Imagine you are ____ to deliver a speech in two weeks. At first, you are excited about the ____. Very soon, however, a feeling of ____ overwhelms you — what will your speech topic be? Conventional ____ says to talk about what you know, but conventional wisdom is only ____ correct. This article ____ three questions you must ask before choosing your speech topic, and how the ____ lead you to great speech topics for you and your audience. The Secret Three Questions Before considering a ____ topic, ask yourself these three questions: Am I an expert on this topic? It isn’t ____ to know everything about a ____, but you do need to know ____ about the topic than your audience to be seen as a ____ speaker. Your knowledge must cover not only what you plan to say, but go beyond that so that you are able to comfortably handle questions afterward. Am I passionate about this topic? Passion for ____ your knowledge about a topic is the ____ that will power your speech ____. Your posture, your ____, your eyes, your facial expressions, and your ____ level are all elevated when you talk about ____ you enjoy. Likewise, all of these ____ when you talk about topics that you find ____. Does my audience ____ about this topic? If your audience doesn’t see value for themselves in your topic, there are two ____. Either they don’t show up, or they show ____ and tune out. In either ____, you are wasting your ____. Every successful speech must contain explicit ____ for your audience.

Choosing a successful topic

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