Public Speaking: Choosing a Topic

Before you prepare your public speaking presentation, you need to pick a suitable topic. While choosing topics for public speaking, you will need to keep the type of audience in mind that you are going to address. Remember - a public speaking topic can either excite your audience or put them to sleep, as dead as door nails. That’s why it becomes all the more important to choose it wisely.

 When you choose your topic, keep the interests of your audience in mind. If you are addressing a gathering of students, something like “Tips to get good grades” would be an interesting concept. However, for a group of investors, something like “Secrets of becoming a Billionaire Investor” would be more appropriate. What I am trying to say here is that your public speaking topic should have some call to action so that your audience comes prepared to be active participants and not simply sit there like lazy bums.

As I say in my book and boot camp, all you want to do is connect with your audience AND make them have fun while learning a precious thing or two from the presentation. So, the key lies in choosing a topic that excites them and makes them listen to you with wide-eyed and jaw-dropping attention.