Because actuate speeches are intended to motivate your audience to some kind of action, self-improvement topics are a good source for speeches. Exhorting people to improve their attitude, physique, intellectual and emotional development are subjects that are easily relatable. Tailor your speech to include specific ways people can improve their lives. If your angle is physical self-improvement, include studies about the correlation between good physical health and improved mental outlook. You can also give a speech about how giving your time to others can help improve your sense of worth, and urge your audience to start this service by performing an act of kindness every day.
Actuate speeches about voting runs the gamut from urging your audience to vote for a special initiative, to persuading them that regular voting is the duty of every American citizen who is of age. One way to convince people of the need to vote is to cite statistics that show the percentage of eligible voters who actually cast ballots in local and state elections is typically lower than votes cast in a national election. If you are giving a speech to an audience of young voters, you can encourage them to vote on issues that appeal to their demographic, such as education, marriage rights and immigration policies.
Legalization of certain acts is a controversial subject because it usually involves hot-button issues such as marijuana use, euthanasia, prostitution and the use of performance-enhancing drugs. Actuate speeches can fall on either side of the divide when it comes to these kinds of subjects. For example, when giving a speech to an audience of professional athletes who believe that obtaining steroids should be legal for anyone over 21, you could inundate them with dozens of statistics regarding the negative physical and mental changes that may occur as a result of using steroids and human growth hormone. You could then show clips of young, underage athletes who have died as a result of using performance-enhancing drugs. Conversely, when giving a speech to families who have loved ones that are gravely ill and have been suffering with pain for years, you could urge them to write or visit their congressman to express their wishes that humanely ending a person's life (with his consent) should not be illegal.
Actuate speeches about cultural conflict can involve a number of issues. A culture war is about the clash of ideas related to how people view morality, society, family and religion. You could give a speech urging your audience to vote for or against a same-sex marriage initiative. If you are in favor of it, you could argue that same-sex couples are entitled to the same marriage rights as heterosexual couples. If you are opposed, you could give a speech about the traditional definition of marriage, and how expanding that definition risks undermining the core values the country was built upon.