Persuasive Speaking Speech Topics Primer

Persuasive speaking speech topics locating by less effort showed to you in a nutchell starting from your baseline. Question: you can not think of the right thing to persuade the audience in your direction? 

How can you go about finding a something to discuss that will convince, please and interest everyone and not leave them feeling that they have no interest in what you are discussing?





There are myriad ways to find something good; some of them are easy common sense methods of choosing one.

Speech topics to persuade, unless it is for a specific purpose, such as the forwarding of an event of service, can be nearly anything you want! Particular favorites are your old alma mater, community values, local schools or events in your world.

Chances are you are addressing people with some common interest. That alone will give a clue. Be certain that what you are discussing is of interest to them.

Your persuasive speaking speech topics should be familiar to you, and if not an expert in some particular sphere of activity; they must be researchable enough prior to giving the presentation. Take time to prepare in other words.

Start the persuasive speaking speech process with brainstorming.
Sit down with a pen and ask yourself these essential questions before your start making any notes:


1. What is interesting to this particular public? Find our who they are. How many attendees are in the room? Interested individuals or are they to meet for the annual or monthly gathering, like Toastmasters and Rotarians do?

2. And what can I offer that they would find unique and intriguing? What do they like to digest as mind stretcher?

E.g. To a bird-watching group, a call for action on how to save the feral cat population will probably not interest them. It may be something that could be debated, but in general persuasive speaking is presenting only your side of things.

So, what are the rules? Those rules - if not outlined - are still unwritten and generated by several factors, and among them, common sense.

  • What is the particular occasion that impels the presentation?

  • Does it require certain persuasive speaking speech topics or is that open to your discretion?

If your answer is the latter, then the road to speech ideas is clear and you can safely assume that you may choose something you think is a reasonable topic. Move on to find one that you are realistically at ease with.

If you do not know a thing about bird watching and aren’t at ease discussing it, chances are that preserving rare Hawaiian feathered creatures is not a good speech idea :-)

But using their interests, you can easily adapt your own to fit with what they enjoy. Put a spin on their interest and make it mesh with what you advocate for. Let them revolve your arguments in their minds.

The best speeches are on persuasive speaking speech topics such as how and why we have to do something. An ordinairy example: when speaking to ornithologists about the urge for new classifying methods, a good speech idea might be how to get the best photo of a rare bird in flight without having a blur? How to build the proper blind or good methods of concealment?

Taking the theme of the event, giving it a twist to coincide with what you want to accomplish, and are accomplished at, and adding a how to aspect to your persuasive speaking speech topics will always be a hit.

Everyone loves to gain new information or new skills. The public will have an interest of one thing or another in common which unite them. Make their interest yours.

In a metaphor: stand on each other's shoulders. Choose several things to add to your list. Narrow it down to just one that you feel most comfortable with.

Using the example from above, make a short list of what you think that has to be done to benefit the watcher hobbyist who needs to categorize special flying animals:

  • Can you teach concealment skills - how to build a camouflaged place for covering a bird's nest in the open field?

  • Are you handy with building things such as a blind or feeder?

  • Do you know photography well? Getting fast moving birds in flight sharp and clear?

Go over your list of possible persuasive speaking speech topics and choose the one at which you feel the most comfortable persuading, and that you think will be of interest to the group at large, not just one or two listeners.

Not everyone wants to lay concealed on the floor of the forest, so that one could be safely removed. Not everyone uses power tools to classify, so remove the feeder. Nearly everyone has a camera, so persuading the right settings to gain in-flight photos might be your best bet.

Social author Eric Hoffer about internal persuading Make a persuasive speaking outline of imperative things, such as the correct camera settings, the proper shutter speed, the right flash or no flash, et cetera.

That will make a big difference in the overall outcome of their efforts when they apply what you are selling in your persuasive speaking speech topics.

Include a paragraph on each of those as you write the public speaking speech about the most effective methods to classify rare fowls.

Leave a few minutes after the session for questions or input about what you have discussed.

And leave a short illustrated handout with all tips and images, and your name and personal address on it if they want further information and details.