Better Speaker Series: Selecting Your Topic



For Selecting Your Next Speech Topic Personal:Ice Breaker mentionsFavorite HobbyFavorite SportA personal objectImpact someone had on youFirst job (part-time/full-time)A bossA teacherA lesson learnedLearning to driveTraits as a kidA vacation or business tripSideline talentInterestsMost famous person encounteredFavorite relativeAn incidentA conversationOpinions on any subjectHero or someone admiredFavorite movie or favorite actorFavorite food/recipe or restaurantFavorite quote or story or poemFavorite bookSomething you are knowledgeable at Reference Materials:Magazine and newspaper articlesTelevision/Internet news storiesBooksTelevision showsWebsite informationWebsite indexes of linksSunday comicsBillboards and other advertisementsDear Abby and other advice columnsCommunity happenings and politicsHistorical event or personToastmaster subjects or projectsBackground of a famous personHow/why something works as it doesExplain a process or procedureExplain a concept or theoryResearch a subject you care aboutResearch something to teach othersOrigins of some word/phraseHow something came to be as it isOrigins of a well-known companyPhilosophy of a specific leaderSolution to some societal problemDemonstration of somethingHow to do/accomplish something6191250Five things to consider for each speech you give00Five things to consider for each speech you give The speech objectives for the project:what do you need to accomplishYour personal speech objective:a one or two-sentence objective of what you want your audience to get from your speech after you are doneThe audience:what are their backgrounds, interests and experiencesany terms need to be defined for the audienceThe environment:what props/equipment are needed to best present your speechwhat is happening immediately before and after your speechYour own abilities:will you have sufficient interest/enthusiasm about your topic and/or the way you will present itwill your audience consider you competent to speak on the subjectcan you do it in the allotted timeSpeech Preparation: 1. Review the Objectives of your next several Speeches 2. Daily, Make Notes for Possible Speech Topics 3. Daily, Match Notes to Speech Objectives 4. Weekly, Review/Revise Notes 5. For the Next Speech, Begin an Outline of the SpeechFour Speech Types: 1. Entertain3. Persuade 2. Inform/Teach4. Inspire Types of Speech Openings (THE very first words you speak): 1. Something Startling3. A Question5. A Quotation 2. A Short Action Scene4. Humor6. Time and Place Speech Parts: 1. Opening grabs the audience, leads them to your topic 2. Body makes your point, add stories, analogies, images, dialog, quotes 3. Closing summarizes, call to action, humor, memorable R E M E M B E R . . . . A Toastmasters Club is Like a Scientist's Lab – Experiment. Fail. Learn. Improve.Tips for Your PresentationsTalk about something you really care aboutBe prepared. Then practice, practice, practice.Use notecards rather than sheets of paper – but if use sheets then slide them vs. flipping themPowerPoint slides need few words and much whitespaceMake sure the technology worksDeliver a Performance rather than a SpeechThe opening words you say should grab everyone’s attentionRepetitive phrases are memorableUse the Power of Eye Contact and of PausesStay out from behind the LecternStand tall and confident – posture mattersTell Stories to allow the audience to remember what you saidVery your cadence of speech and your volume ................
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