public speaking today
SELECTING A SPEECH TOPIC
When you need to select a speech topic, considers these guidelines:
Suiting Yourself
1. Are you interested in topic?
2. Do you already have information through experience or study?
3. If you need further information, do you have the time and resources to find it?
4. Will you enjoy talking this topic? 5. Are there other topic that suit your audience and occasion that you’d rather speak on?
6. Does the topic let you entertain, inform, persuade?
Which purpose do you want to
SUITING YOUR AUDIENCE
1. Will the audience be interested in your topic?
2. Can you interest the audience in your topic?
3. Does the audience need to know about your topic?
4. Will your topic offend some members of your audience?
5. What does the audience already know about your topic?
6. Will this topic be fresh and original, or is it one the audience is tired of hearing about?
7. Will the audience expect to be entertained, informed, or persuaded? Does the topic allow
5. Does the occasion require a serious tone or a light tone?
6. Does the occasion require a speech to entertain, to inform, or to persuade? Does the topic fit that speech purpose? 7. Can you give the speech in
Interested in a topic isn’t enough. However. You must also be –or become – thoroughly informed about the topic. Why would anyone speak on unfamiliar topic unless required to? Why would an audience listen to someone who didn’t know anything about a topic?
Would you listen to a speaker tell you to administer CPR
(cardiopulmonary
resuscitation) if he or she never had a CPR course? Probably not.
Remember, the effect you have on the audience is based on the audience’s perception of your expertise, good intentions, trustworthiness. Choose a topic that shows off your best points.
SUITING YOUR AUDIENCE
Whether you choose your topic or it’s assigned to you, you must consider audience needs. As you narrow a topic, determine what the audience wants or need to hear, using audience analysis
skills
When you need to select a speech topic, considers these guidelines:
Suiting Yourself
1. Are you interested in topic?
2. Do you already have information through experience or study?
3. If you need further information, do you have the time and resources to find it?
4. Will you enjoy talking this topic? 5. Are there other topic that suit your audience and occasion that you’d rather speak on?
6. Does the topic let you entertain, inform, persuade?
Which purpose do you want to
SUITING YOUR AUDIENCE
1. Will the audience be interested in your topic?
2. Can you interest the audience in your topic?
3. Does the audience need to know about your topic?
4. Will your topic offend some members of your audience?
5. What does the audience already know about your topic?
6. Will this topic be fresh and original, or is it one the audience is tired of hearing about?
7. Will the audience expect to be entertained, informed, or persuaded? Does the topic allow
5. Does the occasion require a serious tone or a light tone?
6. Does the occasion require a speech to entertain, to inform, or to persuade? Does the topic fit that speech purpose? 7. Can you give the speech in
Interested in a topic isn’t enough. However. You must also be –or become – thoroughly informed about the topic. Why would anyone speak on unfamiliar topic unless required to? Why would an audience listen to someone who didn’t know anything about a topic?
Would you listen to a speaker tell you to administer CPR
(cardiopulmonary
resuscitation) if he or she never had a CPR course? Probably not.
Remember, the effect you have on the audience is based on the audience’s perception of your expertise, good intentions, trustworthiness. Choose a topic that shows off your best points.
SUITING YOUR AUDIENCE
Whether you choose your topic or it’s assigned to you, you must consider audience needs. As you narrow a topic, determine what the audience wants or need to hear, using audience analysis
skills