A. Open Impromptu Event Prompts

Round 1 - 10:00am

  1. Speaker 1


    Arrow

    Pipe

    Elephant

  2. Speaker 2


    Desktop

    Forest

    Moonlight

  3. Speaker 3


    Wheelchair

    Boots

    Toothpaste

  4. Speaker 4


    Frog

    Country

    Chicken

  5. Speaker 5


    Pad

    Potato

    Park

  6. Speaker 6


    Hallway

    Waist

    Flower

  7. Speaker 7


    Keyboard

    Nurse

    Palm

Round 2 - 11:15am

  1. Speaker 1


    Luxury

    Wealth

    sadness

  2. Speaker 2


    Hatred

    humor

    omen

  3. Speaker 3


    Trend

    Wariness

    Freedom

  4. Speaker 4


    Fragile

    Uncertain

    Fashion

  5. Speaker 5


    Hurt

    Wisdom

    Calm

  6. Speaker 6


    Generosity

    Comfort

    Intelligence

     

  7. Speaker 7


    Friendship

    wish

    Childhood

Round 3 - 12:15pm

  1. Speaker 1


    Barking dogs seldom bite.

    The death of an elderly man is like a burning library. --Ivorian proverb

    An idle brain is the devil’s workshop 

  2. Speaker 2


    Slow and steady wins the race. 

    Eagles don’t catch flies.

    When the roots of a tree begin to decay, it spreads death to the branches. --Nigerian proverb

  3. Speaker 3


    Hard words break no bones.

    Beauty is only skin deep.

    May your home always be too small to hold all your friends. --Irish proverb

  4. Speaker 4


    A book holds a house of gold. --Chinese Proverb

    Familiarity breeds contempt.

    Where there’s smoke there’s fire

  5. Speaker 5


    Starlight shines far. --Chinese Proverb

    Action speaks louder than words.

    Practice what you preach 

  6. Speaker 6


    A stitch in time saves nine.

    Don’t kill the goose that lays golden eggs.

    A happy heart is better than a full purse.

  7. Speaker 7


    People who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

    Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

    A man who cannot tolerate small misfortunes can never accomplish great things. --Chinese Proverb

Finals - 1:30pm

  1. Speaker 1


    I find your lack of faith disturbing. --Darth Vader, A New Hope

    I always just want to move along to the next step. --Ben Silbermann

    True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason. --Alfred North Whitehead

  2. Speaker 2


    “Be it remembered, that liberty must at all hazards be supported.” --— John Adams

    To infinity and beyond! --Toy Story

    Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy. --Norman Schwarzkopf

  3. Speaker 3


    I want to be proud of this country, but when aspects of our policy don’t align with my ethics, I want to protest them and try to change them. --Shepard Fairey

    Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause. --Plutarch

    True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance. --Abigail Van Buren

  4. Speaker 4


    It is the fight alone that pleases us, not the victory. --Blaise Pascal

    The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it. --Theodore Roosevelt

    You may leave school, but it never leaves you. --Andy Partridge

  5. Speaker 5


    We live in a society obsessed with public opinion. But leadership has never been about popularity. --Marco Rubio

    Be silly. Be honest. Be kind. --Ralph Waldo Emerson

    You ultimately decide, every day, whether or not your life will speak on behalf of the oppressed, or remain an inaudible but decisive tool for the status quo. --Lisa Kemmerer

  6. Speaker 6


    I have always drawn strength from being close to home. --Arthur Ashe

    I never look back, darling. It distracts me from the now --The Incredibles

    Lead and inspire people. Don’t try to manage and manipulate people. Inventories can be managed but people must be led. --Ross Perot

  7. Speaker 7


    With enough courage, you can do without a reputation. --Margaret Mitchell

    Disappointments are to the soul what thunderstorms are to the air --Saving Mr. Banks

    Innovators and creative geniuses cannot be reared in schools. They are the men who defy what the school has taught them. --Ludwig von Mises