Public Speaking Topics

Deciding on your public speaking topics can be a problemsometimes. You want to dazzle your audience, and motivate them to take action .

Before you write the first word of your speech or presentation, here are a few tips. By following these steps, the odds of wowing your audience are greatly increased.

It goes without saying that you already have confident public speaking skills after completing some public speaking courses.

To have maximum impact you must first decide what objective you want to get with your  speech.

Is the purpose of your seminar to teach , add fun, promote a product, or is it for a contest ?

Being aware of your reasons will assist you when you refine your reason for  choosing your public speaking topics.

Knowing your audience is also important. If you have knowledge of what they are expecting or are hoping to get from your presentation, your job will be so much easier.

Other useful information to have is things like age, income levels,whether or not they are working, and all of the other demographic information.

Knowing this allows you to create a targeted speech that will resonate with the hopes, needs and fears of the attendees.

Prior to proceeding any further, it is important to emphasise how much more powerful you will appear to your attendees appear to be the thought leader in the topic of your speech.

One way to achieve this is to spend some time in the library, studying up on the material on your chosen topic. You don’t have to go through them cover to cover.  At the end of the few days you will know more than 99% of the people on the planet.

This is simply because once they have left education something in the region of 92% of the population will never pick up a book again. Shocking data but you can use it to your advantage…

Once you have chosen your public speaking topics, write out your speech using bullet points to start, then fill in the blanks in between. This will form your first draft. Remember to inject topical, relevant material and, if it feels right, use humour as well.

Be aware, if you are addressing the national association of mortuary workers, it would probably be best not to tell thestory about the funeral and the coffin.

After completing the first version, recite what you have written to a friendly ear. While you’re reading, observe whether you have got their attention. If they are not attentive, make a note of the place where the loss of interest occurred. It may be that you will have to re-write this part of your speech.

After editing your copy and read it out to your friendly ear, find somebody new and see if their attention is stronger.

Once you can read your speech through from beginning to end and maintain the attention ofyour audience of one, it’s a pretty good sign

Having passion for your public speaking topics is one of the tricks of the trade to creating a dazzling performance. As well as having polishedyour presentation, you will have also timed yourself so that you know the  length of your presentation. Doing this will mark you out as a professional and will also give you more confidence as you know your start and end points.