SPEECH TITLES

by Stephen Boyd


I sometimes look at speech titles. I find that if a speech has an unusual or humorous title, the speech is of better quality. I look at book titles and indexes for the same reason. This is simply my own intuitive response; I have no data to prove this.

Let me explain. I have always asked my students to give their speeches titles when they submit outlines to me before they speak. In listening to thousands of speeches, a catchy title more often than not was the beginning of a well-thought-out and engaging presentation.

In fact there have been times when I think of a title before I have the main thought in preparing the speech. I find that a title will give me ideas for the introduction and a theme I may use in deliering the speech. If nothing else, pondering a clever and relevant title will get the creative juices flowing for preparing my presentation.

There are a variety of ways to find the appropriate title. One is to examine the stories you might include. I have a speech entitled “Practicing Short Leaps” which is about motivating yourself; the little things you do make you get the most out of your day. I tell the story of a man who is on an African safari and on his way back to camp spots a huge lion just a short distance away. The lion sees him and prepares to leap at the man. At the same time, the man raises his gun to shoot. The lion leaps and the hunter shoots. Neither hits his target; the man escapes and returns to camp.

He realizes how close he came to dying so he decides to work on his marksman skills and is out behind the camp the next morning practicing. As he is shooting, he hears some rustling in the bushes. He looks and here is the same lion practicing short leaps. Seeing this title on the program, I believe, gives me better attention at the start of my speech because the audience wants to know what the short leaps are.

Another way to choose a title might be an exercise or some activity you may have the audience participate in during your speech. In my popular speech, High Bid, the thesis is that we sell ourselves each day to others by the way we speak and listen. I use an auctioneer’s chant at different times during the presentation and as part of my conclusion I actually have an auction where I auction off a uniquely painted hummingbird welcome sign to hang at the purchaser’s home. The victorious bidder donates his or her high bid money to a favorite charity. I make the connection between the potential of the hummingbird and each of us and conclude the speech.

Another way to choose a title is by a play on words. One of my most requested speeches is entitled Be Present When You Are Present. This presentation is about paying careful attention and the dangers of multi-tasking. An underlying principle is that if you are going to be a part of a meeting or a conversation, really be there. Don’t allow distractions such as cell phones or texting, but be single-minded with whatever the purpose of the activity or event might be. Be really present.

Certainly the title is not as important as other elements of a successful presentation such as organization, delivery, excellent main points, and engaging supporting material. But the great title will give you a competitive edge in the market place against the dull and uninteresting titles you find with many speeches.

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Basil Venitis speaks up for liberty and tax revolt at events around the world.  At the podium, Venitis criticizes the dysfunctional kleptocracy that exists in all countries today and highlights the need for anarchy, abolition of taxes, especially VAT, privatization of everything, and unlimited personal liberties.

Venitis captures the attention and hearts of conferees by relating the current issues such as debt, depression, privacy, and freedom to political corruption. His unwavering passion leaves conferees motivated to speak out, revolt, and let kleptocrats know what they want.

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themostsearched is a new libertarian paradigm which integrates politics, economics, ethics, and spirituality:

Black Hole: Taxation is armed robbery that feeds the black hole of political corruption; it's the perfect index of corruption and tyranny. Only evil governments tax citizens and companies.

Constitution: The only purpose of a constitution is to protect citizens from government abuse. Reform treaties of a confederation, such as the Lisbon Treaty of EU, not voted by the citizens are null and void.

Corruption: Political corruption is proportional to the square of the size of the government.

Democracy: Every democracy is eventually hijacked by rabblerousers, pullpeddlers, clans of kleptocrats, bumptious bugaboos, busybodies, butterbabies, nabobs of nepotism, cranks of cronyism, pusillanimous pussyfooters, riffraffs of rascals, socialist sophists, and Machiavellian mafiosi. Democracy tends to kleptocracy. Anarchy should replace democracy.

Depression: Only governments can cause economic depressions and funny money. Lower tax rates, a reduction in the burden of government, and elimination of kleptocracy and VAT are the only way to boost growth.

Education: There is no direct relationship between education and schooling. You might be schooled but uneducated, and you might be educated but unschooled. Schools are concentration camps for the drones of society.  Unschooling is much better than schooling. Internet is the best source of knowledge and information, replacing schools, libraries, media, parliaments, and postoffice.

Environment: The best way to save the environment is vasectomy.  Deadly viruses are Gaia's antibiotics against the cancer of overpopulation.

Equality: Death is the only equalizer. Egalitarianism brings death to society, transforming citizens to zombies.

Evolution: The ultimate phase of human evolution is the complete domination of soul.

Faith: Faith is retarded thinking that keeps you away from God.  You have to become faithless, in order to start your journey to God!  You have to discover God your own way without intermediaries. God's truth should replace faith.  You might discover that God is the universe!

Government: The only purpose of government is to protect citizens from criminals. Public services, central banks, and fiat money should be abolished.

Heroism: Entrepreneurs, innovators, anarchists, and heretics are the real heroes.

Insurance: Citizens with proper individual retirement accounts and health savings accounts should be allowed to opt out of State Insurance.

Intervention: Any government intervention deteriorates an existing trend. Laissez-faire is the only progressive policy.

Laws:  All laws that citizens are required to know should not exceed 300 pages of type size 12.  When a new law is born, another law must die.

Legislature: Parliaments should be abolished, because they continuously create laws that enslave citizens, constrain economic activity, loot producers, reward drones, and encourage political corruption.

Misery: Throwing money to misery brings more misery.

Money: A deluge of fiat money brings financial plague and haemorrhage of economy. Real money is tied up to precious metals and strategic metals.

Patriotism: Patriotism is addiction to local hysteria.

Privacy:  Nobody, including your government, has the right to break into your home, your land, your accounts, your computer, your files, and your secrets.  You have the natural right to protect your privacy from intruders.  Molon Labe!

Property: Governments should not own or regulate any property, including electromagnetic waves. The first individual who improves or cultivates any unclaimed property is entitled to that property.  Governments cannot own, allocate, regulate, or manipulate frequency fields and media. Eminent domain is null and void.

Religion: Religion is spiritual slavery. Church is the business of religion. Religious monopoly turns bishops to ayatollahs, and churches to Sodom and Gomorrah.  Spirituality, pantheism, and metaphysics should replace religion. Most scientists are pantheists!

Selfownership: You own your body and your soul, and nobody should dictate what you take in and what you take out. Speech, education, heresy, habeas corpus, military service, mating, healthcare, food, abortion, cloning, drugs, guns, and euthanasia should be personal choices.

Style: Your soul needs to resonate with mighty words and unique acts that express your style and destiny. Your government cannot dictate your language, your words, and your culture. Resonate now and sing your song!

System: The most efficient political system is anarchy, where everything is private, there are no taxes at all, there is no government, and there is no parliament.

Taxes: Taxes destroy the economy. Raising tax rates is masochism. Smart stimulus is to cut tax rates. Stupidus stimulus is to increase spending, which stimulates the cancer of statism!

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