For coaches
Creating student accounts in SpeechWire
Set up student accounts for supported live events and give students a place to review electronic feedback.
Watch on YouTubeSpeechWire resources
Tools for every kind of tournament day.
Use SpeechWire’s official walkthroughs to prepare students, judges, coaches, and tournament managers for online competition, electronic ballots, and live draw events.
Official resource library
Learn SpeechWire from the people who built it.
The library covers student accounts, judging with e-ballots, virtual tournament formats, online draw, and post-tournament feedback. Choose a video below or open the complete SpeechWire collection.
Watch and learn
Choose the path that matches your role.
Each link opens the corresponding official SpeechWire video in this tab. If a video is unavailable, use the complete SpeechWire resource library above.
For judges
Judging with electronic ballots
Get oriented to SpeechWire electronic ballots for speech, debate, and congress rounds.
Watch on YouTubeFor students
Competing in live online tournaments
Learn how students use live.speechwire.com to enter synchronous tournament rounds after a coach creates an account.
Watch on YouTubeFor managers
Running asynchronous speech tournaments
Coordinate recorded performances, video links, registration, and judging for asynchronous speech events.
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NSDA Campus and SpeechWire
Connect live synchronous rounds, NSDA Campus rooms, student accounts, and SpeechWire e-ballots.
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Yaatly and SpeechWire
Move schematics and debate pairings into Yaatly to launch a shared online competition space.
Watch on YouTubeFor managers
Zoom and SpeechWire
Plan breakout-room logistics and streamline tournaments that run across multiple Zoom calls.
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Hybrid asynchronous and synchronous tournaments
Combine different tournament formats across speech, debate, prelims, and finals.
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Live online draw events
Configure Extemp, Impromptu, Radio, and other draw workflows inside SpeechWire.
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Managing team electronic ballots
Review, screen, release, or hold electronic ballots after a tournament.
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Viewing electronic ballots
Find judge feedback in a SpeechWire student account after ballots are released.
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Official companion links.
These services and documents are referenced in the SpeechWire resource library and may be useful when the team is preparing an event. They open in this tab so every link works reliably on desktop and mobile.
SpeechWire live tournaments
Sign in to live online tournaments and access student or judge workflows.
Live online draw documentation
Read the official PDF for Extemp, Impromptu, Radio, and other draw formats.
NSDA Campus
Open the NSDA’s live competition-room platform for synchronous rounds.
Yaatly
Explore the virtual competition space that can work alongside SpeechWire.