insider advantage to accelerate one’s results. 

EliteSpeak provides a training-ground for any serious competitor to improve their skills and become a champion. It does this through providing exceptional advice and resources across every major speech and debate category. Competitors are then poised to make significant improvements in their performance to place in the top seeds at local tournaments and beyond.

Read our expert articles. Select a recommended piece. Watch finalist performances and video interview insights. Get help cutting your piece selection from veterans. Even chat with top finalists in our discussion forums to receive personalized advice and answers to your questions.

Membership to EliteSpeak will provide you with the following:

Monthly updates with new cutting-edge performance videos, piece recommendations and articles.
Video performances and video interviews of national finalists.
104 articles on how to excel in each category written by event experts, alumni, and champions.
Over 500 recommended pieces across the speech categories. Pieces are chosen based on past performance history or for being exceptional.
Information for 30 top Extemporaneous Speaking resources.
Over 150 topic ideas for Impromptu Speaking practice or rounds.
Discussion forums to chat with national finalists and fellow EliteSpeak members.

EliteSpeak Contributors Include:

Aaron Mattis
3rd Place in International Extemp at NFL Nationals in both 2007 and 2008
Winning the final round of NFL Nationals in 2007
3rd Place at the MBA Round Robin in 2007 and 2008
Winning the MBA exhibition round in 2008
Winning the Barkley Forum at Emory University in 2008
Brandon Simmons
4th Place at NFL Nationals in Dramatic Interpretation in 2007
2nd Place Duo TFA State in 2007
4th Place Prose UIL State in 2007
Bonnie Lyons
6th Place at NFL Nationals for Expository Speaking in 2008
Brian White
4-Time State Qualifier: Informative Speaking, Persuasive Speaking and Congress
2-Time Pittsburgh District Champion in Original Oratory
2-Time Nationally-Ranked Public Speaker
Ranked as high as 34th in the country at NFL Nationals
Never received a last place ranking by any judge on any ballot in all four years of competition
Devin Kelsey
Top 20 at NFL Nationals in Lincoln-Douglas in 2009
4th Place at NFL Nationals in Public Forum in 2010
Octafinalist at the Tournament of Champions in Public Forum in 2010
NFL District Champion in USX two-years running (2009/2010)
28th most NFL points in the Nation in 2010
Erin Morris
2nd Place at Supplemental Debate at NFL National Tournament in 2010
National Qualifier in Original Oratory at NFL National Tournament in 2010
National Qualifier: House (Student Congress), NFL National Tournament in 2009
1st Place District Champion in Lincoln- Douglas Debate, Missouri State High School Activities Association Speech and Debate District Tournament in 2010
Lisa Schemensky
llinois High School Association Sectionals, 4th at Regionals in Prose in 2005
Victor J. Andrew High School Speech Team Captain (Two Years)
Theatre Minor (Bradley University)
ForCom, Community Manager and Writer
Nick Matthews
Cleared to octafinals at Sunset Cliffs Invitational and PCSFA Spring Champs
Advanced to double octafinal round at NPDA Nationals
Advanced to outrounds in NFA-LD at the Azusa Pacific Swing, Irvine Valley, PSCFA Fall Champs (top speaker), and PSCFA Spring Champs
Qualified and competed at California High School Speech Association (CHSSA) State Tournament, NCFL Grand Nationals, and NFL Nationals
Michael Mazzella
5th Place at NFL Nationals in Prose in 2010
Two time Duo National Qualifier (2009 and 2010)
State Champion in Student Congress in 2010
Harvard Finalist in Duo in 2009
State Runner-up in Student Congress in 2009
State Runner-up in Expository Speaking in 2008

EliteSpeak is comprised of a tight-knit group of forensicators passionate about speech and debate; those individuals interested in growing as a performer or debater will feel at home in EliteSpeak’s community of overachievers.

Learn from champions and you may one day become a champion.

EliteSpeak Membership

$109.00
Price: $109.00