What is a good noncontroversial oratory topic?
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There isn't one. You will always find somebody with the opposite viewpoint.\n\nSo turn the question around and talk about the opposite in people's beliefs.\n\nGood luck for monday!!
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Persuasive Speech Topics\n \n\nAmericans are getting fatter. Does it really matter?\n\nIs animal experimentation justified?\n\nInternational ban on ivory should be lifted to secure elephants from extinction.\n\nIs there a necessity for Americans to become bilingual?\n\nShould condoms be available at schools? \n\nGiving blood and signing a donor card is good for you.\n\nEveryday one out of four Americans eats fast food.\n\n\nHeart disease is the leading killer of American women.\n \n\nTV watching should be reduced to the minimum.\n\nFemales in the military should have equal rights with males and be included in combat and other "hazardous" duties.\n\nTelevision violence has detrimental influence on adolescents.\n\nStop consuming genetically modified crops.\n \nInternet really means the death of newspapers?\n\nHas there ever been organic life on Mars?\n\nCost for obesity growing dramatically.\n\nThe world faces a global crisis of overpopulation.\n\nPlastic surgery is a dangerous beauty option.\n\nPrivate lives of public figures. Has the press gone too far?\n\nLet's make recycling mandatory and clean our planet together.\n\nIs I.Q. Test a true judge of intelligence? \n\nShould surrogate motherhood be allowed?\n\nWhat underlies the genius phenomenon? \n\nWhat to wear: a look into the future of fashion.\n\nThe Horatio Alger success story in the modern America: Myth or reality?\n\nHome schooling is necessary for mentally and physically handicapped children.\n\nWhy Mao's "Great Leap Forward" was a failure.\n\nBoxing should be banned because it promotes cruelty.\n\nTo reduce the number of car accidents driving age should be raised to 18. \n\nHunting should be outlawed to protect endangered species. \n\nHow mutation and natural selection affect accurate measurements of evolution. \n\nPornography is an obscenity in our society.\n\nThere are new concepts in stress management.\n\nThailand is one of the seven wonders and a great place to visit.\n\nHelp your back now and turn to wonder-working chiropractic therapy.\n\nWhat can you do to help homeless?\n\nAnorexia is a cause of weight loss. \n\nEuthanasia is a way to stop pain of mortally dead people.\n\nWhy society needs heroes?\n\nDivorce leaves terrible emotional scars on child's physics.\n\nLoch Ness monster really does exist.\n\nWhy is parental kidnapping increasing?\n\nHate speeches shouldn't be tolerated
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I would suggest to not memorize words, but learn the subject, understand the topic. \n\nMake a list of key points you want to make and then elaborate it with what you know. If you are allowed, bring in note cards with the key points to get you started. \n\nWhen you understand what you are talking about, it will become easier for you to speak about. You can also give it your own twist by putting your own personality to the presentation.  \n\nGood Luck!
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That Dale Carnegie book is great, give it a shot.\n\nYou're unable to hold conversations because you're not really interested in what the other person is saying. This takes practice because humans are self-centered in general. I've learned a lot by practicing the techniques in that Carnegie book. I used to think that people were boring, but i was just arrogant and wanted to dominate the conversation too much. Now I just shut up, listen, and learn. As a result, I've become a little bit wiser than yesterday.
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Talk about something your are interested in.  Or something you could find out about and feel passionate about e.g. Why donating bone marrow is a good idea (Put Antony Nolan into google and you will find something.); Christians and Conservation (arocha.org); a place I would like to visit (just put in Cambridge or Kenya etc into Google and you will get lots of info.)
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A rhetorical non-sequitur - I love 'em!\n\nA more general rhetorical non non-sequitur would be: Is there anything which a government cannot tax?
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If this is a college essay question, I would focus on something that can be perceived as negative or positive.\n\nFor example, "It is difficult for met to public speak, but I find the more I challenge myself, the easier it becomes. I decided to read poetry at a local nursing home to build up my skills and comfort level, and to test my own boundaries."\n\nOr something like that!
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1. Check everything in the list of interesting persuasive speech topics below that interests you. Make a rough list of everything you know something about, would like to know more about, or that fascinates you. \n\n- What amuses you, makes you move, happy or sad? \n- What do you think is inspiring? \n\n2. After you have made a first check of my list of interesting speech topics:\n\n-  Look at it from opposite sides. Refine your interesting persuasive speech topic by choosing a creative and reliable angle of approach. Ask yourself what yóu want to change. \n\n- Compare that angle of view to the views of your class mates. Are there things in your community, college, state, country or in the world in relation to the speech topic of your choice that make you angry, bother or concern you and them? Common grounds? \n\n3. Now answer these detail questions to construct your main points: \n\n- What is wrong and why?\n- What should be done, why and when? \n- What goes wrong if we don't act? \n- What is your "call to action"?\n\nMy list of interesting persuasive speech topics you can see and judge from various points of view:\nBoating, Bodyart, Caribbean, Celebrities, Climbing, Cycling, European Union, Fashion, Home Improvement, Internet Broadcasts, Jewelry, Martial Arts, Mental Health, Middle East, Mining, Motorsports, Music, Parliamentary Procedures, Relationships, Rural Living, South America, Stem Cell Research, Strength Sports, Telecommunications, The Hippocratic Oath, Transportation, Typography, Urban Legends, Virtual Reality, Visual Arts, Water Sports, Weight Loss, Winter Sports, and so on. \n\nIf you can't find what you are looking for use this list of 60 interesting persuasive speech topics at http://www.speech-topics-help.com/interesting-persuasive-speech-topics.html
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Great job raising the level of discourse. Try improving your vocabulary and maybe someone will listen...
