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Secret of Choosing Speech Topics

Sivakumar PalaniappanFounder PresidentCoimbatore Toastmasters Club

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Topics for my next speech, who will give?

Who will give me the topics?

- Divine Intervention

- My Mentor will tell me

- VP Education will tell me

- Can copy from other speakers

- HmmmmI am still thinking

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What should I talk about?

Dont know what should I talk about?

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What is your speech purpose?

What is the general purpose of your speech?

Speeches that Educatee.g. a seminar about real estate investments; a course about

leadership; a corporate briefing outlining the status of a pursuit

Speeches that Motivatee.g. a candidates election speech; a fundraising pitch; a business

proposal to investors

Speeches that Entertaine.g. a story read to children; a dramatic tale; a humorous after-

dinner speech

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What is your core message?

What is the core message of your speech?

Clarity:Aim to express your core message in a single sentence. If you

cannot do this, you need more clarity.

Passion:Your core message must be something you believe in.

Knowledge:

What do you know about this core message? Can you draw storiesfrom personal experience? Have you researched the topic?

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How to select speech topic?

Topics

You know

Topics

You Love

Topics Your

Audience Cares

About

Choose

TopicsHere

You are passionate, but your

audience doesnt care.

You deliver what the audience

desires, but you dont care.

You attempt to speak on a topicwhere you have no expertise or

experience to draw from.

You find a topic where you have

both expertise and passion, andthe audience is interested.You will succeed.

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You Can't Talk About That!!!

What you are not supposed to talk in Toastmasters?

Speeches concerning politics, religion and sex are forbidden byToastmasters International because such controversial subjects are

not appropriate.

This is not true.

Toastmasters International does not prohibit any speech topic, content orlanguage.

Toastmasters International also recognizes that a club comprises a diverse

group of people and recommends that members be mindful of thisdiversity, using good taste and sensitivity when selecting speech topics,

content and language.

However, each individual club does have the right to limit speechsubjects, content and/or language, with the consensus of its members.

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Some sample speech topics

Face the Wind

Ragging in Colleges

Workplace bullying

Increasing incidents of Sexual Harassment

School bus or Children killers

Cloning, what will happen in 2050

Speed thrills, but kills

Civil rights and democracy

Silver and Bronze is enough for 120 Crore of usCartoons in schools books

Laughter is a therapy

Easy weight reductions techniques

Single children and social behaviour

Me, my wife and the other personPets I love

My Trip to Wayanad

Life after 58

Secret recipe of making Pasta

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Where are good topics?

Good Speech Topics Are

Here, There andEverywhere

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Acknowledgements

http://sixminutes.dlugan.com/

http://www.tmdistrictone.org/ideas.asp

http://www.toastmasters.org

http://www.toastmasters.org/Members/OfficerResources/ClubOfficerResources/You-Cant-Talk-About-That.aspx

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Questions???

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Thank You

Wish You all the Very Best