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SPEECH TOPIC IDEAS

This e-book provided to you free of charge by Fran Watson, ATM-S http://www.franwatson.ca/publicspeaking.html

Lists like this are generally not compiled by a single person. This list is by no means an exception. Any ideas I have come across have been merged into it. Here I will credit those I know about and offer appreciation to those I don't...

• A blue sheet entitled "Speech Ideas for the Club" at the 2001 District 36 spring/summer TLI listed close to 300 topics

• At that same event, a two-page pink document called "KEEP on Speaking! 300+ Speech Topic Ideas" was provided by Pam Keyzer, DTM. In it, Pam gave a Special Acknowledgment to Gina Cook, DTM, PDG who "created the original Speech Ideas list".

• I have added a number of topics "off the top of my head" and from speeches I've heard (---editor: David Broadhurst) 2001

I have added to the work I found done by David Broadhurst and wish to extend a big “Thank You” to all Toastmasters and public speakers everywhere who have provided the resources we have here today!

Read your newspapers, read magazines, cut up words and draw them out of an envelope – these are all ways to create speech topics. You are limited only by your imagination, so there are really no limitations at all.

If you can think of any other topics that I can add to this listing, please send an email to: [email protected]

Happy Speaking

Fran

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Revised August 2006


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Accelerated Learning Accidents Acting Adoption Adult Training Advertising Advice African Violets Aging Aging Parents Aids Albert Einstein Alcohol A Taste of Spring Alcoholics Anonymous (12 Step) Aliens Allergies Alternative Education Alzheimer's Ancient Pyramids Angels Animal Rights Anniversaries Answers Antiques Appointment Books Art Deco Apricot Jam Above and Below April Fools Art History Art Art Nouveau Abstract Art Art: Need or Frivolity Art of Abundance Artist's Eye Artistic Expression Astrology Astronomy Athletics in Our Schools Autism Atomic Particles Attitude Audience Automobiles Awards & Recognition Appreciation


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Baby Boomers Bad Habits Baby Names Babies Ballooning Barbie Baseball Baseball Stadiums Be Prepared

Beaches Beauty Beauty Pageants Beauty Salons Bed & Breakfast inns Before I Die… Believe in You Beneficial Insects Bereavement Best Friends Best Sellers Bicycling Camp Biceps Boasting Birds Blood Donation Blood Pressure Blues Blue Collar vs. White Collar Status Board Games Board of Directors Boating Body Clock Body Language / Gestures Boots Made for Walking? Bond Market Books Bowling Boxing Braces Buddhist Philosophy Building a Better World Bulletin Board Buried Treasure Burn Out Business to Business Bicycles Butterflies Blended Families


C

Cable Television Cactus Growing Camping Camping Skills Canada / your country Candelabras Canada's Industrial Strategy Cancer Candies/Candle Making Capitalism Car Buying Car Repair Car Theft Card Games Career Strategies Carefree Cartooning Caring & Sharing Champions Carvings Castles Cash, Cheque or Debit Creative Recycling Cats Caves Cell Phones Censorship Ceremonies Chairman Changes in Lifestyles Chocolate Changes Technology has Averted Changes Technology has Brought Changes Technology will Bring Charter a Club Character Contests Chat Groups Chat Rooms Chicken Soup for the Soul Chief Judge Children Children's Books Children's Games Cholesterol Choosing a Contractor Christmas Christmas Shopping Cigarette Smoking Circus City Life Civil Rights Movement Civil War Classroom Training Cliques


Clothes Shopping (socks, swimsuits,...) Clothing Club Building Club Bulletin Club Executive Club Guide Club Officer Training Club Specialists Coaching Coins / Money Coin Collecting Collections Color Analysis Colors Comic Books Commitment Committee Members Common Cold Communication Style Commuting Competition Compliment Composting Computer Art Computer Games Computer Illiteracy Computer Music Computer Users Computers & Leisure Computer-Assisted Learning Computers Confederate Flag Conferences Conflict Resolution Conscience Constellations Consultant Container Gardening Conversation Cooking Cooperation Coping Castles Copyrights and the Internet Cattle Courage Covered Bridges Crafts Creativity Credibility Crime Crime & Law Crudites Critique of Recent Book, Movie, or Play Culture Customer Service Customers Cycling


