Watching winning speeches on youtube is the best way to figure out how to write a winning speech for NCFCA. These are some of the speeches that were the most helpful to me understanding each category.
Platform
First place Nationals “The History of English” 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EQiG43nuaQ
Thomas Stewart “Artificial Intelligence” 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VrEftiBBCA&t=52s
Sophie Schenkel “Cross-Cultural Communication” 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGWPwzn-TYc&feature=youtu.be
Jacob Johnson “Optimism” 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyvxbyZSBZM
Aubrey Parke, on the Founders, emptiness of political activism, and Christianity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=265sVpVXksE
Jala Boyer “La Bella Principessa” 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20pcB-sX0K0
After Dinner
Cody Dedon "Keep on the Sunny Side" 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6gt9LE0SQo
Drew Magness After Dinner “Birds Aren’t Real” 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93C3EVrX-Qc
Cassy James 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oP_869dhMk
My Favorite
This speech is from a category that isn't an option this year, but it is my favorite platform speech I have ever seen. It can teach you a lot about how to write a good platform, whatever the category.
Biographical Narrative "The Goering Brothers" 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRS0-ls2mHE&t=2s
Interp
Johnson/Johnson “Moses Was a Basket Case” 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0mqlcS-ZU4
Crory/Crory “The Summer of the Monkeys” 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYzagbIff-U
Frauenholtz/Hoghaug “Fawlty Towers: Communications Problems” 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0k4NEGP_Rs
Clayton/Clayton “Cheaper by the Dozen” 2010 National
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDzUFg5cLVk
Addi Hambrick “Steel Magnolias” 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjhV__TQMO4
Original:
Lily Corley “Long Crackers” 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiOLuasQNjc
Semi Finalist Nationals “Pride” 2019
Limited Prep
First Place Nationals “Happiness is good health and a bad memory” 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rF5mN5p1N78
Samuel Matthews “Aim high in your career but stay humble in your heart” 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpCGkLm-KDA
Caitlin Chenault “If God understands my humanity and sin nature better than I do, why does he still hold me accountable for things I cannot help doing?” 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rp1dGUKFQtY
Aubrey Parke, “What is the purpose of man?”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4yjNjMBAKY
Drew Magness “What is the US mainland’s responsibility for recovery in Puerto Rico?” 2018