Watch powerful public speaking performances and valuable lectures.
An April 2025 TEDx about the fundamentals of public speaking and persuasion. Too many scientists struggle to communicate their findings.
An April 2026 lecture, right before Dr. Iain was awarded three more national championships, about improving at IPDA debate with AI.
Dr. Iain Lampert, a 91-time public speaking contest champion, leads an hour-long workshop with the Professional Career Speakers about how to give more effective feedback to public speaking students.
Iain went to a foreign country, got a 'problem to solve' on Monday, and presented a complete pitch for a finished product to industry experts by Friday morning. It's Shark Tank on steroids.
In this 2019 talk, delivered at the National Speech and Debate Association's Radiant Voices conference, Iain details strategies to succeed in spontaneous speaking.
Iain won California's Impromptu Speaking state championship in 2010. and made this video to help students understand high school Impromptu.
Guest Speaker Iain Lampert joins CHSSA to share the techniques and strategies he uses to coach state and national award winning limited prep speech competitors.
Dr. Iain Lampert (UCLA '14) delivers the defense opening at the 2017 Peer Potential Mock Trial showcase round.
The prosecution theory: the defendant is a crooked cop who coerced an old woman into getting cash and drugs, took the cash and drugs, and didn't tell the police force. The defense theory: the ex-cop did it by himself, and he's lying to save his own skin.
A cross-examination of the defendant, a scuba diving company, is negligent. They broke their rules by pairing a dive guide with an inexperienced diver and by allowing that guide to drink alcohol before diving.
A direct examination of the plaintiff's eyewitness, who claims to have seen the defendant's dive guide drink alcohol and break her safety rules.
Phil is joined by UCLA mock trial alums Brandon Hughes, Iain Lampert, and Amanda Mundell to watch their iconic 2011 AMTA National Championship, where they defeated powerhouse NYU.
Iain talks about his role on the 2023 NCT team. Phil posits a theory for UCLA's historical success. Phil and Iain watch two of Iain's closing arguments.
The Optimist Oratorical Contest gives youngsters the chance to speak to the world. More than $150,000 in college scholarships funded by the Optimist International Foundations is awarded annually from this program.
These are good options for eloquent young people to send pre-recorded video interviews directly to colleges and universities to help with admission.
Iain advanced to IPDA semifinals on a 3-0 decision, ultimately winning the Bossier Parish Community College competition (2024) and setting an all-time record for as the 2024 season-long professional division's national champion.
Iain won his second preliminary round at the 2026 IPDA national championship in a debate about the value of compromise.
Iain won his third preliminary round at the 2026 IPDA national championship on a debate about reforming Congressional pay.
Iain won his seventh preliminary round at the 2026 IPDA national championship on a debate about whether AOC should run for president in 2028.
Iain won his final preliminary round at the 2026 IPDA National Championship in a debate about income inequality, becoming the first professional debater to win three national titles in the same year.