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Engagement toasts: 5 short, sincere examples to use as templates
Engagement toasts: 5 simple engagement party speeches from a father, mother, maid of honor, groom, & bride to help you write your own.
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Maid of honor sister speech | a template and example speech
Write a heartfelt maid of honor speech for your sister using a FREE 5-step printable speech outline template. Full guidelines. Plus, an example speech.
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Demonstration speech topics: 290 good 'how to' speech ideas
290 'how to' demonstration speech ideas: plus preparation and delivery guidelines and a free printable demonstration speech outline document.
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How to read a speech effectively
How to read a speech effectively - 4 good ways to sound natural while reading a manuscript
Funeral poems| 4 Remember Me poems with text, audio & printable
Four short uplifting popular funeral poems called Remember Me. Perfect for a eulogy or memorial service. Read, listen & download a printable for your own use.
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Diction Exercises: Tongue Twisters to Speak Clearly [36 of the best]
Diction exercises: have fun listening and learning how to improve your diction (enunciation) with 36 of the best tongue twisters.
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Persuasive speech outline: Monroe's Motivated Sequence in action
Persuasive speech outline sample of Monroe's Motivated Sequence, the 5 step pattern underpinning the psychology of persuasion. Plus printable outline template.
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1 minute speech topics - 150 remarkably good impromptu speech ideas☺
150 1 minute speech topics, 3 sample one minute speech outlines, audio examples & a FREE printable 1 minute speech outline. A 1-stop impromptu speaking package
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Company Christmas party speech | 2 short and sweet examples
Write a company Christmas party speech: 2 easily followed examples to use to help you prepare a short meaningful speech for the annual office party.
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Cue cards: How to make and use note cards in speeches
How to make cue cards: 10 features of effective cue cards that will help you to remember and deliver a speech easily.
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Student Council speech | Treasurer example
An example student council treasurer speech to use to help you easily write your own. With a printable planner and speech outline.
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Funeral Blues (aka Stop All the Clocks) poem by WH Auden
Funeral Blues - that much loved 'Four Weddings and a Funeral' poem for memorial services. Listen to it. Read about its meaning and history. Get the printable.
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Christmas speeches: how to write the best Christmas speech ever!☺
Christmas speeches for your company or office Christmas party made joyfully easy with a step-by-step speech template and free printable outline. With examples.
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Christmas speech sample: an awesome template to adapt
Christmas speech sample: a flexible and easily adaptable speech to use as a starting point for writing your own
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Examples of narrative speech topics | 125 ideas for your story speech
Examples of narrative speech topics: 125 strong ideas for effective story telling speeches, preparation guidelines, plus a printable narrative speech outline.
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Banishing impromptu speaking blues: tips and templates to succeed
Impromptu speaking: Yes, you CAN learn to love it. Become confident and competent. Get the effective strategies you need to succeed.
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Impromptu Speech Topics -11 themed lists: 116+ fun topic ideas
Impromptu Speech Topics - 11 themed lists of creative fun topic ideas for impromptu speaking practice.
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Impromptu speech topic cards : 196 ready to download and print
Printable impromptu speech topic cards. Choose 98 proverbs or 98 quotations, or have both collections. Suitable for middle school up.
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Public speaking resources shop - write-out-loud.com
Welcome to write-out-loud.com's public speaking resources shop! Browse instantly available speech topic printables, games and more
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Fun impromptu speech activities: 17 of the best, ready to go!
17 fun impromptu speech activities: an instantly available bundle of proven activities, with guidelines and printables for middle school up
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Sample speech outline: examples with a printable template☺
Sample speech outline: how to outline a speech effectively - guidelines, with examples. Plus, a printable blank outline to download.
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Educational institutions who reference and use write-out-loud
A growing list of educational institutions who use write-out-loud articles and printables in their courses.
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Writing a persuasive speech: an easily followed 7 step plan
Writing a persuasive speech - a checklist with examples: how to choose your topic, set a goal, analyze your audience, and select a speech pattern to use.
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Speech topics | 100s of great ideas for students and teachers
Speech topics by the 100s: lists of interesting, creative demonstration, impromptu, persuasive (and more) speech ideas for middle school and up.
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Public speaking activities and games | 44+ fun skill builders
Public speaking activities and games for middle school up - 44 + fun adaptable exercises, many with free printables, to build confidence & skills.
