UPCOMING: PSC Online Teacher Workshops for Public Speaking Activity Badge (See PDF). Wednesday 31 May 2023 16:00 – 17:00 or 19:00-20:00

Eligibility & Themes for National Public Speaking Competition (PSC) and International Public Speaking Competition (IPSC)

One participant per school is eligible to enter the PSC 2023.

• Participants must be students from an ESU member school. AGES 16-20
• Participants must be passport holders or permanent residents of Chile.
• This year’s theme for ESU Chile and all other country’s national competition is:
  • “Relations between nations are too important to be left to government alone.”
• All participants will be required to deliver a prepared, original 5-minute speech on the theme on video, which is sent to esu@esu.cl for judges to view. Video must be received by 17 March for judges to begin their viewing. Round 1 judging will be virtual.
• 24 March the Semifinalists will be announced, plan to attend final heats in person (venue to be announced)
• 31 March Semifinal & Final Heats (venue to be announced)
• Note, this year’s PSC and IPSC National Competition will include impromptu speeches
• IPSC theme for ESU Chile winner to prepare a new speech for the IPSC competition:
  • “You don’t get a second chance to make a first impression”