Speech Topics
| How-To Speech Topics |
| Informative Speech Topics |
| Persuasive Speech Topics |
| Policy Speech Topics |
| Infomercial Topics |
| Speech Topics to Avoid |
How-To Speech Topics
Top| Abstain from pre-marital sex |
| Apply Stage Makeup |
| Athletic Shoe is Made |
| Athletics: training, conditioning, stretching, etc. |
| Balance Your Checkbook |
| Brush Teeth Correctly |
| Build a Deck |
| Care for A Goldfish/pets/tropical fish, etc. |
| Care for a tattoo |
| Choose a Wine |
| Choose the Right Daycare For You |
| Clay Whistle |
| Color Hair |
| Conduct a Business Meeting |
| Conquer Homesickness |
| CPR |
| Crochet |
| Cross-Stitch |
| Dance Move |
| Develop Own Pictures |
| Do Income Taxes |
| Drive a Golf Ball |
| Endotracheal intubation |
| Engine Works |
| Etch Glass |
| Exercises: at home or in gym, stretching, |
| Finish a Shelf in a Marbled Look |
| Fish (w/ different Rods & Reels) |
| Flower Lei |
| Fly a Model Airplane |
| Fold an American Flag |
| Gather Autographs from Famous People |
| Grow & Maintain Dreadlocks |
| Health: lifestyle, |
| Heimlich Maneuver |
| Home Blood Sugar Test |
| Hyper-extended Toe Touch |
| Inexpensive Date |
| Invest Your Money |
| Jumpstart a Car |
| Keep a Slo-pitch Softball Scoresheet |
| Lift Fingerprints from a Crime Scene |
| Macrame |
| Make a Bunny Rabbit Out of a Washcloth |
| Make A Candle |
| Make Arts & Crafts |
| Make Curtains without sewing |
| Make hair bows |
| Make Paper |
| Make Pottery |
| Manage Your Stress |
| Musical Instrument |
| Origami |
| Paint for a Profit |
| Paper Mache |
| Perform a Card Trick |
| Perform an Optical Illusion |
| Play a musical instrument |
| Play Chess |
| Play Role-Playing Games |
| Police Radar Works |
| Prevent Home Fires |
| Prevent the endangerment of animals |
| Private Investigator |
| Purchase Stocks |
| Read a Weather Map |
| Read Astrological Charts/Birthdates |
| Read Tarot Cards |
| Recycle |
| Register to Vote |
| Repair a Hole in the Wall |
| Replace a Light Switch |
| Rock Climb |
| Save Money |
| Scratchboard Art |
| Self-Breast Exam |
| Sight-read Music |
| Spot a Counterfeit Bill |
| Start a Club on Campus |
| Study Effectively |
| Swiss Seat |
| Take Blood Pressure |
| Take Care of Your Yard |
| Tend to an Eye Injury |
| Throw a Javelin |
| Throw Clay on the Wheel |
| Tint Your Car Windows |
| Treat an Unconscious Person |
| Tune an Electric Bass Guitar |
| Understand football, baseball, sports, etc. |
| Use of Musket |
| Use PowerPoint (advanced features) |
| Use Sign Language |
| Wallpaper |
| Webpages (design, maintain, etc). |
| Work & Manipulate a puppet |
Informative Speech Topics
Top| Aborigines of Australia |
| African Music |
| Alzheimer's Disease |
| Amateur Radio |
| Ancient Egyptian Religion |
| Andy Warhol |
| Anemia |
| Anorexia Nervosa |
| Architecture |
| Asthma |
| Astrology |
| Astroturf in Sports |
| Atomic Bombs |
| Avoid Stress |
| Babe Ruth |
| Backpacking/Hiking |
| Barbados |
| Baseball |
| Bermuda Triangle |
| Best Toys for Kids |
| Binge Drinking |
| Black Panther (Political Party) |
| Black Plague |
| Blood |
| Breast Care/Cancer |
| Broken Fingers |
| Buddhism |
| Bullfighting |
| Cancer |
| Canine Parvo Virus |
| Car Stereos |
| Cardiovascular Disease |
| Comic books |
| Congenital Hypothyroidism |
| Contraceptives |
| Credit Reports |
| Culture of Hip-Hop |
| Dangers of Airbags to Kids |
| Dangers of Credit Cards |
| Dangers of Food |
| Darts |
| Date Rape |
| Delta-Blues Guitar |
| Depression |
| Diabetes |
| Diamonds |
| Different Drawing Methods |
| Drawing |
| Dress for a Job Interview |
| Duck Decoying |
| Electronic Commerce |
| England (places to visit) |
| Famous People of Importance |
| Female Genital Mutilation |
| Funerals |
| Galapagos Islands |
| Gambling Addictions |
| Gang Violence |
| Ghandi |
| GoGo Music |
| Golf |
| Greenhouse Effect |
| Hawaii |
| Heart Murmur |
| Herpes |
| Hinduism |
| Historical Events |
| Historical People |
| History of Boxing |
| History of Music |
| Hockey |
| Holocaust |
| Hong Kong |
| Hotel Security |
| HTML (computers) |
