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classes are designed for both the inexperienced presenter or as a refresher for more experienced members of your company or organization. Our
public speaking classes are offered in most major US cities and across Canada. Our
public speaking skills training classes are small which will give the Public Speaking Class Participants up to 10 Video Taped practice exercises as well as hours of instructor face to face interaction.
Our public speaking training classes (and our one day public speaking class) will eliminate any fear which is caused by lack of experience or nervousness due to inexperience in public speaking and will dramatically improve each participants speaking skills whether they are persuading, educating, or informing their audience. Our highly interactive classes focus on professional business communication including proper preparation, structure, delivery, and strategy, the correct use of visual aids, and handling questions & answers. Contact us today by phone at 713-627-7700 or via email: service@publicspeakingtraining.net
Public Speaking Classes: Good Speech Topics - The Narrower the Better!
You have to give a speech. Picking the right topic can make or break your presentation. Your public speaking speech topic depends on the type of public speaking speech you are giving and the demographics of your audience. It should be a topic that you personally care about, that you have researched and that you can present in a manner that will increase the knowledge base of your audience
There are 4 basic types of public speaking speeches. These are public speaking speeches intended to persuade, inform, inspire or entertain. If you have to speak for a class or work you will probably be delivering an informative public speaking speech.
It's helpful to know as much about your audience as possible. The more you know about your audience, the more you can tailor your public speaking speech to their interests.
Sincerity is an important element in giving a public speaking speech. When you can choose, always talk about a subject that's of real interest to you. Sometimes you won't have a choice and you will be speaking about something that you don't care about. In this situation it's imperative that you find something about it that you can relate to. Pretending to be sincere is difficult and people will see through you.
Topics are everywhere. One of the most difficult aspects of choosing a topic is finding one that's narrow enough. Toxic Waste may be your subject but no one can begin to cover this topic in 10 minutes, no matter how general you are in your comments. A better, and much narrower, topic might be "Types of Toxic Waste found at 2:00 p.m., April 14, 2009 at the North side treatment plant." Once you begin researching the topic it will probably need to be narrowed even more.
There are two major sources to find information for your topic. The first is your own life experiences. Think about incidents that have happened to you or your friends or relatives. What's important to you and others in your family? What previous job experience is relevant? As a teacher I have an endless supply of stories about things that happened in my classroom over the years. For the above topic, have you or someone you know been involved in a toxic waste incident? Maybe you saw the HazMat vehicle pull up at the house across the street. What were your feelings and reactions? We learn best through stories. Before written language all history was passed down through storytellers. Humans of all ages love stories.
If you can't come up with a personal story that fits, use a story about other people you discover in your research. You can also create a hypothetical situation to illustrate your point. This is not as effective as a personal story or someone else's story but it's much better than having no story at all. The story is what gives your audience a reason to care about what you have to tell them.
The second source for public speaking speech topics is reference materials. An informative public speaking speech will need sources other than personal experiences. This provides an additional level of credibility. Libraries, internet sources and experts are good resources to check. In our toxic waste example, local government agencies would be a place to go for statistics and people to interview.
It is much better to have a very narrow topic that you cover well rather than a topic that's too broad. If your topic is too broad it results in general statements that add nothing to the knowledge of your audience. Remember your purpose is to inform. Don't overwhelm your audience by trying to cover too much.
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