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Overcoming Fear of Public Speaking & Help Pages
- Acute Anxiety Help
- Letting go of Fear - a free 7 part e-course
- Online 1-1 coaching to overcome fear of public speaking
- How to manage public speaking anxiety using self-hypnosis.
- Fight or Flight Response - an explanation
- Breathing Exercises to calm and control anxiety
- Public Speaking Nerves - 5 strategies to transform negative thinking into positive confidence
- How to Build Self Confidence in a Child through Speech & Drama: Suggestions and Activities
- Dale Carnegie's 'The Art of Public Speaking' - a classic & free downloadable e-book.
How to Prepare a Speech
- How to Plan a Speech
- 100s of speech topics - links to lists of demonstration, one minute, persuasive, impromptu, controversial, children's, informative, fun and Easter speech topics
- How to choose interesting speech topics
- Building rapport with your audience
- Sample speech outline - a template for preparing a speech with a printable outline.
- A sample demonstration speech outline with a printable outline.
- A sample persuasive speech outline with a printable outline.
- 7 sample impromptu speech outline patterns each with a printable outline.
- How to Write a Speech
- How to begin a speech - 12 of the best ways to start
- How to end a speech memorably
- How to Write a Speech for Kids
- How to use Storytelling to enrich your speeches
- Storytelling setups: How to successfully introduce your story
- Characterization techniques to enhance your storytelling
- How to rehearse a speech
- How to Use Props (visual aids) Well
- How to Prepare & Use Cue Cards
- How to memorize a speech easily using acronyms
- Speech Evaluation - The aspects assessed in a formal evaluation & a downloadable speech evaluation form
- How many words per minute in a speech - a quick reference guide
Improve Your Voice & Delivery
- What is delivery in speech? -2 basic principles of effective speech delivery and how to excel in both of them.
- The 4 modes of speech delivery - an overview of manuscript, impromptu, extemporaneous and memorized speech delivery, plus their pros and cons.
- Vocal aspects of speech delivery 9 features of effective speech delivery, plus how to maximize your vocal potential.
- Voice Image - how our voice delivery influences how people respond to us
- Vocal warmups - a simple set of essential preparation exercises for confident speech delivery
- Voice Health-tips for maintaining good voice health
- A Teacher's Voice - developing a flexible, dynamic speaking voice. (Page includes links to research on the effect of the teacher's voice on children's learning)
- 10 Public Speaking Exercises for Improving Delivery
- Diction/Articulation Exercises
- Tongue Exercises for Articulation - Mrs Tongue Does Her Housework
- Proper Pronunciation - Commonly mispronounced words & phrases
- American English Pronunciation
- Exercises to Modify Speaking Rate (Either too slow or too fast)
- What is Speech Rate? How many words per minute is fast or slow?
- Exercises to Develop the Power of the Pause - Use Silence Effectively
- Vocal Variety
- Why is eye contact important? - 5 activities for teaching good eye contact.
- Tips for Using Body Language to Enhance your Speech
Humor
- How to Use Humor Effectively
- Types of Verbal Humor
- Exercises for compelling body language and vocal variety
- The Humorous Speech Contest - What happens when 'funny' is not enough. Learn from my experience!
- Great Funny Speeches: How to get the laughter
- Fun Speech Topics: 60 light-hearted topics for kids of all ages
- Funny how-to speech topics -188 funny topics for a demonstration speech
- 205 fun persuasive speech topics
- Witty quotations - 42 funny birthday quotes for speeches and cards
Developing Vocabulary & Confidence, Using Words Positively
- How to Increase Your Word Power
- How to use action verbs to write a dynamic vibrant speech
- 10 Public Speaking Activities for Groups
- 5 Improv Games to Play with Groups
- 7 Public Speaking Games for Groups
- 5 Fun Public Speaking Activities for Groups
- 28 Public Speaking Games: a resource (instructions plus printables) for teachers
- Ten Tips on Using the Power of the Spoken Word Positively
- Effective Listening Skills
- 14 Benefits of Public Speaking
Specialist Speeches & Resources
Acceptance Speeches
- How to Write an Acceptance Speech without Tears
- An Award Acceptance Speech Example- inspiring, impassioned and humble.