| Hurricanes |
| Hypnosis |
| Importance of a Father |
| Importance of Communication |
| Indus Valley Civilization |
| Influence of Rap Music |
| Investing in Comic Books |
| Irish Folklores |
| Islam |
| Junkanoo |
| Juvenile Offenders |
| Karate |
| Knee Surgery |
| Kwanzaa |
| Latvia (country) |
| Living in Seattle |
| Maine Coon Cats |
| Memory |
| Meningitis |
| Morocco |
| Morticians |
| Movie Distribution |
| Muckrakers |
| NBA Sweet-16 |
| Neutering/Spaying Animals |
| Olympic Games |
| On-Line Computer Training |
| Osteoporosis |
| Pele, Hawaiian Goddess |
| Physical Therapy |
| Places to go in Virginia |
| Police Brutality |
| R.O.T.C |
| Rastafarianism |
| Regular Health Check-Ups |
| Remote Control Racing Cars |
| Rheumatoid Arthritis |
| Roanoake Island |
| Salem Witch Hunt/Trials |
| Satanism |
| Schizophrenia |
| Scoliosis |
| Sewing Machine |
| Shaken Baby Syndrome |
| Shingles |
| Shroud of Turin |
| Sickle Cell Anemia |
| Skin Cancer |
| Sleep Deprivation |
| Snorkeling |
| Sport of Curling |
| Star Trek/Star Wars |
| Strokes |
| Sudden Infant Death Syndrome |
| Sunglass Lenses |
| Surrogate Motherhood |
| Tattooing |
| Theory of Yin/Yang |
| Three Creation Stories of Religion |
| Trinidad |
| Unabomber |
| Urban Renewal |
| Urinary Tract Infections |
| Virgin Islands |
| Vocal Folds |
| Water Safety |
| What to Look for in a Masseuse |
| White-Tailed Deer |
| Wicca |
| Working Class Skinhead |
| Worldwide Human Overpopulation |
| Writing for Money |
Persuasive Speech Topics
Top| Adoption |
| Aliens Exist |
| Allergies Effect You |
| Animals Have Emotions |
| Attend Historically Black Colleges |
| Be a Mentor |
| Be Responsible Voters |
| Bicyclists: Respect them |
| Biking is Clean |
| Bombing of Hiroshima |
| Book Banning |
| Campaign Finance Reform |
| Censorship |
| Child Support |
| Christopher Columbus: Friend or Foe? |
| Cloning |
| Collective Society |
| Community Involvement |
| Continue Education After High School |
| Corporate Privatization |
| Creative sentencing |
| Cults |
| Dangers of Fast Foods |
| Disciplining Children |
| Divorce |
| DNA: Harvesting for Identification |
| Don't Drop Out of College |
| Don't get Married Until you're 25 |
| Electronic Money |
| Exercise |
| Female Genital Mutilation |
| Fetal Tissue Research |
| Flat Tax |
| Funding to the Arts |
| Gambling |
| Genetic Discrimination is a Problem |
| Go to Hockey Games |
| Healthy Eating |
| Help Inner-city Youth |
| Help the Humane Society |
| Helping the Poor/Needy/Homeless |
| Home Safety |
| Homeschooling |
| Hunter's Rights |
| Immigration Control |
| Immunizations |
| Improve Voter Turn-out |
| Inclusion (handicap in Classes) |
| Joining Fraternities/Sororities |
| Learn CPR |
| Learn to Swim |
| Living on Your Own |
| Living Wills |
| Music Education Programs for Children |
| Nudity in Art |
| Organ Donation |
| Parking on Campus |
| Paternity Leave |
| Peaceful Protest |
| Pit Bull Fighting |
| Political Activism |
| Practice Yoga |
| Prevent Illiteracy |
| Prison Reform |
| Pro Athletes Make Too Much Money |
| Procrastination |
| Public vs. Private Schools |
| Puppy Mills |
| Read to Children |
| Recycling |
| Report Abuse: child, sexual, etc. |
| Ritalin |
| Setting Personal Goals |
| Spirit of Giving |
| Steroids |
| Stop Child Abuse |
| Support Women's Athletic Events/Programs |
| Take First Aid Training |
| Teach Gun Safety |
| Teen Curfews |
| Teen Suicide (help them) |
| The Real Meaning of Christmas |
| Transracial Adoption |
| TV Effects Our Lives |
| Use of Astroturf in Sports |
| Use of Electric Vehicles |
| Use Soy Products |
| Volunteering |
| Vote for a candidate |
| Welfare Reform |
Policy Speech Topics
Top| Adoptees Right-to-Know Law |
| Art Censorship |
| Attendance Policies (School, Work, etc.) |
| Car Tax |
| Censorship of Music |
| Change K- School Start Times |
| Downsizing Schools/Classrooms |
| Eminent Domain |
| Female Genital Mutilation |
| Gambling Age should be Lowered |
| Global Warming Laws |
| High School Service Learning Programs |
| Job Discrimination based on Hair Color/Style |
