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    Ok all of you smart creative people, I have a persuasive speech due in Public Speaking. I need some idea's for topics. I want to avoid contoversal topics such as abortion. I do have about a week to do the research. The topic can be anythng that will persuade someone to change their mind or to take action. That will leave me a week to write and practice the speech. The speech has to be between 5-7 minutes and express clear against or for views. Thank you all for your help.

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    Healthcare: is it better to legislate or litigate?
    Or, for you lot down south of us: Medicare: Why do we spend more per capita than any other industrialized country and still leave 20% of citizens without even essential insurance?

    Or private prisons? Labour Abuse or Big Business?

    Controversial, but not TOO controversial? Hmm?
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    drunk driving

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    Great ideas! How would "the importance of child care on-campus"

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    Pick something local, like bike lanes on campus, or a new park, or library funding, that's kind of a civic good and not really controversial.

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    Thank you so much Calliope7

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    Pick something local, like bike lanes on campus, or a new park, or library funding, that's kind of a civic good and not really controversial.
    I agree; given that you have a very limited time to discuss the matter, a local issue (funding initiatives are great for this) would be ideal.
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    I had to give a persuasive speech in college and I ended up giving one on trying to think before you talk to people and not be an ass to them. (well, I didn't phrase it that way.) I think it was because I had a job with a lot of shitty coworkers at the time!

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    From one of my favorite dancer e-mails ever:

    "I got my final grade in speech class. A-!!!!!!!!!!! Cool huh!"

    It was her first college A.

    She did well on her persuasive speech: Why Women Should Stop Smoking. The twist was to focus on women. The guys relaxed and listened.

    Speech professors have heard every subject 50 times, so you need to present new information. She scored points with the latest research on the HPV/nicotine connection in cervical and oral cancer.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kryssy
    Ok all of you smart creative people, I have a persuasive speech due in Public Speaking. I need some idea's for topics. I want to avoid contoversal topics such as abortion. I do have about a week to do the research. The topic can be anythng that will persuade someone to change their mind or to take action. That will leave me a week to write and practice the speech. The speech has to be between 5-7 minutes and express clear against or for views. Thank you all for your help.
    Good luck Kyrs! I would recommend doing your speech on body image/acceptance and eating disorders. I did a speech like that and it was a hit in the class. Both males/females could related. Alot of male athletes have questionable dieting rules and regulations.

    My granddad trains boxers (7yrs - 18yrs) and I've seen through personal experience that if that kid is even a pound of 2 over weight, they will get starved, and have to workout in garbage bags to sweat it out. I've also seen wrestlers do it to.

    Anyway, not to get carried away, but it's a very good topic to discuss.







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    Should we invade Iran before the end of the year?

    (or alternately)

    Should campus restrooms be stocked with puffy 2-ply toilet tissue instead of the current newsprint strips.?

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    College students should eath healthy

    People should wear seatbelts



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    A Big thank you to everyone for helping! I am still choosing. I really like your ideas. Cinammon, I really am think about the body image topic since I also have a research paper to do in Abnormal Psychology. I am doing the paper on either Eating Disorders or Bi-polar.

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    Last semester I wrote my Developmental Psych dissertation on the effects of familial structures on the development of eating disorders in anorexic girls... If you need any articles, I have a bazillion from Academic Search Premiere/ Lexis Nexis/ PsycARTICLES... Good Luck on your speech! I have an informative speech in two weeks about the correlations between dryer sheets and cancer... Yes, I AM a major dork

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    Last persuasive speech I did was on Abstinence Only sex ed versus REAL sex ed, pros and cons, did very well! Also did one on underage/minor abortions.
    I believe you Dottie and you have my support

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