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Leadership Development Events encourages students to develop their public speaking skills, critical thinking and professionalism through organized contents and events.
These contests include the FFA Creed, Prepared & Extemporaneous Public Speaking Contests, Job Interview and Parliamentary Procedure LDEs.
Leadership Development Event Contests
Lookout Shoals Federation Contest is held in mid-late February.
1st Place Winners move forward to the next level.
Northwest Region Contest is held in April-May at the NW Regional Rally.
1st Place Winners move forward to the next level.
NC FFA State Contest is held in June at the NC State FFA Convention.
1st Place Winners move forward to the next level.
National FFA Contest is held in late-October at the National FFA Convention.
Since 1930 the five paragraphs of the FFA Creed has been memorized by agriculture students throughout the country. This contest allows students to recite the Creed and explain how it is still relevant in the hearts of members today as they answer questions about those paragraphs.
The Job Interview Contest allows students to go through the steps required to obtain a job from developing an "Job Placement" advertisement, creating a resume and cover letter and completing a formal interview with a panel of judges- all skills needed in our future workforce!
Learning how to effectively organize and run a business meeting allows FFA members the opportunity to gain life skills that help them far beyond their chapter involvement! This team event allows students to work together to accomplish the "business" at hand!
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The Extemporaneous Public Speaking Event is not for the faint of heart! Participants must prepare in advance by pulling resources that can help them write a speech in thirty minutes on a topic they drew from a stack of given prompts about issues within the agricultural industry.
The Prepared Public Speaking CDE is not for the faint of heart! Participants must prepare in advance by researching and writing a formal manuscript to be delivered during the contest from memory. Topics can be any issue within the agriculture industry.