Each year more than 800,000 students will build their communication, leadership, cognitive and presentational skills through speech competition. Join the long list of competitive speech and debate alumni from from presidents to Supreme Court justices, from congressional leaders to entertainment greats. Oprah Winfrey, Sonia Sotomayor, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Elizabeth Warren, Zach Efron, Josh Gad, Paul Rudd, Chadwick Boseman, Jessica Chastain and Stephen Colbert are only a few who found their voice through Competitive Speech.
Competitive Speech students pledge to uphold the highest standards of respect, integrity, leadership, humility and service. Their diplomas carry the honor seal and Speech students wear honor cords at graduation. Come join us this summer for a fun and exhilarating two weeks of games, activities, and hard work that will see you emerge as a poised and polished speaker, ready to begin a year of competition!
All Competitive Individual Events Summer Sessions include:
- All Lectures/Seminars given by National Champion Coaches
- Small class sizes.
- Work one on one with National Champion Coaches
- Meet like-minded, motivated students
- Work on a major event and have the choice of a minor event
- Finish the institute with a competition-ready individual event
- Guaranteed catch-up, private coaching session during the upcoming competition season
- A final camp speech tournament
- A competitive speech packet with 100’s of tools and exercises so you can practice all year
- Click "Apply Now" on the top right of this screen.
- Follow the prompts to enter parent and student information on screens 1 and 2.
- On screen 3, select the following options:
- Camp Category: Competitive Speech
- Camp Name: Platform
- Camp Session: Select the Session you prefer
- Camp Major: Select Varsity or Novice (Varsity is 1 or more years of high school competitive experience)
- Price Option: Select Extended Day Camp or Overnight Camp
| Program | Grades | Location | Start Date | End Date | Price Options | Register |
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Sample Schedule Speech |
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| 8:00 am | Breakfast in the dining hall (overnight campers) |
| 9-9:15 am | Extended day camper check-in |
| 9:15 am | Warm-Ups |
| 10:00 am | Morning Lab/Practicum |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch in the dining hall (included for all campers) |
| 1:30 pm | Lecture |
| 2:45 pm | Afternoon Lab/Practicum |
| 5:30 pm | Dinner in the dining hall (included for all campers) |
| 6:30 pm | One-on-One Sessions |
| 8:00 pm | Group Session |
| 9:00 pm | Extended day camper check-out |
| 10:00 pm | Floor check |
| 10:30 pm | Room check |
Education Unlimited believes in small-group, immersive learning with subject matter experts and experienced teachers. We strive to provide industry-leading instruction to all of our students and hold all staff to the highest possible standards. Staff assignments vary by program and location. Some of our recent staff members for this program include:
C. Ryan Joyce - Platform Speaking - Oratory/Advocacy/Expos
C. Ryan Joyce is originally from New York but has lived and worked around the world - most recently in Switzerland. Ryan began his career in speech and debate in high school and was a three-time national finalist in duo interpretation and original oratory and a national finalist in college in poetry during his freshman year (the only year he did competitive speech and debate in college). He has coached a somewhat astonishing 35 NSDA national finalists, 4 national NSDA champions, and 17 NSDA middle school national champions,. He began coaching during college and continued doing so well into his career. Ryan has coached at several summer institutes throughout his career including the Florida Forensic Institute, the University of Texas National Institute of Forensics, Interprod, Summit Debate, and the Stanford National Forensic Institute. As a coach, Ryan has worked for Iona Prep in NY, Holy Ghost Prep in PA, Logan High School in CA, and then founded the high school and middle school teams at Phoenix Country Day School in AZ. The PCDS middle school team won over 40 individual national championships and was awarded the school of excellence an unprecedented 6 years in a row. The National Speech and Debate Association awarded Ryan the national coach of the year award in 2017 for his work as a coach. Ryan "retired" from speech and debate coaching in 2019 and moved to Switzerland but has recently returned to Phoenix and is thrilled to have the opportunity to come out of retirement to run Original Oratory at The Speech and Debate Summer Think Tank at Stanford University.