Sample Informative Speech

I drink a lot of coffee, so I was wondering how that might affect my health. This inspired me to do some research on
the subject, which made it the perfect topic on which to base my sample speech. It's something in which I have an
interest and something I have researched thoroughly (and therefore know something about!).

I hope you enjoy it and can use it as an example for writing your own informative speech.

Today, I'd like to give you some of the facts about caffeine and its effects on your body. I may not cause you to change
your coffee consumption, but at least you'll be better informed about what you are putting into your body.

I'm going to talk about the beneficial effects of caffeine, the negative effects and discuss what are considered to be
'safe' levels of caffeine consumption.

Let's start with the good news. Caffeine, which comes from the leaves, seeds and fruits of about 63 different plants, is
well known as a stimulant. That's why people drink it, right?

Caffeine does help you wake up and feel more alert and it has been shown to increase attention spans. This is a
beneficial effect for people who are driving long distances and for people who are doing tedious work. Calling this a
health benefit may be stretching it, though staying awake while you are driving a car definitely contributes to your well-
being!

Caffeine also contains antioxidants, which have been shown to have cancer prevention qualities.

The negative effects of caffeine are largely dependent on how much you consume.

When consumed in small quantities - for example, when you have one cup of coffee or one soda - caffeine can
increase your heart rate, cause you to urinate more (which can cause dehydration) and prompt your digestive system
to produce more acid.

In larger amounts, caffeine can cause you to have headaches, feel restless and nervous, be unable to sleep, and even
- in very large quantities - to have hallucinations. (Don't try that at home!)

When larger amounts of caffeine (over 600 mg per day) are ingested over long periods of time, they can cause sleep
problems, depression and digestion issues.

According to a Medline article on the National Institutes of Health website, having caffeine in your diet is not of any
benefit to your health, but by the same token moderate consumption is not considered harmful.

They say that having up to 3 eight ounce cups of coffee a day - or 250 mg of caffeine - is considered (quote) "average
or moderate". 10 cups of coffee a day is considered excessive. Also, remember that the amount of caffeine per cup
can vary greatly depending on the type of beans that are used and the strength of the brew.

Most sodas with caffeine, unless they are specially enhanced, have about 35 mg of caffeine per 8 ounces. This means
that you don't have to worry TOO much unless you are drinking several 2 liter bottles per day. Also, the effect of
caffeine on you personally will depend on a number of factors, such as your weight, general health, mood and
personal sensitivity to caffeine.

As you can see, caffeine can have both positive and negative effects on our health and well-being. Nevertheless, the
bottom line is that if you drink your coffee or sodas in moderation, you don't have to worry too much.

So, the next time you are wondering whether or not you should have that second cup of coffee to perk you up, relax.
At least now you know what it will - and won't - do for you!

