Speaking Development Events (SDE)

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Overview
Speaking Development Events are designed to develop the ability of all FFA members to express themselves on a given subject. Students are encouraged to develop their communication skills and learn to formulate their remarks for presentation in a variety of situations.

2025 Texas FFA State SDE Contest
June 3rd & 4th
Tarleton State University

Registration
1. All registration will be on-line in advance of the event date.
2. Entry fees are $50.00 paid on-line.
3. All alternate speakers at each area level should be submitted with no registration fee.
4. Teachers must complete the online registration no later than 11:59 pm, May 15th. Materials must be uploaded.

Registration submission will not be complete unless all required materials have been uploaded Late or incomplete registration/entries will incur a $50 late fee from May 16-June 1 at midnight. If all requirements are not met by the June 1st deadline, the student will be disqualified. If needed, alternates will be notified as soon as possible.

Extemporaneous Public Speaking

Junior Prepared Public Speaking

Senior Prepared Public Speaking

Soil Stewardship Prepared Public Speaking

Contest Documents

Name	Date Added	Size
2025 Texas FFA SDE Flyer	2/3/2025	4057 KB
State SDEs Speaking Rotation 2025 - Updated	5/19/2025	270 KB
Statement of Originality - SDEs	9/19/2024	553 KB
TEXAS FFA SDE HANDBOOK 9.18.2024	9/19/2024	1657 KB

2025 Contest Information

Committee Meetings/Documents

Name	Date Added	Size
Speaking Development Events Committee Meeting Minutes - July 2024	8/16/2024	339 KB
Updated SDE Revision Cycle 2022-2027	7/20/2021	25 KB
SDE Meeting Minutes 7.20.21	7/20/2021	39 KB
July 2022 SDE Advisory Committee Minutes	8/15/2022	73 KB


	Corporate Sponsors


	SDE Champions

All speaking winners will need to visit the Texas FFA Foundation webpage and follow the steps on how to claim an award scholarship.

http://mytexasffa.org/foundation/claim-award


	Resources

APA Style Help- The Owl at Purdue University

American Psychological Association. (2020). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association 2020: the official guide to APA style (7th ed.). American Psychological Association.


	Corduroy Network

The goal of the Corduroy Network is to provide teachers and contest facilitators with a list of qualified judges for various FFA events.

View the Corduroy Network here!


	State Contest Results

2024 State SDE Contest-
June 7-8, 2024

Junior Prepared Champion
Alison Weirich
Fredericksburg FFA

Senior Prepared Champion
Lyliana Quintanilla
Hendrickson FFA

Extemporaneous Champion
Kaleb Heiermann
Weatherford FFA

Soil Stewardship Champion
Ryder Day
Meadow FFA

Approximate Total Speaking Participation-1,832

Contact Texas FFA Association

614 East 12th Street
Austin, Texas 78701
Phone: (512) 480-8045
Fax: (512) 476-2894
TxFFA@TexasFFA.org