| Legalize Prostitution |
| Obstruction of Justice Laws |
| Police Brutality |
| Pornography |
| Pornography on the Internet |
| Racism and Racial Slurs (1st Amendment) |
| Regulation of the Internet |
| School Uniforms |
| Skateboarding Policies |
| Teachers and Tenure |
| Technical Loopholes in Law |
| Teen Dating Violence Laws Strengthened |
| Trying Children as Adults |
| VA Demerit Point System (driving) |
| Visitation Rules at your University/College |
| Voting System (electoral college) |
| Women in the Military |
Infomercial Topics
E.V.I.L.(Exceptional Villain Intelligence League): Mentoring service to help take over the world, a la Pinky & the Brain |
Central Idea: To persuade the audience to use this service where we provide henchmen consulting, lair construction plans and materials, rare materials supply, up to date information on international government activities, access to our extensive network of informants and clients. |
Chick Magnet 3000 |
Specific Purpose: To persuade the audience to purchase this product in order to not be awkward with girls. |
DAAPP: The tool that makes you cool! |
Specific Purpose : To persuade the audience to purchase the tool that makes you cool by offering you your personal theme music. |
Wood-B-Gone |
Specific Purpose: To persuade the audience to buy the product that will get rid of a guy's "wood" at inopportune times. |
R & K's Escort Service (legal) |
Specific Purpose: To persuade girls to buy this service so they can dance with a man who knows different kinds of dances. |
DateSaver Mints |
Central Idea: To convince the audience to purchase our product, DateSavers, because it is cheap, easy to use, and it works for both males and females. |
I-Pill |
Specific Purpose: To persuade the audience to purchase the pill that makes you invisible. |
Courtney "Cowgirl" Calhoun's Freak Kit |
Central Idea: To purchase this Freak Kit because it can turn a nice girl into a wild woman and because it can bring excitement back into a dull sex life. |
Trible's Personal Greatness Video |
Central Idea: We will persuade you to buy this by telling you about a business woman who made her company physically fit, how an upperclassman likes living off campus better due to freedom, how a businessman bought out other companies to better his business, and how kicking out nontraditional students means more freshman and money. |
The Mind Changing Machine |
Specific Purpose: To persuade people to buy the machine that changes people's minds to your point of view. |
Love Potion #4.5 |
Specific Purpose: To convince the audience to buy the love potion that works for 1/2 the American population. |
Can of Whoop-Ass |
Specific Purpose: To persuade our audience to buy a can of Whoop-Ass to obtain instant strength, increase defense, and great gift ideas! |
The "What-The" |
Specific Purpose: To persuade them to buy the product that turns back time and changes a bad situation into a good one. |
Remote against boring teachers |
Specific Purpose: To convince them they need this remote to stop teachers from being boring. |
Speech Topics To Avoid!
TopThe following are not everything, but should avoided!
If in doubt, please ask me.
While I have asked that the following topics should be avoided in class, if you believe these topics are important enough to speak publically about, then I encourage you to become civically involved in organizations that support these causes and use that opportunity to take what you've learned in this class and speak about them in those forums.
Alcohol-related speeches of any kind
(This includes drinking & driving) |
Affirmative Action |
Cell phones while driving |
Cruelty to animals |
Abortion |
Euthanasia |
Marijuana-related speeches of any kind |
Vegetariansim |
Capital Punishment |
Driving age |
donating blood/organs |
gay marriage |
homosexuality vs. heterosexuality |
prayer in schools |
seat belt usage |
corporal punishment/disciplining children |
Gun control |
Politically-based speeches of any kind |
Sexual discrimination/sexual harassment |
Michael Jackson |