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Public Speaking - 12 Powerful Ways to Begin a Speech

You don't want to make your speech boring, you want to make it engaging for the audience and make them want to keep listening.  Here is a link to a site that helps you with the start of your speech, some effective ways to grab your audience!

12 Powerful Ways to Begin a Speech

I wonder how you can make your speech that little more powerful and engaging.


Speech Examples

Below are 3 examples of speeches that you may recognise. Open the links to read each speech. Choose one and complete the graphic organiser analysing the speech. Think about...


-Does the speech entertain, inform or persuade you?
-What happens in the introduction?
-How has the writer engaged you?
-Have they used humor? Repetition? Rhetorical questions?
-Does the speech keep you interested right to the end?
-How does it end?


Speech 1 here
Speech 2
here

Speech 3 here


                                      Public Speaking Topics

It is so important to choose the right topic - you need something that will match your personality but also a topic that you are comfortable talking about.  Check out some of the following sites to find a topic that you like that you could write about...

http://www.effective-public-speaking-tips.com/speech-topics-for-kids.html

http://www.best-speech-topics.com/speech-topics-for-kids.html

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/interesting-speech-topics-for-kids.html

http://www.write-out-loud.com/speech-topics-for-children.html


                                          Conclusions
Don't leave your audience on a boring finish, give them something to want them asking for more.  It is also important that your audience knows you are finished without saying..."Thank you for listening!".  Here are some good ways you can write your conclusion...

http://sixminutes.dlugan.com/10-ways-to-end-your-speech/
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