Simple speech topics and the ten ways to work out and format a list of threehundred good simple ideas for public speaking. Lists of most important people of the year or even the century are everlasting sources of simple speech ideas. But just wait a second before you jump to 'of the year-lists' or something like that stuff!
1. I will show you ways to work them out carefully or minutely.
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2. You don't have to go to any list!
I have selected more than enough proven names for you of famous figures to fill 300 speeches :-) A few have played a controversial role in history, so that could be an approach...
First things first. How to elaborate on simple speech topics? Here are the checks:
Describe the meaning of the person's life and works. Why famous? What was she or he like? What achievements? Ambitions? Values? Movement or activist / scientific group? Rivals? Conflicts? Famous quotation? Personal life facts? What do other people think of the person? What do you think of him / her?
List of Simple Speech Topics
Al Capone Albert Einstein Albert John Luthuli Alexander Graham Bell Alexander Hamilton Alfred Hitchcock Alice Walker Alicia Keys Alicia Silverstone Amadeus Mozart Amelia Earhart Andrew Johnson Andy Warhol Anne Frank Anthony De Mello Anwar Sadat Aretha Franklin Ariel Sharon Aristotle Arnold Schwarzenegger Arthur Asher Ashanti Ashlee Simpson Augustus Caesar Aung San Suu Kyi Avril Lavigne Ayatollah Khomeini Babe Ruth Ben Bernanke Ben Franklin Benjamin Harrison Benny Goodman Betty Williams Beyonce Bill Clinton Bill Cosby Bill Gates Billy Crystal Bob Dylan Bob Hope Bob Newhart Bonnie and Clyde (two persons, yep, but not two simple speech topics ... :-) Bono C. S. Lewis Calvin Coolidge Carl Sagan Cassius Clay Cesar Chavez Charles DeGaulle Charles Dickens Charles Lindbergh Charles Manson Charlie Brown Charlie Chaplin Chevy Chase Chiang Kai-Shek Christopher Columbus Cleopatra Clint Eastwood Coco Chanel Colin Powell Condoleezza Rice Confucius Coretta Scott King Dalai Lama Dan Aykroyd Dan Rather Dave Letterman Deng Xiaoping Desmond Tutu Dian Fossey Dick Van Dyke Dolley Madison Doris Day Dwight Eisenhower Eddie Murphy Edgar Allen Poe Edward Jenner Elie Wiesel Elizabeth Taylor Elvis Presley Eminem Ernest Hemingway Fidel Castro Fifty Cent Florence Nightingale
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Fred Astaire Gamal Abdel Nasser General Westmoreland George Marshall George Washington Gerald Ford Haile Selassie Hank Aaron Harrison Ford Harry Houdini Harry Truman Henri La Fontaine Henri Mancini Henry Ford Henry Kissinger Herbert Hoover Ho Chi Minh Howard Hughes Indira Gandhi Isaac Newton Jack Nicholson Jacqueline Kennedy Onasis Jacques Chirac James Dean James Madison James Monroe James Polk James Taylor Jane Addams Jane Austen Jawaharlal Nehru Jay-Z Jesse Jackson Jessica Simpson Jim Carrey Jim Jones Jimi Hendrix Jimmy Carter Jimmy Conners John Belushi John Fitzgerald Kennedy John Foster Dulles John Lennon John Ruskin John Travolta Josephine Baker Julia Roberts Julie Andrews Justin Timberlake Kayne West Khalil Gibran Kim Dae Jung King Faisal Kingsley Amis Kofi Annan Konrad Adenauer Lech Walesa Leni Riefenstahl Leo Tolstoy Leonardo Da Vinci Lewis Carroll Liberace Lord Byron Lord Mountbatten Louis Pasteur Lucille Ball Ludwig von Beethoven Lyndon B. Johnson Madonna Mae West Magic Johnson Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Mahatma Gandhi Malcolm X Mao Zedong Margaret Thatcher Marie Curie Marilyn Monroe Mario Puzo Mark Twain Martin Luther King Jr. Mary Tyler Moore Mata Hari Meryl Streep Michael J. Fox Michael Jackson
Michael Landon Michelangelo Michele Pfeiffer Mikhail Gorbachev Miles Davis Mother Teresa Munshi Premchand Napoleon Nathaniel Hawthorne Neil Armstrong Neil Diamond Nelson Mandela Newt Gingrich Nikita Krushchev Norman Rockwell Oprah Winfrey Oscar Wilde Pablo Piccaso Pancho Villa Paul McCartney Paul Newman Pelé Peter Jennings Pierre Laval Plato Pope Benedict XVI Pope John Paul II Princess Diana of Wales Puff Diddy Queen Elizabeth II Rabindranath Tagore Ray Charles Robert Oppenheimer Robin Williams Rosa Parks Ross Perot Roy Rogers Rudolph Giuliani Rudyard Kipling Saint Francis of Assisi Sandra Day O'Connor Sarojini Naidu Sean Connery Shirley MacLaine Sigmund Freud Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Winston Churchill Sri Ravi Shankar Stephen King Steve Martin Stonewall Jackson Sun Yat Sen Susan B. Anthony T. S. Eliot Ted Turner Terry Bradshaw The Wright Brothers Thomas Edison Thomas Hardy Thomas Jefferson Tom Brokaw Tom Cruise Tom Hanks Tony Blair Tunku Abdul Rahman Ulysses Grant Usher Valerie Harper Victor Hugo Vincent Van Gogh Virginia Woolf Vladimir Putin W. B. Yeats Walt Disney Walter Cronkite Whoopi Goldberg Will Smith William Shakespeare William Taft William Wordsworth Willy Brandt Winston Churchill Woodrow Wilson Yasser Arafat Yitzhak Rabin Yoshiro Mori Yuri Gagarin
Simple Format For Simple Speech Topics
See this as hints. Pick the ideas for simple speech topics to sharpen your mind:
INTRODUCTION Description of the person.Tie the audience by remembering a statement, achievement or something else that makes that your listeners can place her / him. In other words: why famous? The meaning of life and works in brief. Preview of the main points.
BODY OF A TALK ON SIMPLE SPEECH TOPICS
MAIN POINT I Start with the most catching thing the person is famous for. What achievements, ambitions, values, quotations, etc? What was she or he like?
MAIN POINT II Litlle history. How it begun. The early years. Personal life facts if needed to characterize? The development. The (long) way to go (in short of course :-) The failures before the success.
MAIN POINT III Moment of fame. Completion of the masterpiece. Or the sports achievement, et cetera. Decribe it, let the audience feel it. What are the effects?
MAIN POINT IV What do other people think of the person? The problems she or he have met. Movement or activist / scientific group representative? Any rivalty? Conflicts?
MAIN POINT V How problems are solved. How difficulties are conquered. Later life. What has been done with the 'heritage'.
CONCLUSION TO END A PRESENTATION ON SIMPLE SPEECH TOPICS Summarize the points above in short. Recap into one pay-off sentence/short description. Something they will remind.
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