What topics make for the most interesting speeches? For specific audiences of course you may have to give specific speeches. A motivational sales speech will go down well with sales staff. For a mixed audience though you can’t beat health subjects.
All of us either have health problems ourselves or know of people with them. Diabetes is a growing problem these days as is obesity so speeches on either of those topics is certainly topical. We are always being warned about skin cancer and summers with a high pollen count also brings untold misery to millions with hay fever. If you give a speech on these subjects you will be speaking about a subject people understand. They may not know much about these illnesses but you can enlighten them in your speech. That is not to say that what you say should be mournful, you can make it upbeat and interesting. Above all you can make people think. You can help them to understand how different lifestyles affect our health. Lots of people get sick through no fault of their own but lots more get sick because they eat or drink or stay out in the sun too much. For such people a good speech topic would be health it’s in your own hands.

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Hurricane Ida is yet another in a long list of hurricanes. It seems that never a day goes by but we don’t hear of yet another natural disaster. If it isn’t hurricanes it is volcanos or failing that, earthquakes. That’s without mentioning the tsunami the killer wave waiting to strike.
The consequences of all these phenomena are tragic and hugely expensive in terms of life and money. Cities and roads have to be rebuilt for instance not to mention the millions spent on treatment of the injured and emergency workers and equipment. There are experts of course who study these things but isn’t it time that much more money and resources were put into research and into saving lives? If hurricanes can cause so much heartache in the U.S. with its warning systems just imagine the damage they can do in poorer regions of the world.
Isn’t it time at risk areas were pinpointed worldwide? Isn’t it time warning systems were shared on a much wider basis with less well developed nations? There are houses built to withstand earthquakes but not enough of them and often not in the places they are needed most.  Most of all, isn’t it time people who live in at risk areas were moved to somewhere safer? Natural disasters have always existed of course but climate change is extreme we need to prepare for the worst.

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You shouldn’t have to have insurance to get medical attention. President Obama is correct in thinking that any modern democracy has to offer its citizens health care whatever their income or level of insurance. There is widespread opposition to his plans and debates about how the money should be raised to pay for such healthcare. The bottom line is, however, that everyone who is ill has the right to expect suitable medical attention whether it be short or long term. What has not surfaced in this debate is any question of preventative medicine or better health screening.  School based heath centres are critical if, for instance, deafness is a problem. By diagnosing it early that child could be referred for medical attention and the extra teaching he or she may need. Obviously the same would apply to other ailments such as eye problems. Nor has the question of responsibility for one’s own health. If a patient is struck down by cancer for instance should be get precedence over someone who destroys his or her own health by alcoholism or obesity? These are vexing questions but they are part of the bigger picture.
Health cannot be tackled in a vacuum. Lifestyle, education and social conditions all play a large part in it. So keeping the nation healthy has to be tackled on all these fronts In the meantime millions of people would be less likely to become ill with worry if they knew their President had ensured that all Americans were equal and had equal access and treatment in hospitals and surgeries.

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There are a lot of stressed kids in our schools. According to a recent survey 44% of children feel stressed about how well they are doing in school. The real question is who causes that stress? Is it parents pushing them beyond their ability. Is it teachers pressurising them to do well in exams? Do they inflict it on themselves by setting themselves unrealistic goals?
In many cases teachers can help to make lessons a more positive experience. They have to think about the benefits using the power of positive feedback to stimulate and encourage students. It is also important that they create equity in the classroom because children have a great sense of fairness and if they feel they are being treated fairly and equally they will respond better. Teachers can also speak to parents about pushing children by explaining the need for lots of encouragement instead of pressure. They can also explain to parents that they must be realistic about the abilities of a particular child. Some may always be bad at maths but great at dancing. Everyone has talents but they are all different and just because your dad is a doctor doesn’t mean that science will be your best subject.
Above all though children should be encouraged to discover their own particular talents and skills whatever they may be.  Maybe they have leadership qualities and, if so, could be encouraged to go for school head or captain of the football team… Perhaps they are charismatic rather than academic and their abilities as public speakers or organisers of a youth club might be explored. High achievers aren’t always the happiest children. Those who feel valued for what they are as people are much more likely to be content.
Above all children should have the opportunity to talk about their worries and to get the help necessary to deal with them. It might be difficult for them to come straight out and talk to someone about their problems… With a little organisation debates or discussion groups on worrying topics can throw a lot of light on what children are thinking. With the right attitude to stress you can beat it.