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Persuasive Speech (From Writer’s Inc.) Introduction: Imagine that you’ve just finished school, gotten a job,
worked forty hours all week, and this $1.00 bill represents your whole paycheck. [hold up dollar bill] As
your employer, I’m about to hand you the check, when I stop, tear off 20% like this, give it to Uncle Sam
and say, “Here’s my employee’s income tax.” Then I tear off another 30% like this, give that to him, too, and
say, “And here is her Medicare and Social Security tax.” Finally, I give you this half and say, “Here hard
worker, this is your whole paycheck.” Would that make you angry? That’s your money! Senator Alan
Simpson doesn’t think so. In the last issue of Modern Maturity, he says that unless legislation changes the
Social Security system, 1. our generation will have to pay 20% of our paychecks as income tax, and 30% as
Social Security tax. That means we can only keep 50% of what we earn. Does that seem fair? But the news
gets worse. Remember this 30% [hold up piece of bill] that we paid Social Security? 2. Well, that won’t be
enough money for us to live on when we get to be 65 in the year 2050. Remember that year, 2050—we’ll get
back to that soon. What’s the problem? The Social Security system can’t insure our financial security.
What’s the solution? We have to start our own savings plans, and the earlier the better. In fact, 3. if we all
start saving money as soon as we get our first paycheck, we all will be able to support ourselves financially
in the future. Background Information: In almost every financial situation that you deal with, there is the
idea of an “account” involved: a savings account, a checking account, and when you get older, a retirement
account. You put money into the account, and later you can retrieve the money that you put in. The Social
Security system is nothing like that. You put money into Social Security, and it is immediately paid out to
the people collecting Social Security checks; Americans who have retired. Ever since it started back in 1935,
The Social Security system has never been secure. According to howstuffworks.com, in 1935, when
Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law, there were a lot of people who needed benefits (because
of the Great Depression), but there was no money to pay those benefits with. The idea at the time was that
people currently working would pay into the system and their money would immediately go back out in the
form of benefit checks. Each generation of retiring workers would get paid by the people currently working,
and therefore the system would fund itself forever despite the fact that the system had no money to start
with. In 1935, there were many more people paying into the system than those receiving benefits. The ratio
of workers to retirees meant that workers did not have to pay much into the system. In the future, the
retirement of millions of baby boomers will hurt the ratio -- there will be so many retired people that the
working people will not be able to support them. Argument 1: You might have heard that the Social Security
system currently takes in more money than it pays out in order to try to handle the baby boomer problem.
What happens with the excess money the system collects? The Social Security system buys U.S. Treasury
bonds with the surplus. Essentially, the government (in the form of the Social Security Administration) loans
the surplus to itself. Did they ever ask us if they could borrow our money? Oh, but they will definitely be
able to scrounge up that money when the time comes to pay those retiring baby boomers, right? Many
people think that Social Security will be fixed before the problems will affect them. Ever since it started
back in 1935, The Social Security system has never been secure. While the system has been “fixed” a
number of times, the fix-it jobs haven’t done the job. For example, writer Keith Carlson points out that in
1983 Congress raised payroll taxes, extended the retirement age, and said that the system would be in good
financial shape until 2056. These extinctions will most likely grow to the point where the coming working
generation, us, will have to pay at least 50% of our paychecks to Social Security in order to support the
current retiring generations. Argument 2: But then, says Carlson, just 9 years later, a report came out saying
that Congress had been wrong. The report said that Social Security money wouldn’t even last until 2056—it
would run out by 2050. Remember that year, 2050? That’s the year we are supposed to retire! Do you think
this news is bad? Just two months ago, the AARP Bulletin reported on the Bipartisan Commission on
Entitlement and Tax Reform. This commission warned that entitlement programs like Social Security are
growing so fast they could “bankrupt the country” by the year 2035—when we’re only 50! How are we
going to be able to afford to retire, and where has that 50% of our paycheck gone? Will we not benefit from
our own money? Think about how much money you will not get. If you work for 35 years, and make the
current national average income of $30,000, this means that $525,000 of your hard earned money will not be
accessible for you! That seems fair. Argument 3: So what should we do? Run for Congress and change the
system? That’s not a bad idea except the track record for Social Security shows that one more fix-it job
won’t fix the system. Besides, we have to be 30 years old to be U.S. senators, and we have to start our own
retirement plans long before then. In fact, in his book, Retirement 101, Willard Enteman says that we should
start a personal savings plan the day we get our first paychecks. In fact, he provides you with this graph
[hold up graph] which shows that if our goal is to save $200,000 by age 65, we better start early before
saving gets too expensive. You can see that if we start here, when we’re 20, we can read $200,000 by saving
just $50 a month. If we wait until we are 35, we’ll have to save $115 a month. If we wait until we are 45,
we’ll have to put away $300 a month. And if we wait until we are 55, we’ll need $987 a month. Look at the
difference. To read $200,000 by age 65 would cost $50 a month if we start at 25, and $987 a month we wait
until we are 55. Conclusion: What’s my point? The Social Security system can’t promise us financial
security when we retire. What’s the solution? We have to start our own savings plans—and the earlier we
start, the easier it will be to live comfortably in our old age. And maybe, just maybe, we’ll be able to keep
more than just half of our paychecks.

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