Limited Preparation events:  

Extemporaneous Speaking -- You have 30 minutes to prepare a 7 minute speech on a topic in current events, using newspapers and magazines.  

Impromptu -- 7 minutes to divide between preparing the speech and giving the speech.  Topics can be quotations, cartoons, posters, objects, etc. Generally, you prepare two minutes and speak for five.

Platform Events:  

Informative speaking -- 10 minute speech designed to inform an audience.  The speech is memorized and uses a variety of sources. 

Persuasive speaking -- 10 minute speech where you identify a problem and present a solution to that problem on both an individual level and a larger community or legislative level 

After Dinner -- 10 minute speech where your goal is to illustrate a serious topic through the use of humor. 

Rhetorical Criticism -- This is an event unique to the college level.  You take a speaker, speech, movement, poster or advertisement and analyze it through a critical methodology.