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Halloween has become almost as commercialised as Christmas. Children won’t play Trick or Treat unless they have appropriate costumes. Every store has hats and brooms for witches. Every home that has children has to be decorated too. There’s no need to ask, ”Is there a ghost in the house?” because at least one of the children will be dressed up in a white sheet uttering ghostly noises. In many windows hallowed out pumpkins hold candles which cast out a flickering light, thus adding to the ghostly atmosphere. It’s doubtful whether today’s children play those old-fashioned Halloween games such as snap apple any more. It’s even more doubtful whether they put chestnuts to roast on an open fire. Busy parents buy their costumes these days instead of making them. Yet despite these differences children still love dressing up, taking a bag and knocking on doors hoping to be given lots of lovely things to eat. Halloween may be commercialised but children will always be children.

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Another Tsunami hits the headlines with more deaths and destruction. When are we going to do something abut it? Perhaps we cannot control nature but surely we can control where people live? Isn’t it time we used all the scientific information we have available to pinpoint the most dangerous places in the world and moved people away from them? Such disasters often happen in poorer countries where their governments may not have the facilities to foresee a Tsunami or a landslide but surely the richer countries can share such information with them? Then those countries that are likely to be affected could put exclusion zones in place that forbade building within the appropriate number of miles from the coast for instance? Instead of relying on those volunteering to clear up the aftermath of a tsunami we should share the information provided by modern day technology to prevent the horrible consequences.

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We are all leaders or followers. Naturally then a speech on leadership will be applicable on many speaking occasions. You may want to tell your audience about leadership - an acquired skill or about developing confidence/good leaderships. By doing so you may inspire a follower to turn into a leader. After all it is lack of self belief that makes people reluctant to take on the leadership mantle. Of course there are many kinds of leaders. You have military leaders, political leaders or you may want to show a business audience how to develop your leadership skills in an office. Whatever your audience, though, leadership is a relevant subject whether they know it or not before you speak.

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President Obama is pressurising for health reform and rightly so. Any civilised nation looks after the weakest and most defenceless of its citizens and there is nobody more defenceless than those who are ill and uninsured. He is also pressuring for people to look after their own health and again he is quite right. Each one of us knows someone who has led a healthy lifestyle who has become ill through no fault of his or her own. Yet medical research shows that the majority of illnesses are caused by our own greed, our own lack of exercise, by smoking, alcoholism and drugs. Add to that the carnage on our roads caused by drink and speed and you will see that huge sums of money are spent on treating people who have caused their own suffering. The question is who should pay for their treatment?  If they were put to the end of the queue would we be able to treat those who need treatment and who through no fault of their own cannot afford it?
If medical insurance companies charged people by their weight a lot of them would probably go on a diet. If schools and offices had a mandatory walk or gym session every day people would get into the habit of exercise. If rubbishy and fast foods were taxed highly perhaps companies would produce more healthy options. Above all if doctors were paid to keep their patients healthy it would be better for everyone.
The President has it right when he says, “Health- it’s  in your  own hands.”

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It’s bad enough to lose a job through no fault of your own. It’s even worse to lose one because you said the wrong thing at an interview. Yet every day that’s what happens to job applicants simply because they use the wrong body language. In fact most of them are not aware that body language is, in fact, speaking without words. Most job applicants would know what they should and should not say verbally when going for an interview. They would do their research and find out as much as possible about the company. They would try to sound positive and upbeat about how they would suit the position. Yet they should remember that the gestures they are using also say something about them. Obviously employers know people may be nervous at an interview but they will also consider your ability to overcome such nerves. Interviews are about selling yourself and if you sell yourself as a twitchy foot-tapping bag of nerves or you cannot look the interviewer in the face you won’t make a sale. So study your body language and you will turn job interviews into job offers.

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President Obama wants to change the face of medical care in the U.S.
He is right in wanting the best possible to be available to everyone regardless of their financial situation. What he, and what other governments have ignored is that preventative medicine would greatly reduce the cost of treatment. After all we have already conquered many diseases such as smallpox and TB with injections given in childhood. State sponsored Walk-in screening for common ailments such as diabetes, high cholesterol and high blood pressure would help catch illnesses before they really developed and thus save time and money spent on treatment. If screening started with childhood illnesses it could become natural for people to take advantage of them as part of their health plan for life. Children should also have “Be fit” health education classes as part of the school curriculum and it goes without saying that advertising for fast foods and unhealthy drinks should be curtailed or banned.
So the President should ask the medical profession to come up with the list of the top twenty illnesses that are expensive to treat and are preventable and start such a screening.
Programme in local or mobile clinics. In later years he could increase the numbers of illnesses for which screening was available. Preventative medicine would pay in the long term.

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