Welcome to the future of student voice. A voice that needs to be heard, harnessed and echoed across Michigan. As you continue to light the way for students in your school and community, we want to give you the chance to inspire and empower fellow student leaders from across the state on topics that resonate with all Michigan students. Welcome to Michigan Student Voice.
A favorite feature to our Student State Leadership Conference is Michigan Student Voice (MSV). A program designed to give our leaders the opportunity to present topics in a fast paced, powerful presentation style on the main stage of our State Conference. As mentioned above, MSV is a keynote presentation competition, allowing students to compete for the chance to present at our State Conference.
In order to be selected to present at our State Leadership Conference, students will register their MSV presentation at any one of our Regional Connect events. After presenting during a Regional event, attending schools will then cast their vote for the top MSV presentation heard that day. Whichever presentation that earns the most votes will be invited to present at States! For full information and presentation details, continue reading below.
2025 MSV THEME (Wizard of Oz)
We’re not in Kansas anymore! We are still in Michigan… Following our State Conference theme, the movie Wizard of Oz highlighted key character traits our heroes strived to find along their journey: Intelligence, Heart and Courage… This year’s MSV theme is “What do you believe is your most important character trait and how are you personally working on developing a difficult trait of your own?”
Presentation Information
In order to keep presentation styles uniform, students will create “PechaKucha” style slideshow presentations. This style allows students to create 10 image slides, each slide viewable for 20 seconds before automatically advancing to the next slide (for an examples of how to create this presentation, click here)
This presentation style allows students to fully engage their audience while simultaneously executing the critical components of public speaking. Students will bridge content knowledge on their selected topic with powerful images designed to support their presentation.
Presentations will be created in PowerPoint or Google Slides. All presentations will be 10 slides (equaling 3 minutes and 20 seconds in total length), utilizing the transitioning slides to stay on point and moving your presentation forward.
Presentation topics are left open ended for students to generate passionate, informational presentations to inspire conference attendees. The general overarching message should be grounded in the theme: ”What do you believe is your most important character trait and how are you personally working on developing a difficult trait of your own?”
Presentation Submission Example
Live Presentation Example
Presentation Submission
In order to be considered for a spot at the Student Leadership State Conference, all presentations must be recorded and uploaded below. Presentations will be reviewed and all submissions will be notified of their presentation slot at their Regional event.
This video must follow the submission rules, showcasing your presentation in full. The video must show the speaker, with the presentation in clear view in the background. The video must not be edited, meaning it must be shot all in one take without breaks.
When attaching your video link, please ensure that the video is public and can be accessible. To view our MSV submission form, click below.
Need help? Check out our recording guide for more information on how to make this recording:
MSV SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
- All MSV Presentations must be submitted one week prior to your Regional event. After review, all submissions will be notified of their speaking slot at their Regional event.
- We may have limited space to accommodate presentations based on venue restrictions. All presentation submissions are slotted on a first come, first serve basis.
- Each Regional event can accommodate up to 8 MSV presentations. Once we reach maximum capacity, we can no longer accept MSV submissions.
- Only 2 MSV submissions per school. If we do not reach our maximum MSV capacity, we will accommodate additional submissions from the same school.
