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Planning your speech: how to prepare a great speech outline
Planning your speech: how to write an effective audience focused speech outline step by step with examples
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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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How to read a speech effectively
How to read a speech effectively - 4 good ways to sound natural while reading a manuscript
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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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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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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What is delivery in speech? It's HOW you give your speech.
Delivery in speech is its presentation. Discover the 2 basic principles of good speech delivery and get practical tips and exercises to help you excel in both.
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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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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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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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Church welcome speech sample [full text plus resources]
A church welcome speech sample: sincere, brief and effective. Use it as a template to prepare your own welcome speech for church visitors or newcomers.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The fight or flight response and public speaking fear explained
What is the fight or flight response? Find out why and how it kicks in when you have a speech to make.
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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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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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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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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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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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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 outline: 7 structural patterns with examples
How to prepare an effective impromptu speech outline:7 organizational patterns: each with examples and a printable speech outline template.
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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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An 18th birthday speech example
An example 18th birthday speech of thanks to family and friends for helping celebrate the speaker's very special day.
Thanksgiving speech: how to prepare a perfect toast
Your thanksgiving speech made easier- read the example, choose a theme, complete the template, practice and deliver.
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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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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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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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write-out-loud.com's sitemap: all its pages at a glance
Find the public speaking articles and resources you want by using the site search box or the index of main headings.
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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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Funeral poems - readings of loved funeral poems
Listen to readings of 'I am Standing Upon the Seashore', 'Funeral Blues', 'Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep' and the Prayer of St Francis of Assisi
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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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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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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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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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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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Speech examples: many different types to read before you write
Speech examples: farewell, birthday, tribute, welcome, introduction, engagement, eulogy and more. Kick start your creativity by reading before you write.
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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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Impromptu public speaking topics: 200 good speech ideas
Impromptu public speaking topics: 200 interesting, diverse and funny speech topic suggestions for 'off the cuff' speaking practice.
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Poems to read aloud at funerals, at weddings and, just for fun
Find just the right poem to read aloud. Classic collections of best loved poems for funerals, weddings, and for fun. [Many with audio and free printables.]
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Informative speech examples: key features, topics & outlines
Informative speech: examples, topics and outlines for definition, description, demonstration and explanatory informative speeches
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Voice image and its impact on our lives
Voice image can make or break a career, yet few people consciously control what their voice says about themselves. Empower yourself by learning more.
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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Example eulogies for mothers from their sons - 4 loving tributes
What should a son say in a eulogy for his mother? How do you begin? For help and inspiration read 4 heartfelt sincere eulogies for mothers from their sons.
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Sample eulogies - Help and resources to write a eulogy
70+ example eulogies and resources to help you write a loving eulogy for a mother, father, sister, brother, friend... Comprehensive, caring, step by step help.
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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.