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Online Speech Bank\n\nIndex to and growing database of 5000+ full text, audio and video (streaming) versions of public speeches, sermons, legal proceedings, lectures, debates, interviews, other recorded media events, and a declaration or two.\n\nhttp://www.americanrhetoric.com/\n\nhttp://www.americanrhetoric.com/speechbank.htm\n\nhttp://www.speech-topics-help.com/good-persuasive-speech-topics.html\n\nhttp://www.historyplace.com/speeches/previous.htm\n\nhttp://library.albany.edu/usered/dr/speech.html\n\nhttp://www.history.com/media.do\n\nhttp://yahooligans.yahoo.com/school_bell/social_studies/history/speeches/\n\n\nSpeechTips\n\nLooking for Good Persuasive Speech Topics?\n\nhttp://www.top101persuasivespeechtopics.com/\n\nhttp://www.speech-topics-help.com/index.html\n\nhttp://www.goodpersuasivespeechtopics.com/persuasive.htm\n\nhttp://www.leeogle.org/byron/bhs/library/persuasion.htm\n\nThis is a very good site with very easy to follow step by step instructions.\n\nSpeechTips.com Your free guide to speech writing and public speaking for eulogies, graduations, best man, father of the bride and any other public speaking engagement.\n\nhttp://www.speechtips.com/index.html\n\nhttp://www.speechtips.com/preparation.html\n\nFREE Articles on Public Speaking\n\nThis site has so many tips that I was unable to pick any, you will need to see for yourself and see which, if any are useful to you.\n\nhttp://www.public-speaking.org/public-speaking-articles.htm\n\nThis site seems OK but once again see what is useful.\n\nhttp://members.shaw.ca/toasted/services.htm\n\nI liked this one.\n\nThe fear of speaking to a group of people is one of the most common forms of social phobia. Here are several suggestions for working with this fear.\n\nhttp://www.rpeurifoy.com/anxiety/pubspeak.htm\n\nPublic speaking do's and don't's\n\nhttp://www.lifehacker.com/software/feature/public-speaking-dos-and-donts-161531.php\n\nGood luck.\n\nKevin, Liverpool, UK.
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Well i cant really say what things to SAY at the start, but make sure u dont put too much humour at the start. Small instances or anecdotes will do fine, but the humour should come in patches. As a result audience's interest will always be there. And end the speech in such a way so that it dosent seem something was missing. To end, u can ask questions to the audience. Never say that "i guess thats all i had to say, so i'll stop" It will create a bad impression.\n\nU say u want to say about skydiving etc. I think u better not do it. Cuz by doing that, u'll be drifting away from ur main topic, and the audience will not like that. Always remember the audience will be there to listen on THE topic and not the things u like and want to say...\n\nAnyways, best of luck with your speech !
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There are numerous topics you could cover. Here's some topics that you can start with for your speech (they're based on current events):\n\n- Gas Prices: Will they continue to go up or down?\n- Will we travel in Space like we travel in cars in the near future?\n- Will we have a republican in the White house as our next president?\n- Will we have books in the future or will everthing be on computers?\n- Will robots become our new pets?\n- How small will cell phones get?\n- What is the future of music?\n- Will human genetics be able to be changed in the future?\n- Will extraterrestrials ever visit earth?\n- Will the war end in Iraq?\n\nThese questions should help you to flesh out what you want to say. You'll need to do some research on the topics though, but they are broad enough topics to get you started on your speech.\n\nHope that helps!\n\n~JYH
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typing or public speaking.
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I am really not at all sure of what you're trying to say, but good communication skills are essential in any public endeavor. You have VERY limited skills in this area.
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One thing you want to do for sure is only use the slides for emphasis of main points. If you read from it or a piece of paper you will put people to sleep. Know your material and tell the story changing the cadence of your voice and looking at your audience. You have a most interesting topic - although it sounds rather broad. What is the relationship you are looking for between the topics you have mentioned? How are you going to hook them together. Find an anecdote if you can that makes the connection. Good luck.
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I think a great how to speech is to show how to make origami.  It can be a little confusing to explain but if you're up for the challenge and pick something not too difficult, I think the class will like that.  Another idea would be to make something they could eat but it wouldn't require baking or cooking. Some treat like trail mix would be cool.  Good luck!
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You can use topics such as Abortion, Smoking, Wearing Seatbelts, etc.