Today is World Speech Day 2023

Speakers from Daytona State College are joining with speakers today in over 100 countries to participate in this annual public speaking event. The topic of World Speech Day 2023 is: Shared Ideas for a Better World.

From climate change to global poverty, to wars and energy crises – it come sometimes feel as though we look out on a world beset by insurmountable problems. But if we believe in humanity, if we believe in the pursuit of happiness and progress for the common good, we will also recognize that we have the tools to meet all these challenges. We have compassion. We have hope. We have ideas – we can imagine new ways to live and come together, new vistas onto a brighter future. Our shared ideas can build a better world. All it takes is a voice: one voice.

World Speech Day is a day dedicated to celebrating speeches and speech making through live public speaking events across the world. Over 100 nations now hold World Speech Day events. Make a speech, share your ideas, connect to a growing community of global citizens everywhere. Go to the Worldspeech.com page to view a livestream of public speaking events.

World Speech Day started with a simple idea: speeches change the world; socially, politically, in the arts, business and religion. They play a profound role in holding our societies together and shaping change. Then why not create a day to celebrate speeches and speechmaking through live public speaking events around the world, reaching out to voices everywhere?

In 2022 more than 100 nations across the globe have been involved in WSD. Schools, universities, speakers’ clubs, think tanks, community groups, companies, NGOs – all holding meetings in classrooms, auditoria, community halls, even cafes. Proving the unique power of speeches to explore innovative ideas. World Speech Day has taken hold and grown not because of any power at the center, but because of its highly (uniquely) devolved structure. It is the tireless work and energy of the event hosts and national Ambassadors which have taken World Speech Day forward so rapidly.