Public Speaking Topics
This type of speech aims to influence the audience’s beliefs or actions.
persuasive speech
This visual aid tool, often used in presentations, helps organize information into slides for audiences.
presentation/powerpoint
This is the main model of communication
Communication Transactional Model
This technique involves asking the audience questions during a presentation to keep them involved.
Rhetorical questions
This happens when your mouth moves faster than your brain
Rambling
A speech designed to teach the audience something new is known by this term.
informative speech
Maintaining this with your audience helps build connection and confidence during a presentation.
Eye contact
This can be used to gauge your audience while speaking
This strategy uses brief narratives or personal anecdotes to make content more relatable and memorable.
Storytelling
This classic nervous habit involves repeating “um,” “uh,” or “like”.
vocal fillers
Speakers use this rhetorical appeal to establish credibility and trust with their audience.
Ethos
Using purposeful hand movements and body language falls under this nonverbal communication technique.
Gestures
This is a specific language usage that creates ethos with your audience.
This method invites audience members to actively participate through activities, discussions, or demonstrations.
audience participation
This reflex makes you read directly off your slides like they’re the most fascinating novel ever written.
over-reliance/dependence
This type of speech is used to teach people how to do a task.
demonstration
This advanced technique involves briefly pausing before or after a key point to emphasize its importance and let it resonate with the audience.
strategic pausing/stopping
This is an acronym for speakers when presenting
K.I.S.S
This principle suggests that people are more engaged when content directly relates to their interests, needs, or experiences.
relevance
This physical reaction turns your hands into interpretive dancers with no choreography
Shaking/nervous gesturing
This type of speech is used to tell a story
This principle ensures that there is not too much information on the speaker's slides at one time
6x6 rule
This is known as Ethos, Pathos, and Logos
Rhetorical devices
Using humor appropriately in a presentation is meant to achieve this primary engagement outcome.
capturing
This risky move has the potential to either win over your audience or leave you alone with the sound of crickets.
bad joke