Where do I find speech ideas?
Speech ideas can come from many sources. Try some of these:
There are two book carts filled with books on major social issues. The two series are called Current Controversies and Opposing Viewpoints. Other books have been selected also.
Facts.com Go to the “Issues and controversies” tab. Then look at the “menu access” on the right side of the page. Lots of pro/con, controversial issues, international issues listed. http://www.2facts.com/icof/issues-home-feature.asp?ClearSelect=Clear
IDEA Debatabse. The International Debate assoc. has a great website with 238 different topics.
http://www.debatabase.org/alphaindex.asp
Public Agenda Public Agenda is an objective explorer of public opinion and a scrupulously fair minded producer of citizen education materials. Public Agenda's unique research explains and clarifies public attitudes about complex policy issues. Public Agenda's work shows that when presented with accurate information and meaningful choices, Americans can and do make thoughtful decisions.
This web page has been created to meet the needs of Multnomah County middle and high school students researching current social issues from multiple perspectives.
http://www.multcolib.org/homework/sochc.html
http://www.multcolib.org/homework/index.html is the index page for more homework areas.
Nemaha Valley High School in Kansas came up with a web page filled with ideas. Check out the idea generator. http://www.usd442.k12.ks.us/links/topics.htm
From a Toastmasters site, some speech ideas….
http://speechtopics.freeservers.com/Ideas.htm
The Message Center. A list of ideas. Click on the “How To Speech Ideas” and the “Persuasive Speech Ideas” links. http://lynn_meade.tripod.com/id172.htm
Researchpaper.com. The idea directory has lists of ideas for papers and speech topics.
http://www.researchpaper.com/directory.html
International Debate Education Association (IDEA) This has 232 topics with Pro/Con statements, links to relevant websites and a works cited. A GREAT place to start. (site is frequently SLOOOOW)
www.debatabase.org/alphaindex.asp
www.jasonlind.com/121ptotps.html
http://library.sau.edu/bestinfo/Hot/hotindex.htm
Research Questions: Persuasion. This is a list of topics to consider for research of a two-sided persuasive issue. Http://valencia.cc.fl.us/lrcwest/kaysmith.html
International Newspapers: The Times (English) http://www.thetimes.co.uk/
England, London; Daily
The International Herald Tribune. www.iht.com
Go to www.google.com and click on the News and Resources Link to go to many international newspapers.
Television and Radio News. www.msnbc.com www.cbsnews.com http://abcnews.go.com/ http://news.npr.org/
News magazines: Time; U. S. News and World Report; Business Week, etc.
Hobby magazines: BMX; Hot Rod, etc.
Internet News sites. Use the Headlines. www.cnn.com www.msnbc.com