The document provides tips for selecting a topic for speaking engagements. It suggests considering personal experiences, interests, professions and reference materials from books, magazines, the internet and Toastmasters manuals. The #1 tip is to make the speech audience-centric by considering what the audience wants to hear given the occasion, speaker's abilities and goals. Topics should be interesting while avoiding topic burnout by keeping things fresh.

1. The Better Speaker Series

2. SELECTING YOUR TOPIC

3. TOPIC BURNOUT

4. TOPIC SELECTION

5. Personal Experiences… Ice breaker speech ??!!$$**@@@???

6. Personal Experiences… Family Profession Interests Experiences

7. Personal Experiences… ………… . Blunders

8. Reference Materials.. Books/Magazines/Newspapers

9. Reference Materials.. INTERNET Google or Search Engine Youtube

10. Reference Materials.. Read your Toastmasters manual for the speech projects

11. Others… Manuals.. The Better Speaker Series The Successful Club Series The Leadership Excellence Series

13. SO MANY TOPICS, SO LITTLE TIME

14. ALWAYS….. The #1 tip to making an effective speech is BE AUDIENCE-CENTRIC (What’s in it for them?)

16. Consider the Situation What does your audience want to hear? What is the occasion? What are your own abilities? What is your goal?

18. Something Interesting to talk about…