D Dad Dancing Daredevils Dating Debate Debt Decisions and Consequences Decorating Decisions Diabetes Dedication Defense Policy Delegation Dentist / Doctors Depression Desert Island Desert Storm Desserts Desktop Publishing Diamonds Diasters Diets- do they work? Diet Programs Difficult Audience Difficult People Dinosaurs Discipline Discovering One's Self Displaying Collectibles Distinguished Clubs Distinguished Districts Diversity Dreams Documenting Speeches Dogs Dogs vs Cats Dolls Dot coms Drawing Dreams Dress for Success Desires Driving Drought Drugs Dust Bowl Dynamic Clubs Dynamic Members


E Earthquakes Ebay Easter Elections E-commerce E-mail Education via the Internet E-books Effective Communication Eggs Eking Out An Existence Errors and Omissions Elderly in Society Elves Electronic Communication Ellis Island E-mail Etiquette Ecology Empathy Employment Opportunities Empowerment Endangered Species Energy Engagements Enthusiasm Entrepreneurship Environment (pollution) Etiquette Eulogies Evaluations Events That Impacted My Life Events From History Everyday Hints and Tips Exercise Evolving Elvis Presley Examinations Embarrassing Moments Excavating Examples From Life Expectations Explorers Explanations Exploring Your Past Extracurricular Activities Eye Contact


F Facilitating Fame Fall Fairs Fathers Family success Family tree Famous Gardens Farms Fashion Fashion Models Fatherhood Favorite Books Favorite Movie Scenes / Lines Favorite Websites Federal Government and Education Fifties Era Fighting Financial Assistance for Students Fire Fighting First Aid First Ladies Fishing Fitness Flea Markets Flying Flying an Airplane Focus Folk Arts Football Famous People Foreign Aid Framing Art Freaks First Times Free Trade Agreement Freedom Freedom of Speech Friends (or enemies) Friends Helping Friends Succeed Friendship Fund Raising Funnies Furniture Refinishing


G Gambling Groups Games from Around the World Garage Sales Garbage Gardening Gender Differences Geneology Generation Next Genetic Engineering Genome Research Getting Organized Getting Started Geese Ghosts/Haunted Houses GI Joe Glass Glass Ceiling Glasses & Contact Lenses Goals God, Faith, Beliefs Golf Gossip Guests Gourmet Cooking Grades and Grading Graffiti Grandchildren Grandfather Clocks Grant Writing Tips Groundhog Day Gorillas Growing Up Gun Control Gyms


H Halloween Ham Radio Hand Writing Happiness Heart Disease Help others Helpful Hints for … Healthy, Wealthy & Wise Herbs/Herbal Remedies Heroes High Performance Leadership Hiking / Backpacking Hilarious Moments Hindsight is 20/20 Hippies History History (Oral Traditions) Hippopotamus History of a Particular Science Hobbies Hockey Holiday Memories Hollywood Holocaust Home Buying Home Improvement Home Schooling Homemade Gifts Honesty Hope Horror Movies Horse Racing Hospice Care Housecleaning How Speech Skills Affect Thinking Skills How To … Happiness Is… How to Buy an Elephant Human Rights How to Eat an Elephant How to Win a Lottery Humor Hurricanes Hurricanes & Other Natural Disasters The Secret of Hats Health


I I Wish Someone Would… Ideal Man Ice Cream Icicles Ideal Society Ideal Woman Ideas Idiosyncrasies Ides of March Igloos If I Knew Then What I Know Now… If I Would Write a Book… Illiteracy Illustrations Illusions Immigrant Experience Imagination Immigration Policies Independence Indian Art Information Technology Inflation Inspirational Moments Insurance Interest Rates Interior Decorating International Convention International Director Internet Internet Addiction Interviews Internet Marketing Indecent Acts Introductions Investing Investing Online Invocation Isolation Imagine…


