Examples of easy persuasive speech topics

309 themed topic suggestions + resources for writing persuasive speeches

Do your students ask for easy persuasive speech topics?

I remember it happening frequently and having to explain 'easy' and 'persuasive' were seldom paired when it came to speech topics. Therefore, examples of them were a bit of a rarity, and finding them could be tricky.

I understood then, and still do now. That word 'easy' is so very tempting. It seductively implies you can fling something together, without a lot of effort, at short notice. 

An 'easy' speech is not going to take a lot of work to plan, research, to write, or to practice. Everything needed to prepare it will be done without hassle, because it's, 'easy'. The entire process will flow smoothly from start to finish without fuss.

When you present the speech, the audience will be spell-bound, riveted by your outstanding choice of subject and its treatment. In short, they will be amazed. (Hah!)

What a successful persuasive speech usually takes

To give a successful persuasive speech means being able to use a compelling mix of reasoning and emotional appeal to convince whoever you are talking to that your point of view is right. Generally doing that well takes thought and effort.

Those things that need doing include:

• deciding on a specific speech purpose, (what you want people to do as a result of listening to your speech)

• research to pull facts together to ground your speech, to give you a solid platform to stand on

• understanding your audience so you know how best to shape your material to address their concerns

• sorting out any additional resources you may want to use (e.g. images, graphs, hand outs...)

• practice, and then more practice. 

You, see? ‘Easy’ and ‘persuasive don't’ seem to have a lot in common.

However, there is a way through.

To find out how a persuasive speech topic could become ‘easy’ or at least, ‘easier’, go to: Easy persuasive speech topics: examples

You’ll find 309 themed persuasive topic suggestions, (education, mental health, autism, the psychology of motivation, current medical issues, natural medicines, ethics, morals, values, the economy…), with ongoing links to other useful pages on my site for writing persuasive speeches.

Until next week,
Susan

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