Birthday Speeches
- Free Birthday Speech Tips - How to Write a Birthday Speech
- Birthday Speeches: 40th birthday speech sample for a daughter from her mother
- Birthday Speeches: 50th birthday speech sample for a man from a close male friend
- Birthday Speech Tips & Speeches contributed by site visitors
- Birthday Themed Quotations - Wisdom
- Witty or Funny Themed Birthday Quotations
- Milestone (20th, 30th, 40th, 50th & 60th plus) Birthday Quotations
Business Speaking
- Business Thank You Speech - an adaptable template to personalize
Children's Speech Topics
- Dozens of Speech Topics for Children
- 50+ Elocution Topics for Kids
Christmas Speeches
- How to write a short, simple, sincere Christmas Speech - step by step template and quotations to use
- A sample Christmas Speech outline prepared using an easily adaptable step by step template.
Commemorative Speech Topics
- Commemorative speech topic helper - How to choose the most appropriate topic to fit the occasion. Plus resource links.
- The Tribute Speech Guide - characteristics of a tribute speech, how to plan and prepare one with examples
- A sample tribute speech - This is a tribute speech written for my Mother, Iris.
Controversial Speech Topics
Declamation Speeches
Demonstration Speeches
- How to Select a Topic & Prepare a Successful Demonstration Speech
- 100+ Demonstration Speech Topic Suggestions
- 50 How To Speech Ideas
- Another 50 Demonstrative Speech Topics
Easter Speech Topics
Eulogies or Funeral Speeches
- How to Write a Eulogy
- Sample Eulogies written by the site writer
- Sample Eulogies contributed by visitors
- Give a Living Eulogy - a speech of appreciation and gratitude to a living person
- How To Write a Poem
- How To Read a Poem Aloud
- Readings (podcasts) of funeral poems
- Poems Suitable for Use in Eulogies
- More Poems Suitable for Use in Funeral Speeches
- Inspirational Quotations to Calm, Comfort & Heal
- Bereavement support - a free series of 7 inspirational messages to comfort and support grieving
Farewell Speeches
Impromptu Speeches
- How to Banish Impromptu Speaking Blues - Easy-to-use templates & tips
- 10+ Themed Sets of Impromptu Speech Topics
- 50 Impromptu Public Speaking Topics to Practice With
- Themed sets of impromptu speech topics in printable pdf format
Informational/Interesting Speeches
- Informational Speech Topics - lists of topic suggestions and tips to prepare an informative speech
- Interesting Speech Topics - unusual & diverse
Introduction Speeches
- How to prepare and deliver a great introduction for a guest speaker. Tips, template and example
- How to prepare and deliver a brief self-introduction speech. Tips, template and example
Persuasive Speech Ideas
- Checklist for writing a persuasive speech
- 50+ provoking fresh persuasive speech ideas
- 50 good persuasive speech topics
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A persuasive speech outline using Monroe's Motivated Sequence
Download a blank persuasive speech outline template to complete. - A persuasive speech example using Monroe's Motivated Sequence
Retirement Speeches
- Why Use a Free Retirement Speech? How to Write Your Own.
- Sample Retirement Speech written by site author
- 50 Retirement Themed Quotations
Student Council Speeches
Thank You Speeches
- How to Prepare a Thanksgiving Speech - select a theme and complete an easy-to-follow template
- How to Prepare a Thank You Speech - easy to follow template
- A Business Thank You Speech example - adapt, and personalize it to prepare a speech thanking employees for a job well done
- A collection of 30 'Thank You' quotes to help you say thank you creatively
Wedding Speech Resources
- Wedding Poems & Readings
- Engagement Party Speeches
- Engagement Toasts
- Bridesmaid Speech
- Maid of Honor Sister Speech
- 50th Wedding Anniversary Speeches
- 50th Anniversary Toast - an example
Welcome Speeches
- Welcome to the Family Speeches:- an easy-to-use adaptable template, plus a sample welcome speech
- Welcome Speeches:- an easy-to-use adaptable template suitable for any type of Welcome Speech, plus a sample welcome speech
- Church Welcome Speech Sample: brief, sincere and simple, a gracious welcome to your church - use this sample speech as a template to prepare your own speech
- Phrases for Welcome Speeches: how say welcome well
Other
- Audience Etiquette
- Public Speaking Rubric
- The Importance of Communication Skills - a 5 step guide to improve face to face communication
- Public Speaking News - articles, press releases, reports - updated daily. Gathered from over 4000 sources all over the globe.
- Teaching English in Russia - report of a 5 day workshop teaching Russian English teachers
- Speech writer for hire - my bespoke speech writing service
Speaking Out Loud
Free E-books
Poem Readings
- Readings of 'I am Standing Upon the Seashore', 'Funeral Blues', 'Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep', 'Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi'
- Reading of 'Jazz Piano'
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