J Jazz Jeopardy, The Game Show Jewelry JFK Jr. Job Interviews Job Search Jokes Judging Workshop Juggling Jumping Rope Jury Duty Judge Judy

K Keeping Going in Bad Times Kennedy Assassination Kennedy Family Kissing Kitchen Sink Chemistry Kleptomaniacs Knights in Shining Armor Knitting & Crocheting Korean War


L Landscaping Language Lasers Lassos Laugh Line Law Laughter Leadership Learning Problems Leaving Home Lefties Lessons Learned Life Cycle Life in a Drop of Water Lightning Limericks Lindbergh Kidnapping Lions, Tigers and Bears Love List Making Listening Literature Little League Little-known Places Living In Another Place Living in Another Time Logic & Emotions Lollipops Lottery Loss Losing …


M Magic Make-overs Make up Making Paper Airplanes Management of change Managers Managing Managing Stress Manners Maps Marathons Marilyn Monroe Marriage Martin Luther King Martyrs/Saints Mythology Massage Meditation Master of Ceremonies / Toastmaster Member to International President Membership / Public Relations Membership Building Membership Retention Memory Recall Mensa Mental Exercise Mental Illness Mentor Mice Mickey Mouse Microphones Mid-life Crisis Middle Ages Middle Class Military Service Millennium Mime Mind Mapping Miracles Mistakes Happen Modeling Mom Money Management Motherhood Motivation Mountains and Molehills Movies Moving Museums Music Music Boxes Musicals Mutual trust My Family


My Favorite Landmark My Favorite Team

N Nails/Nail Biting National Parks Nature Nazi Hunters Needlepoint Negotiate Nervous / Fear Network Networking for Business New Age Thought New Club Prospect New Year's Eve New Year's Resolutions News/Media Niche Marketing Nightmares Noticing the Little Things Nuclear Energy/Disaster Nutrition Nonsensical Oddities

O Obesity Oceans Office Politics Officer Elections Officer Induction Old West Olympics Online Dating Opera Operations Optical Illusions Orchids Organ Donation Organic Gardening Origami Overcoming Nervousness Overheads How to Use


P Painting Palm Reading Paperless Society Parades Parliamentary Procedures Parties Past President Pensions Pen Pals Pianos People / Workplace Perfectionism Pepper Presentations Persistence Personal Efficiency Personal Growth Personality Pets Pets / Animals Pheasants Partridge Philosophy Photography Photography Digital Pioneers Piano Tuning Public Intoxication Plantations Plastic Plastic Surgery Playoffs Plays / Theater Pocketbooks Poetry Police Policy Aims of Foreign Country Policy Operations Politics Pollution Pop Goes The Weasel and other things Pop Stars Pop Culture Pop vs Water Public Speaking Popcorn Pop-ups Postal Service Potential Prayer in the Classroom Presentation Skills President Press Conference Tips Pressures that Kids Face Princess Diana


Pretty, Practical and… Pots and Pans Preventative Maintenance Pre-School Dilemmas Prevention Positive Thinking Priorities Prisons Problem Solving Skills Procrastination Productivity Professional Professional Speakers Propaganda Abroad and at Home Proper Aims of Education Props How to Use Protocol Psychics Publicity Publishing Publishing Puberty Pure vs. Applied Research Pyramid Schemes

Q Quacks Quorks Qualifications for … Q-Tips Quality Meetings Quality of Life Quantum Thinking Quality Clubs Queens and Kings Questions & Answers Quick Recipes Quilts / Quilting Quick Tips for … Quiche Quotes / Famous Sayings Quaker Life


R Radio, Television and Film Rafting Rainbows Rainy Day Kid Stuff Ralph C. Smedley Rap Music Reasons Random Acts of Kindness Recent Advances in Sciences Recharge Yourself Recording Speeches Recycling Red Cross Reputations Relations Between Mgmt & Unions Relatives Religion Research via the Web Resistance Fighters Responsibility Retirement Planning Reunions Revolutionary War Roaring Twenties Roasts Rock & Roll Rock Stars Rocks and Minerals Rocket Ships Romance Roses Royal Family Rubber Stamps Ruminations About Life Raindrops Running a Business Rotary Cutting The Role of Remote Control Renew Yourself


