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    NATIONAL INDIVIDUAL EVENTS TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS (NIETOC)

    12-14 May 2023

    DEADLINE
    29 March 2023
    (to register and to drop)
    ​
    We'll then add you to the website and you need to verify your email afterwards.
    ELIGIBILITY
    PLATFORM
    Open to middle and high school students
    In-person at Chanhassen High School in Chanhassen, MN

    Information

    WELCOME!
    W​e are proud to extend this invitation for you and any qualified students to participate in the 2023 National Individual Events Tournament of Champions. To see if you have qualified students, you will want to read the details found here:  https://www.speechwire.com/files/14215-2023%20QUALIFICATION%20METHODS.pdf
    ​

    The NIETOC is committed to bringing the nation's best and brightest students and teachers together to participate in a high-caliber and high-quality national speech tournament. The NIETOC is designed to give competitors an amazing competitive experience, with a student-centered schedule, competitive costs, and minimal judge requirements.

    Our 2023 tournament will be live and hosted by Travis Rother at Chanhassen High School in Chanhassen, MN (a suburb of the Twin Cities). Our tournament hotel will be the DoubleTree by Hilton Bloomington – Minneapolis South, located at 7800 Normandale Blvd., Minneapolis, MN  55439. Room reservation info will be available soon.

    The entire NIETOC Board is hopeful that many of you are able to join us for what will be our 13th national tournament intended to celebrate, once again, the power of the spoken word and the resiliency of the speakers and coaches who continue to advocate for that power--in spite of a global pandemic.

    Some of the key aspects of the 2023 competition include:
    • -Four preliminary rounds in all individual events
    • -Students may enter three events UNLESS one of them is Extemporaneous. Extempers may only double-enter.
    • -Supplemental Events are making a return! We will offer Poetry, Prose, Expository and Impromptu for those students not advancing to main event elimination rounds.
      (Kids have to qualify in one or more of our main events and then, if eliminated after prelims, may enter the supplemental events.)
    • -Students must pre-register for a maximum of two supplemental events and will then re-register on Saturday morning of the competition, once main event breaks are posted.
    • -Bonus entries available in Duet (2) and POI (1).
    • -Extemp Topics will be mixed in nature vs. alternating rounds of international/domestic issues.
    • -2023 NSDA qualifiers earn one bid in that event. Again, please read the ‘How To Qualify’ section carefully for other tournament results that may help your student earn acceptance.
    • To confirm bid status, please check our website and the searchable bid recipient database:  http://nietoc.com/name-search/
    • ​ALL ENTRIES WILL INITIALLY BE ON THE WAITING LIST UNTIL VERIFICATION OF RESULTS IS CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTANCE IS GRANTED. 


    2023 NIETOC JUDGING DETAILS 
    • DIGITAL BALLOTS – All tournament rounds will be judged live on SpeechWire using digital ballots. Tutorial video about this process found here -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJXxeVS-KgM
    • PANELS – You are NEVER the only judge in a round. Please DO NOT start the round before all judges are present; please DO NOT confer with any of the other judges in the round but DO return the ballots to the table together. The following number of judges will be used in each round:
      *Main Event Prelims=2 judges, Octos = 3, Quarters=3 judges, Semis=5 judges, Final=7 judges
      *Supplemental Prelims=2 judges, Semifinals=3 judges, Finals=5 judges
    • STANDBY – Any judges not scheduled for any preliminary round are considered on standby and should remain in the ballot area until the round has been cleared.
    • OBLIGATIONS – Judges are: (1) obligated for any and all assigned rounds or pools in main and/or supplemental events, (2) automatically obligated through the octafinal round, and (3) obligated through the round in which your school has competitors. Failing to meet these obligations will result in bond forfeiture.
    • SUPPLEMENTAL ROUNDS – Judges for any schools with supplemental entries, as well as tournament judges, are automatically included in the pool for supplemental event prelims and are obligated through the supplemental finals around 8 pm on Saturday evening. Additional judges may also be pooled for these events.
    • QUARTER/SEMI/FINAL POOLS – These are partially preset. In addition, judges from those schools who are still obligated may be ADDED to these rounds. The same situation holds true for supplemental pools


    IMPORTANT ENTRY INFORMATION

    *How many events can a student enter?
    Extemporaneous Speakers may only double-enter. Other students may enter three main events, as long as one of them is NOT extemp. Please be advised that some events will require taking a shuttle to the neighboring middle school. Students may double-enter the supplemental events.​

    ​*Is selection info required at registration?
    ​Yes, please provide topics & titles and all other requested information upon registration. Not doing so will delay the entry in getting approved. If an entry is not yet approved, that is the first thing to check. In the event of protest during the competition, coaches should be prepared to provide proof of publication, proof of cutting, performance manuscripts, and works cited pages.

    *Which events require Works Cited pages?
    Informative, Oratory, POI and Expository. Students will need to create these digital files and then share a link with the coach, who adds that link to those entries prior to the registration deadline. This must be present in order for your ‘Piece Information’ confirmation to occur. Please make sure that the settings do not require an access password and allow anyone with the link to open the document.


    Other helpful links
    • ​​BONUS ENTRY DETAILS
    • EVENT RULES
    • HOTEL RESERVATION INFO (if traveling on your own)
    • ​NIETOC EQUITY STATEMENT
    • NIETOC PROTEST POLICY
    • PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE
    • QUALIFICATION METHODS​

    ​Entry Price

    The fees below assume that you will be traveling on your own (parents will take their child to Minnesota and book their own accommodations).
    If you are leaving your child to travel with the GSA team, we will collect a $450 nonrefundable deposit. The final expenses per student minus the deposit will be invoiced once we know the final cost.
    If you would like to travel on your own but have GSA book your hotel so that you'll stay in the same place as the team, please pay twice of the $450 nonrefundable deposit as we will be counting one parent.


