Great speech topics about health can include healthy living, patient care and the the role of government in health care. In topics about healthy living, speeches can address losing weight, finding a trainer and eating healthy to lower the risk of diabetes, heart disease and cholesterol. In topics about patient care, topics can focus on stem cell research, physician assisted suicide and the best care facilities for an aging parent or grandparent. If the speech must take an argumentative or persuasive angle, speakers can make their case based on political, religious or ethical viewpoints.
Speech topics about the environment can focus on saving the environment as well as regulations and laws to protect environmental interests. Speech topics about helping environmental causes can include recycling, biking to work, taking mass transportation and buying an electric or hybrid car. In topics about regulation, speeches can analyze how governments work (through local and national laws) to limit or prohibit activities considered dangerous to environment; on the opposite side, speeches can focus on overregulating certain industries prohibiting economic growth. Speeches can also address the growing trend of eco-friendly businesses as well as solar, wind and hydroelectric energy.
Speeches about education can address curriculum and funding. In topics about curriculum, speakers can address lengthening the school year, homeschooling, decreasing class sizes, increasing the number of computers in the classroom and cyber education. Topics about funding can cover how to fund school, to tax homeowners, to pay teachers and to use corporate sponsorships to cover costs. While topics can range from elementary, middle and high school, speakers can also use collegiate level issues such as academic dishonesty, tenure among college professors and the rising costs of a bachelors or masters degree.
Great speech topics about the economy can focus on the family budget and retirement issues. Speeches that affect the family budget can be about shopping consignment, buying in bulk, eating out less often, looking for sales and using the Internet to get great deals. Retirement speech topics can include teaching young people how to save for retirement, looking for a good investment banker, choosing the right stocks and even searching for the right bank. Economy topics can also inform audiences about the role of the Federal Reserve or the Secretary of the Treasury.