There are so many charities it is difficult to make an original type appeal for funds. Your speech needs to be motivational, showing exactly what will be done with the donations you hope to get. Make it personal too saying that the wheel chair you can buy with the funds will help Mary join the local youth club or your funds will change John’s life by enabling him to travel to Russia for the treatment he needs for his illness. Motivate your audience to make a contribution and help them to emphatise with those in need.

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Recently, in the guise of researching motivational speeches, I came across some great info on integrity and speaking your truth. This is a little more than speaking your mind, for the more emphatic of you out there. Integrity it seems comes from the inside and is smelted right in the core. As a result ‘being true to thy self’, means not only do you mean what you say, but that people will actually believe you. I think for the public speaker, there can be no better foundation. Quite something in this cynical day and age. In case you are worried, it is entirely possible to regain your integrity. That’s a bit of a relief then, eh? Our motivational speech on doing just that will shortly be available on speechwriters.com

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I don’t know if celebrated Irish author James Joyce was ever in demand as inspirational or motivational speaker. His famous twentieth century introspective masterpiece OR the most famous book that no one has read, ULYSEES recently topped another poll for the greatest book ever written. I can’t even begin to imagine what an after dinner speech by Joyce would sound like. Surely it would last for days and be miserable and utterly interminable.

How gratifying then that Brazillian author Paulo Cohelo’s THE ALCHEMIST comes in at number two. This simple, down to earth tale of fate, faith and chance is the most motivational and inspring book I have ever read. No doubt its author is much in demand as a speech giver. You would expect to come away feeling inspired, moved, motivated and even happy to be alive. I know which book, I’d rather read and who I would rather listen to speak.

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