Narrative speeches: 125 topic ideas

Plus, guidelines, a printable outline and more for storytelling speeches

I love narrative or storytelling speeches. A story told well can quickly flick me into a trance like state. I’ll ‘oooo’, ‘aahh’ and ‘ohhhh’ on cue. I’ll laugh and sometimes even cry.

Regardless of who, or where, we are the most powerful stories are personal. They’re the game changers, the significant events: meetings, accidents, cultural jolts, and life lessons that have made an impact on us.

They’re about family, our children, love, marriage, friends, politics, education, work, living in society, philosophy, the natural world, ...

In telling them we reveal aspects of ourselves: sharing our innermost thoughts and feelings.

If you want tell-a-story (narrative speech) material for your students or yourself, have a look at: examples of narrative speech topics.

You’ll find:

• 125 storytelling speech topics,

• step-by-step guidelines to take you from topic choice to speech,

• a printable narrative speech outline to use,

• an explanation, with an example, of the difference between an anecdote and a story,

• and access to further storytelling resources.

Examples of narrative speech topics: 125 ideas for story telling speeches

That’s it for today.
Happy teaching, happy speaking,
Susan

PS. As I said last week, and I’ll say next, if you have ideas for topics you’d like to see covered in this newsletter, or if you’d like to share an article on some aspect of public speaking, or a speech of your own, please get in touch. Either reply to this email or contact me through the form on my about me page on my website. I’d love to hear from you!