S Sales Scuba Diving Sculpture Seasons Seasons and Moods Secretary Secrets of Power Presentations Self Concern Self Confidence Self Esteem Self Image Self Talk Self-Help Books Self-Managed Teams Selling Sciatica Sergeant At Arms Set Goals Sewing Shakespeare Share Ideas Small Businesses Sharing Yourself With Others Sharks Shopping Shopping on the Web Short Stories Showers Bridal/Baby Shut-ins Signs & Symbols Silent Films/Stars Simple Pleasures Single Life Sixties Era Skills I Value / Want Skin Cancer Prevention Skin Care Sky Diving Skyscrapers Smile Snakes Soccer Softball Song Lyrics: Words to Live By Spiders Songs Space Station/Satellite Sound of Music Spaceship Self-Employment Speaker to Trainer Speech Construction


Speech Contest Speech Contests Speech Opportunities Speech Preparation Spirituality vs. Religion Sports Sports Fans Spring Fever Star Trek Stars Stargate Starting a Business Starting Over Statue of Liberty Steam Boats Stock Market Story Reading Storytelling Strikes Stupid Computer Tricks Stuttering Success Superstition Surfing the Net Surgery Survival Skills Sweating to the Oldies Sweethearts Swimming Swimming Holes


T Table Topics Taxation Tea Ceremony Temptations Teaching: an Honor and a Responsibility Team Building Team Leadership Teams Teamwork Technical Presentations Technical vs. Product Teddy Bears Teen Suicide Teenagers Television Commercials Thank You The Environment The Next Step The Press The United Nations TV News Theatre, Cinema and Dance Telephone Usage They Don't Make 'em Like That Anymore Things that "juice" You Thinking Power Things That Should NEVER Change… Think Globally, Act Locally Thinking Power Those Who Forget the Past are …. Time Management Thought Toastmaster Demo Meeting Toastmasters Toastmasters - History of Toasts Total Quality Management Toys Tracing Family Tree Traffic Train the Trainer Training for Business Trains/Train Trips Transcending Differences Travel Treasurer Trees Trivia Trends Treating Yourself Well Truth Turning Points in Life Turning Weaknesses into Strength


U UFOs Ultimate Job Umpires Ultimate Frisbee Uncommon Uses for Common Things Underground Railroad Understanding Unemployment Unions Universe Unsolved Mysteries Urban Gardens Utopia

V Vacation Values VCR How to Program Vegetable Gardening Victorious Living Video Games Videotaping Speeches Vietnam Memorial Vietnam War Vintage Clothing Violence in our Schools Violence on Television Vision / Mission Statement Visuals Vocal Variety Voice & Vocabulary Volleyball Volunteering Volunteers Voting VP Education VP Membership VP Public Relations


W Water Gardening Water Quality Water Skiing Weak Clubs Wealth Wealth Creation Web Page Design Weddings Weight Gain Weight Lifting Weight Loss What I Admire in People What Happened After… Water Safety What I'd Love to Give to the Children of the World… What if... What is Toastmasters? When Murder is Not an Option Why I'm an Active Toastmaster Wild Animals Wild Foods Wild, Wild West Winter Entertainment Wine Wisdom Wine, Women & Song What I Would Do If… Woodstock Word / Phrase Origins Words, The Power Of Witches and Warlocks Work Working Out World Bank World War I, II Worry Wrestling Writing World Wide Web www.toastmasters.org Wikepedia


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X X Files X Rays X-amine Xmas X-rated X-cited

Y

Y2K Yoga Yosemite Youth Leadership Yearly Celebrations Yesterday

Z

Zodiac Zoology Zoos Zest For Life Zebras Zebra Mussels Zinc Zinnias


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