    One Speech Event and parent will be judging at the tournament $125
    Two Speech Events and parent will be judging at the tournament $200
    Three Speech Events  and parent will be judging at the tournament $275


    One Speech Event and parent is OPTING OUT of judging $250
    Two Speech Events and parent is OPTING OUT of judging $350
    Three Speech Events and parent is 
    OPTING OUT of judging $450
    ​

    *Judges need to be available on all the days that their event occurs on.
    Each person in a PF team would be responsible of providing their own judge, so one PF team would need to either provide two judges, both pay the judge fee, or one of each option.

    Registration will not be complete until payment is received.
     
    NOTE: We will charge set up fees if we have to create tabroom.com accounts for judges. It is recommended you do so on your own.

    Schedule

    PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE - Click here or see below
    ​​All times listed CST
    ​

    Friday, May 12, 2023
    8-10 AM Tournament Registration - DoubleTree by Hilton Bloomington Minneapolis South
    9:00-9:45 AM Student & Coach Workshops Session 1 @ Hotel
    10:00-10:45 AM Student & Coach Workshops Session 2 @ Hotel
    1:00 PM Teams can begin arriving at Chanhassen High School
    2:00 PM Opening Ceremony/Keynote Address at Chanhassen High School
    2:30 PM School releases - Teams will want to have arrived by this point
    3:00 PM Judge Check-in - Chanhassen
    4:00 PM Main Events Round 1
    5:30 PM Main Events Round 2
    7:30 PM Main Events Round 3
    Some events will take place at Pioneer Ridge Middle School - shuttle bus service provided

    Saturday, May 13, 2023
    8:30 AM Main Events Round 4
    10:00 AM Breaks Posted; Supplemental Re-Registration for Non-breaking students
    11:00 AM Main Events Octafinals; Supplemental Events Round 1
    1:30 PM Main Events Quarterfinals; Supplemental Events Round 2
    3:30 PM Main Events Semifinals; Supplemental Events Round 3
    6:00 PM Main Events Finals - DUO, HI, OO POI; Supplemental Seminfinals
    7:30 PM Main Events Finals - DI, DUET, EXT, INF; Supplemental Finals
    Some events will take place at Pioneer Ridge Middle School - shuttle bus service provided
    All Saturday events at Chanhassen HS


    Sunday, May 14, 2023
    10:00 AM Awards -- Chanhassen HS
    All Sunday events at Chanhassen HS

    Drop Fee

    Drop fees will be the same amounts as the entry fee PLUS any fees the tournament charges us for late drops. Drop requests should be made to Victor and Nadia.

    Please do not drop out last minute to avoid being charged these fees.

    Contact Info

    Victor Rivas Umana
    Contact email:  vrivasumana@tgsastaff.com

    Nadia Budiman 
    Contact email: nbudiman@tgsastaff.com

    Or info@tgsastaff.com

    Registration Form

    All competitors must submit this form before continuing with registration. Failure to do so may result in your entry being invalid and the tournament forfeiting your fees.

    https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfqHWcKpGzBABgns8E4z3fKx3uNakA2dIVnJRUCWd9ply_XoA/viewform

    List school as 'The Golden State Academy'

    STUDENT INFORMATION

    PARENT CONTACT INFORMATION
    Your email address will be the one included when we send the logistics email.

    EVENT SELECTION

    *How many events can a student enter?
    Extemporaneous Speakers may only double-enter. Other students may enter three main events, as long as one of them is NOT extemp. Please be advised that some events will require taking a shuttle to the neighboring middle school. Students may double-enter the supplemental events.​ Kids have to qualify in one or more of our main events and then, if eliminated after prelims, may enter the supplemental events.​
    *Is selection info required at registration?
    ​Yes, please provide topics & titles and all other requested information upon registration. Not doing so will delay the entry in getting approved. If an entry is not yet approved, that is the first thing to check. In the event of protest during the competition, coaches should be prepared to provide proof of publication, proof of cutting, performance manuscripts, and works cited pages.
    *Which events require Works Cited pages?
    Informative, Oratory, POI and Expository. Students will need to create these digital files and then share a link with the coach, who adds that link to those entries prior to the registration deadline. This must be present in order for your ‘Piece Information’ confirmation to occur. Please make sure that the settings do not require an access password and allow anyone with the link to open the document.

    ​JUDGE PROVISION

    Click here to complete the highly recommended Cultural Competency judge training course

    Signing up a judge without having a Tabroom account will result in us charging you for the set up fee.
    ​You can do this easily on your own by going to tabroom.com. It literally takes less than a minute.


    First time judging? Click here to learn how to do it! Or watch our Youtube playlist here.
    ​There are also these training cards available that include a summary of each event's rules and comments.​

    ​More tournament resources can be found here.

    TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Submit/take to payment

We would love to have you visit soon at one of our open houses.
Check our home page for the schedule!


School year Hours

M-F: 3:45 pm - 8:30 pm 
Sun: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Telephone

510-270-8480
510-470-0531

Email (preferred)

For more info email us at: info@tgsastaff.com

Locations

Fremont: 200 Brown Rd #201, Fremont, CA 94539

Cupertino: 20432 Silverado Avenue Suite 211, Cupertino, CA 95014

Aborn Institute: 2804 Riedel Road, San Jose, CA 95135 
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