Special Occasion Speeches
Special Occasion Speaking
There are a number of social situations in which you might find yourself asked to make a speech. This page examines some of those situations and offers some advice on how to handle them.
Writing Informative Speeches
Informative Speaking
In an informative speech situation, as in any speech situation, it is important to have your audience in mind at all times.
Persuasive Speeches
In any speech situation it’s important to analyze your audience, naturally. This is never more important, though, than it is in a persuasive speaking situation.
There are a couple questions that you need to ask yourself after you’ve selected a persuasive speech topic:
Audience Analysis
Adapting to Your Audience and Situation
At every point in the speech making process, you need to ask yourself: “Self, what does my audience want from me?” It is the audience and situation, and not you (the speaker), that should determine the object and form of your speech.