Public Speaking Script
This page “Public Speaking Script” features the scripts of The Open Alumni Toastmasters Club’s Prepared Speech projects, President Address and Contest Speeches that are available on our blog. These scripts are published here to help those who are searching for public speaking scripts to gain inspirations, and to develop ideas to write the scripts for their prepared speech projects. Permission have been granted by the authors of the speeches to have their scripts published.
Prepared Speeches
Club Contest Speech 2025
The Inspiration Behind This Speech This content of this speech was originally the introduction of my Club Contest Speech 2025 - "I Learn! I Grow! I Evolve!" Whenever I write my script for a prepared speech, it is usually very long and I have to remove more than 50...
Engage Your Audience With Humour
Objectives Of The "Engage Your Audience With Humour" Project: The purpose of this project is for the member to determine their style of humor and apply it to a speech that centers around a central message. Give a 5- to 7-minute speech on your point of view...
Connect With Storytelling
Objectives Of The “Connect With Storytelling” Project The purpose of this project is for the member to practice using a story within a speech or giving a speech that is a story. Pathway Level 3 projects consist of one compulsory project and two elective...
Introduction To Toastmasters Mentoring
Objectives Of The “Introduction To Toastmasters Mentoring” Project The purpose of this speech is for the member to share some aspect of a previous experience as a protégé and to clearly define how Toastmasters envisions mentorship. "Introduction To Toastmasters...
Know Your Sense Of Humour
Objectives Of The “Know Your Sense Of Humour” Project The purpose of this project is to begin developing a collection of humorous stories and to present a speech that includes humour. "Know Your Sense Of Humour" is one of the three compulsory module in the "Engaging...
Evaluation And Feedback Project Speech
Objectives Of The “Evaluation And Feedback” Project "Evaluation And Feedback" is the fourth level 1 pathway project. This is a 3-in-1 project where the toastmaster has to do the following: Present a prepared speech, referred to as the 1st Speech Present a second...
Club Contest Speech 2024
The Inspiration Behind This Speech The inspiration of this speech title came while I was communicating with a friend, an ex-colleague, on WhatsApp. I was telling him some cultural issues the Koreans have, and the many conflicts they have with mainland Chinese. To this...
Introduction To Vocal Variety And Body Language Project Speech
Objectives Of The "Introduction To Vocal Variety And Body Language" Project The purpose of this project is to practice using vocal variety or body language to enhance a speech. "Body Language" and "Vocal Variety" were 2 separate projects out of the 10 projects in the...
Who Am I?
Club, Area and Division Humour Speech Contest “Who Am I” was the speech Elaine Tan used for Toastmasters Humorous Speech Contest in 2003 where Elaine won at the club and area level. Humorous Speech Contest Speaker: Elaine Tan The Open Alumni Toastmasters Club...
Writing A Speech With Purpose Project Speech
Objectives Of The “Writing A Speech With Purpose” Project The purpose of this Pathway Level 1 Project 2 is to learn or review basic methods for writing a speech with a defined purpose and to present a well-organised speech on any topic. In this project,...
Ice Breaker Speech
Objectives of the Ice Breaker Project The Ice Breaker speech is a level 1 compulsory project for all toastmasters pathway track. It is the first prepared speech project for every toastmaster. The purpose of this project is to introduce yourself to the club and...
Recovering From COVID-19
Disclaimer: This is the script of a toastmaster's prepared speech project. It is not meant to be instructive and the information is not necessarily accurate. The content is purely based on the speaker's perspective and definitely not meant to be authoritative and not...
Motivate Others
Speaker: Yoong Ee Chuan, ACB, CL, MS3 Pathway: Motivational Strategies Level 4 Project 1 Motivate Others Title: Carrots, Sticks and People Date: 18 August 2022 "Motivate Others" is a level 4 compulsory project in the Motivational Strategies Pathway. In this project,...
When We Get Old
Elaine has saved this project, "Effective Body Language" for presentation until we could have our first in-person chapter meeting after the nation has gone into lockdown during the pandemic and all physical meetings were suspended. In this project, Elaine shared with...
Once Upon A Time
Speaker: Elaine Tan, ACB, CL, DL5, MS1 Pathway: Motivational Strategy Level 3, Project 1 Connect With Storytelling Title: Once Upon A Time Date: 21 April 2022 It All Began In Changi Village This is a very interesting project. I purpose to tell a story. A story...
My President’s Inaugural Speech
This was my president’s inaugural speech on 17 July 2014. I joined The Open Alumni Toastmasters Club as a member after attending its SpeechCraft workshop in June 2012. Concerned over the amount of commitment I might possibly be faced with in joining the club, I asked...
I Am Not A Mathematician
The Original Source Of This Speech "I Am Not A Mathematician" was a blog article I wrote and published on 10 March 2014 for a blog I created for my Mathematics Department in the junior college that I taught in. The original article was entitled "Mathematics Teachers...
Understanding Your Communication Style
In the Toastmasters Pathway Project, Understanding Your Communication Style, a toastmaster has to identify his / her communication styles and shares with in a speech, the impact his / her communication styles have on his / her professional and/or personal...
Connect With Storytelling
Storytelling "Tell me a story! Tell me a story!" Do you remember how when you were a child, you used to pester someone older, especially your parents and teachers, to tell you stories? Maybe not for this new generation of children because they are already flooded with...
Making Connections Through Networking
Networking Networking is an important skill we need to acquire since childhood and carry that skill with us throughout our adulthood. Failing to acquire the skill of networking, our social circles will remain small and our influence on others will be minimal. Through...
How I Overcame My Fear Of Public Speaking
The fear of public speaking has held many people in bondage all their lives. Successful professionals may be holding high positions and earning high income, but when they face public speaking, they shake, tremble and fumble. The fear of public speaking has hindered...
Successful Failure
What do you mean by successful failure? Is there really such a thing or is it just an oxymoron? Have you heard of the following? Success is not failure, and failure is not fatal Failure is the pillar of success Failure is the key to success Failure is success in...
Winning The Negotiation
Negotiation Skills Negotiation skills are important skills that everyone needs, especially for leaders. Good leadership knows how to negotiate for the best outcome that will benefit the followers and the organisation. Walking away with a bad outcome from a negotiation...
Mentor And Protege
Dynamic Leadership A Dynamic Leader is someone who doesn't need the word leader in their title to take ownership of their area of influence. A Dynamic Leader is someone who measures his and other's leadership abilities by their ability to empower others. These 2...
Ignorance And Stupidity
Ignorance and stupidity are natural traits of human beings. You need not put any effort to become ignorant and stupid. On the contrary, you have to study, think, ponder hard, rationalises and receive enlightenment from great gurus to fight against your natural...
Literacy
Literacy is the ability to read and write. The primary purpose of education is to impart literacy and numeracy. Living in a world that is predominantly English speaking, English literacy is extremely important. I spoke on the subject of literacy in my Competent...