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Halloween speech topics and activities with printables. Spooktacular!
Halloween speech topics and activities for public speaking classes. Fun, skill and confidence building solo, paired and group activities with 7 free printables.
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Tongue twister games - fun articulation exercises for kids of all ages
Tongue twister games for crisp articulation, fluency and fun. Instructions plus a free printable - 44 tongue twisters and a poem
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Tongue exercises for articulation | Clean clear speech the fun way!
Mrs Tongue Does Her Housework - fun, effective tongue exercises for articulation set to a simple story. With free printable. Suitable for students of all ages.
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Bridesmaid speech - prepare an excellent maid of honor speech
Use this complete survival kit to prepare a heartfelt bridesmaid speech: an easily completed 4-step template with example speeches
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Improv Games: 5 Icebreakers for Speech and Drama Classes
Improv games: 5 fun warm-up/icebreaker activities to sharpen focus, encourage mental flexibility while developing awareness of body language and communication.
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About me, contact - Susan Dugdale from write-out-loud.com
Who is Susan Dugdale from write-out-loud.com? Find out about, and contact, me here.
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60 speech topics to highlight body language and gesture
60 speech ideas to help you work with body language and gesture. Perfect for Toastmasters Pathway Level 1: Project 3 and Level 2: Effective Body Language
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Speech writer for hire: the stress-less way to write your speech
Speech writer for hire: a highly recommended bespoke, AI free, writing service. Engaging customized social and business speeches at a competitive rate.
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Quick and easy effective tips for using pauses in speeches
Learn how, when and why to use silence easily via the very effective counting technique and transform your speeches. With audio examples.
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How to speech ideas: 50 soft skill demonstration speech topics
How to speech ideas: 50 public speaking topics focusing on the vital skills needed to make and sustain healthy relationships.
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Characterization techniques for storytelling in speeches
Characterization techniques: how to enrich the stories in your speeches simply and effectively using compelling body language and vocal variety.
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Why is eye contact important? Why is seeing eye-to-eye essential?
Eye contact plays a vital role in the quality of our face-to-face communication. Here's 5 fun activities to teach how to make it effectively - middle school +
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Public speaking games ebook: activities to build skills & confidence
Public speaking games ebook: 28 fun speech games & activities for middle school to adult; complete with printable resources, and how-to guides
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Eulogy for my son - a heartfelt tribute from a father
What do you say in a eulogy for your son? Read a warm, loving example contributed to help and inspire others with a eulogy to write for their own son.
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Types of verbal humor: an overview with examples
Types of verbal humor: an overview of comedic language devices, with examples, to get the laughter you want when you give a speech.
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Online coaching - to develop public speaking confidence
Online coaching - one-to-one, affordable, effective help to develop public speaking confidence and competency.
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Persuasive Speech Example: Monroes Motivated Sequence in Action
Persuasive speech example -The impact of suicide on those left behind - a sample persuasive speech using Monroe's Motivated Sequence
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How to practice public speaking | 9 fabulously (☺) effective ways
9 keyways to effectively practice public speaking to build competence and confidence quickly and easily. With a free printable pre-presentation checklist.
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108 feminist persuasive speech topics for college students
108 women's rights and feminist persuasive speech topics: a broad collection to challenge, provoke and persuade. Suitable for college students upwards.
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Maid of honor speech examples [ + a MOH speech template]
2 unique maid of honor speech examples to help you craft the perfect maid of honor speech to celebrate the happy couple on their wedding day.
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Elocution topics for kids: creative speech ideas for children
Elocution topics for kids: 50+ ideas to help parents and teachers help children choose good, interesting speech topics for themselves.
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Eulogy for a mother from her daughter - 5 short loving examples
What should a daughter say in a eulogy for her mother? How do you begin? To help and inspire read 5 genuinely heartfelt eulogies for mothers from daughters.
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Eulogy examples | 70 + heartfelt funeral speeches
Eulogy examples for loved family members, friends and colleagues shared by readers worldwide. Use them as inspiration and help for the eulogy you need to write.
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How to write a good speech [7 easily followed steps]
A step by step guide for writing a great speech. Learn how to engage your audience from start to finish. With examples and a printable speech outline.
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From fear to fun in 28 ways
A complete one stop resource to scuttle fear in the best of all possible ways - with laughter.
