The MBA Speaker’s Edge Competition ™
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Categories
Ethical Dilemmas:
This is a limited preparation event. MBA students will receive a case citing a dilemma of ethics within a business setting. Students will have 30 minutes to prepare a 7 minute speech addressing how they may effectively respond to the ethical dilemma.
See Ballot PDF
Persuasive Communication: 5-7 minutes
- Leadership Communication:
Executive communication designed to motivate, direct and
engage the people that make a difference in your business.
- Sales Communication:
This event demands a presentation so strong that the judges will
want to buy the product.
See Ballot PDF
Informative Communication: 5-7 minutes
- Communicating Complex Information:
This event showcases your ability to communicate technically
complex information to a non-technical audience.
- Communicating Process Information:
This event is designed to communicate or demonstrate a process or procedure.
See Ballot PDF
Schedule
| Thursday, January 15 |
| 9:00–11:30 a.m. |
Judges' Training |
| 11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m. |
Judges' Lunch |
| 12:30–1:00 p.m. | Prep for Round I |
| 1:00–2:00 p.m. | Round I Ethical Dilemmas |
| 2:00–2:30 p.m. | Prep for Round II |
| 2:30–3:30 p.m. | Round II Ethical Dilemmas |
| 3:30–4:45 p.m. | Round I Informative |
| 4:45–6:00 p.m. | Round I Persuasion |
| 6:30 p.m. | Evening Reception |
| Friday, January 16 |
| 8:00–9:15 a.m. | Round II Informative |
| 9:15–10:30 a.m. | Round II Persuasive |
| 10:30–11:00 a.m. | Prep for Ethical Dilemmas |
| 11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. | Finals Ethical Dilemmas |
| 12:30–1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:30–3:00 p.m. | Finals Informative |
| 3:00–4:30 p.m. | Finals Persuasive |
| 5:00 p.m. | Awards |
Interested in judging or observing? Call JoAnn Edwards at 662- 915-3799 or e-mail to jedwards@olemiss.edu.
2008 MBA Speaker’s Edge Winners
| INFORMATIVE |
| First Place | Joshua Rosa |
| Second Place | Jeremy Thibodeaux |
| Third Place | Gregory Pogue |
| Fourth Place | Lucius Brock |
| Fifth Place | Ragan Howard |
| Sixth Place | Patrick Kieffer |
| PERSUASIVE |
| First Place | Gregory Pogue |
| Second Place | Joshua Rosa |
| Third Place | Patrick Kieffer |
| Fourth Place | Jeremy Thibodeaux |
| Fifth Place | Joshua Biles |
| Sixth Place | Ryan McGuire |
| ETHICAL DILEMMAS |
| First Place | Joshua Rosa |
| Second Place | Gregory Pogue |
| Third Place | Amanda LeBlanc |
| Fourth Place | Benjamin LaRue |
| Fifth Place | Olga Shcherbina |
| Sixth Place | Daniel Ulmer |
Download an overview of the competition. (PDF)
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