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Selecting Your Topic The Better Speaker Series 274
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Two Sources 1 Personal Experience Interests Career Family Education
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Two Sources 2 Reference Material Web sites Books Magazines Newspapers
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Get Inspired 3 Write it down!
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Narrow Your Selection How many people will attend? What is their age range? Will they already be familiar with the subject or will you need to carefully define basic terms and concepts? Does your audience have similar education, interests, backgrounds and experiences? 4 Your Audience
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Narrow Your Selection Does the event have a theme? When are you scheduled to speak during the program? What will happen after your speech? 5 The Occasion
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Narrow Your Selection Do you have enough enthusiasm and interest in your topic to capture the audience’s attention? Do you have the knowledge base required to present such a topic? Will they accept you as an authority? 6 Your Own Abilities
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Narrow Your Selection Is the topic specific enough for the time allotted? Do the sub-points support the topic and add to the speech? What can be cut from the body of the speech? 7 Be Specific
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8 Conclusion Personal Experience + Resources + Consideration = An Excellent Speech Topic!
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