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Demonstration Speech Topics

Deciding on the right demonstration speech topics to get you through your public speaking course is not always an easy prospect. Before deciding on the perfect topic area for you, though, it is imperative that you understand the purpose of demonstration speeches.

 

A demonstration speech is a type of informative speech.

Your goal with any demonstration speech is to teach your audience about a topic.

In most cases, you will be teaching your audience members a process that will allow them to complete a task.

 

A demonstration speech has a built-in visual aid - the demonstration of the topic itself. Demonstration speeches are frequently called "how-to" speeches, as they teach listeners "how-to" do something such as how to make watermelon candles or how to juggle.

how to speech on how to make candles
how to speech on how to juggle

Coming up with good demonstration speech topics is slightly more complicated than simply coming up with good informative speech topics. You will have to perform a demonstration of the process in front of your audience members.

Doing this is not always feasible. Say you want to demonstrate how to detail a car. It would be a little difficult to do if you are going to give your speech in a classroom setting!

So, you must choose demonstration speech topics that allow you to perform the process in whatever setting your teacher has decided upon for the performance of the speech. In some cases, you may be able to record your demonstration speech to an appropriate media format, which will allow you a bit more freedom in choosing the right demonstration speech topics for your presentation.

As you get ready to brainstorm demonstration speech topics, there are several things you might want to keep in mind.

  • Remember that the goal of the speech is to teach your audience about a process. As a result, you must choose demonstration speech topics that are free of jargon and easy for all of your audience members to understand.
  • Do not choose a topic that is unnecessarily complex, like using a complicated programming language to set up a business network. Your audience will quickly become disinterested in your speech.
  • Do not choose a topic that is unnecessarily simple, like making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, this will also cause audience members to disconnet from what you are saying.

You need to select demonstration speech topics that actually teach audience members something without disenfranchising them.

There are many good demonstration speech ideas floating around for your demonstration speech topics.

Perhaps you could show audience members how milk is pasteurized through the use of visual aids. Another good idea might be to complete a demonstration speech over how to perform a basic science experiment. Teaching audience members to cook a particular dish always makes for an excellent demonstration speech. Showing audience members life saving processes like CPR also makes for a great demonstration speech.

Watch this video of how to make a flaming spanish coffee in order to get an idea of how a demonstration speech is done. Use this demonstrative speech outline to make sure you have a good flow going

Start with a great topic, use this demonstration speech outline or this demonstrative speech outline to help set up your how to speech, and you will be well on your way to presenting your audience members with a successful speech that allows them to complete the process you have just shown them. Accomplishing this is the goal of a good demonstration speech and will ensure your success in your next speech assignment.


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