Think on your feet: topics to improve your impromptu speaking skills

Photo credits: Hashan Rahubaddha

Public speaking is terrifying enough. When you are asked to deliver a speech with less than 30 seconds to prepare, terror acquires a new definition.

At least that’s how I thought sometime back. Thanks to the amazing people at Gavel Club of University of Moratuwa, that notion is no longer the same…

Drawing inspiration from mentors, speech contests, Gavel meetings, websites and books, Here are few topics to get YOU started on your way to ace the game of impromptu speaking… Cheers!

1. Knowledge is power, or is it?- AIIUBS finals 2015
2. An obstacle is a challenge- AIIUBS finals 2013
3. In the nick of time- AIBS 2011
4. When I step into the next generation- AIBS 2013
5. Time is the greatest gift- AIBS 2015
6. Stolen fruit is the sweetest- SO IX semis
7. When I woke up this morning- SO finals
8. Only dead fish go with the tide- SO VIII finals
9. Ships are safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are meant for- SO finals
10. A world without mobile phones- SO semis
11. A thousand-mile journey begins with one step- SO VII finals