Monday, September 5, 2011

Topics All Around You


One of the main reasons that we seem to struggle through our Competent Communicator manual is that we feel like we have nothing to talk about.  We search and search until we find the perfect speech topic.  I’m here to tell you that there is no such thing!
There are many things that are happening in our everyday lives that provide you an opportunity to create a speech.  Take for example what happened last week on the East Coast.  We had an earthquake on Tuesday and a Hurricane on Saturday.  Those two major events can set the groundwork for your next speech.  We tend to miss and overlook the simple things that occur in everyday life in search of a perfect topic.  Talk about you.  It’s the easiest thing to do and it allows listeners a chance to know you better.  Here’s 5 topics you can use for your next speech: